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Criminal CHARGE being treated like a CONVICTION by employer

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Lamar816

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In 1997, I was arrested in Virginia and charged with DUI.
I went to court and the judge convicted me with Reckless driving instead. A fine was imposed and I was put on unsupervised probation for 6 months.

It has been many years, and just recently I applied for a job. I got the job, but received a letter from a superviser. In my application they asked me to disclose any criminal convictions. I was not convicted of any criminal offenses, so I did not disclose the DUI charge in 1997.

The supervisor left this message on my answering machine: "we don't have any information on the criminal charge, and we need you to tell us what the crime was".

My question is do I have to dislose this information to her?
I did respond to the request with a letter stating that I don't feel I should have to defend a charge that I was found innocent of in a court of law. Why does she need more information and should I supply it to her?

Still trying to defend a charge!
Sincerely,
Julia Barber
 


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RedneckRoy

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The answer is simple, don't tell them what you were arrested for. Tell them what you were convicted of. i.e. "hey boss, I ain't got no criminal record. I got myself one of them "wreckless driving" tickets a while back. And no criminal offense for a traffic violation."......You know what I mean Vern?
 

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