Do you know where the criminals are in your area
Recently I happened to be talking to someone about how important it was to know if you have an arrest warrant. What this person told me took me by surprise and it turned my thinking on it's head.
I said that if you wanted to avoid the stress and financial loss, not to mention the embarrassment that would happen to you if the police came and arrested you on a warrant unexpectedly one day then you have to make regular checks to see if you have an arrest warrant anywhere in the country. If you know that you have a warrant then you can get a lawyer and go and hand yourself in voluntarily which not only is the right thing to do but it will also lead to the best outcome for you.
If you get an arrest warrant then simply move to another state to avoid it
I must have touched a nerve in the stranger that I was talking to because what he said to me next left me speechless. He laughed and told me that both he and his wife both had active arrest warrants in a different state and they simply moved to avoid them. Apparently they had warrants in other states dating back years and they haven't been caught yet.
It's too expensive to enforce arrest warrants across states
I was trying to keep the conversation light-hearted at this point because I started to get a very uneasy feeling but I wanted to find out more. Apparently the police don't enforce warrants for arrest across states because it's too expensive for them. I guess that they think that if a criminal has moved away from their area then they are someone else's problem.
The person that told me this then informed me that moving state was a very common method of evading the law and that he knew of many more criminals living in the area that had moved to escape capture in states where they had committed crimes.
Anyone in your area could have an arrest warrant
The implications of what I was being told started to dawn on me and I realized that this was a big problem. Why? Because it means that literally anyone in your neighborhood or any one of your work buddies or anyone that you invite into your home, could be criminals in another state. That's a frightening thought isn't it?
Protect yourself by knowing who the criminals are
So what can you do about it? You can do what I did right after my conversation with the stranger. Sign up at a public records web site where you can check out the arrest warrants, criminal records and other background information on anyone you want. It's not expensive compared with the peace of mind that you'll get from knowing where the criminals are. Start by checking out the people that you have most contact with and especially anyone that you are considering hiring to to any work for you. Then you can check out all the people that live in your area.
If you are brave then you can tip off the police about the whereabouts of these criminals trying to evade warrants. The least you should do is stay away from them and don't invite them into your home.
Start doing background checks on people - You might get a surprise
When I started to do background checks on people online I found that there were 2 people in my area that had warrants in states across the country. I knew their names but I never had any contact with them so I now make sure that I keep it that way.
I now make it a habit to check out anyone before I hire them to do any work for me and it's lucky that I did because one contractor that quoted me for repairing my roof had a warrant in another state. I assumed that he would probably take my money and either do a bad job or no job at all. He didn't get the job even though he was the most impressive of the contractors that quoted.
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