lobster1979
Junior Member
State: Pennsylvania
Hi, I was incarcerated for a F3 (Burglary) back in, I think it was November of 2003 and I got out March of 2004. I was sentenced to 6 to 23.5 months and have already finished my parole. I also had another charge which I was arraigned for in April 2003 and had my preliminary hearing in September 2003. Now that you have a vague idea of the past, here is what happened.
December 2006 I get a call from my Public Defender stating that I had an outstanding arrest warrant. The arrest warrant was issued December or January while I was incarcerated. I was told to put on a suit 4 times while incarcerated. Always ended up taking it off around 8pm. I was never called to the courtroom. So my Public Defender states that I would need to go to court to get the bench warrant annulled. I told him that I had forgotten to leave the address I would be living at with the court clerk after I was released. He told me that didn't really matter, something about lack of diligence something or another, they had my address at the Parole/Probation office and the Clerk would and should have known they would be able to find my address there. SO around April I call my public defender up again to ask why I haven't been called to court yet. He says that the court just forgot about me. That was early April. It's now been 2 months and I still haven't gotten any notifications.
He also mentioned that I would be able to file for a dismissal of the Misdemeanor charges. I don't know how. Can someone please explain this to me and what I should be doing...
My company plans to send me to Korea to get trained to repair a packaging machine because there are no technicians in the US that are knowledgable enough to repair it. I am to leave in October. October is an eye blink away and I'm starting to get concerned. I would lose my job if I am not able to go for that training and plus I would lose it anyways if they found out that I have a warrant out for my arrest. Everyday is like living in hell at this point. I am stressed out and almost at my breaking point. I just want to get this done and over with.
Hi, I was incarcerated for a F3 (Burglary) back in, I think it was November of 2003 and I got out March of 2004. I was sentenced to 6 to 23.5 months and have already finished my parole. I also had another charge which I was arraigned for in April 2003 and had my preliminary hearing in September 2003. Now that you have a vague idea of the past, here is what happened.
December 2006 I get a call from my Public Defender stating that I had an outstanding arrest warrant. The arrest warrant was issued December or January while I was incarcerated. I was told to put on a suit 4 times while incarcerated. Always ended up taking it off around 8pm. I was never called to the courtroom. So my Public Defender states that I would need to go to court to get the bench warrant annulled. I told him that I had forgotten to leave the address I would be living at with the court clerk after I was released. He told me that didn't really matter, something about lack of diligence something or another, they had my address at the Parole/Probation office and the Clerk would and should have known they would be able to find my address there. SO around April I call my public defender up again to ask why I haven't been called to court yet. He says that the court just forgot about me. That was early April. It's now been 2 months and I still haven't gotten any notifications.
He also mentioned that I would be able to file for a dismissal of the Misdemeanor charges. I don't know how. Can someone please explain this to me and what I should be doing...
My company plans to send me to Korea to get trained to repair a packaging machine because there are no technicians in the US that are knowledgable enough to repair it. I am to leave in October. October is an eye blink away and I'm starting to get concerned. I would lose my job if I am not able to go for that training and plus I would lose it anyways if they found out that I have a warrant out for my arrest. Everyday is like living in hell at this point. I am stressed out and almost at my breaking point. I just want to get this done and over with.
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