CanI get arrested at 18 and charged for somethingthat Idid whenI was 16?
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CanI get arrested at 18 and charged for somethingthat Idid whenI was 16?
I was in foster care arrested for a verbal assault; they let me go the same day. Then 2 years later they arrested me for the same crime, saying I had a warrant for my arrest. They never showed any proof of a warrant. So I was 18, an adult, but they took me to the juvenile detention center. The courthouse said that I couldn’t access my juvenile records because they were sealed as soon as I turned 18. So how could there have been a warrant from when I was 16 on my adult record?
Asked on February 21, 2012 under Criminal Law, Florida
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Under the criminal system in every state in this country, it is entirely possible for you to have been arrested at the age of 18 for an oustanding arrest warrant issued when you were 16 years of age. The reason is that due to internal proceedings of law enforcement due to budget reductions and the like and perhaps mishandling, arrest warrants for a particular person can end up being delayed for years. Such seems to have happened in your matter.
Even though your juvenile record may be sealed an outstanding arrest warrant for a minor is never sealed.
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