vacantskies720
Junior Member
I am a 17 year old from massachusetts, In feb of last year my parents, after being asked by the school, due to my disruptive behavior, file'd a CHINS on me, a chins is a civil court procedure which puts me on a probation status with my parents through the court system, I must obide by my parents rules and check back with a judge every few months to see how I am doing. On december 29th both my self and my parents forgot about my court appointment, because of this a criminal public warrent was issued for skipping court, and a letter was sent home telling me how to avoid arrest and show up in court to handle this. the problem was i was arrested less than 24 hours after the warrent was issued,(the police here have nothign better to do) i did not even have time to get the letter the court sent in the mail, can the police arrest me without prior notice? i feel this is unfair because i have a criminal record now and this could of been avoided if i had just receved notification prior to my arrest. I did not even have a chane to goto the court house and work this out, please help
