Anon-e-Mouse
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- Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin
I own a house that I'm not currently living in. I contract with someone to keep up the yard. To my great surprise I recently received a mailing indicating that I missed a municipal court date (that I didn't know about) and that a guilty plea had been entered on my behalf and a warrant issued for my arrest when I missed the court date.
It was legit; it contained copies of 3 citations for which I was to have appeared, all issued on the same day shortly after a severe storm:
Is there anything else I need to do to get the fact that I was for a time a wanted fugitive out of my criminal history? I need to keep my record squeaky clean for my job and I'm a little bit afraid that the next time they do a random background check on me they'll see the Warrant and deem me unqualified to remain in my job. The town in which I own the house mixes together 1st offense DUIs with all other municipal citations (grass, bushes, etc) and sends them all to the state warrants database.
No I'm not kidding and yes this really happened.
It was legit; it contained copies of 3 citations for which I was to have appeared, all issued on the same day shortly after a severe storm:
- tall grass
- overgrown bushes
- tree branch down in backyard
Is there anything else I need to do to get the fact that I was for a time a wanted fugitive out of my criminal history? I need to keep my record squeaky clean for my job and I'm a little bit afraid that the next time they do a random background check on me they'll see the Warrant and deem me unqualified to remain in my job. The town in which I own the house mixes together 1st offense DUIs with all other municipal citations (grass, bushes, etc) and sends them all to the state warrants database.
No I'm not kidding and yes this really happened.