I was arrested 5 years ago for bad checks. I was never seen by the judge but paid for them through the district attorneys office.Was I convicted of a crime or just charged with a crime?

Were there any forms you signed?

I just filled out a form with my contact information and had to sign it but nothing else

That means they didn't sneak something in on you. Like admitting guilt and waving a right to trial sort of thing.

You are probably OK... because the people you defrauded were happy enough with getting paid.

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Originally Posted by smoothy

That means they didn't sneak something in on you. Like admitting guilt and waving a right to trial sort of thing.

You are probably ok....because the people you defrauded were happy enough with getting paid.

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I wasn't the one that actually did it. I had a room mate that stole my checkbook.. they know about her but for some odd reason can't find her... thats Alabama judicial system

If you didn't report her for that theft.. then legally they can put the blame on you... I find it odd if you did and they never pursued it.

I know a couple people that happened to... and they did aggressively pursue them. In both cases finding who did it... one turned out to be a relative who paid up a lot more than the loss, the other was theft from the mailbox... and they will be in jail for a lot of years to come.

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If you didn't report her for that theft..then legally they can put the blame on you....I find it odd if you did and they never pursued it.

I know a couple people that happened to...and they did aggressively pursue them. In both cases finding who did it....one turned out to be a relative who paid up a lot more than the loss, the other was theft from the mailbox...and they will be in jail for a lot of years to come.

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She apparently moved out of state for the past 5 years I have pestered the das office about this girl I have even been pursuing it myself. Its like she's vanished but thanks for your help

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She apparently moved out of state for the past 5 years i have pestered the das office about this girl i have even been pursuing it myself. its like shes vanished but thanks for your help

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They just keep telling me they're working on it

Well good luck... you just got a taste of the trouble they can cause for you.

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Well good luck....you just got a taste of the trouble they can cause for you.

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Tell me about it... thanks

While not "current" in the past in areas where I worked, if you worked out a deal with the DA office and paid all the money, the charges are dropped.

I also recommend that you pull a credit report from the three major Credit agencies to make sure there aren't other unreported things showing up there. Accounts you don't know of... etc.

You can get a free report once a year under the alw by asking for them directly from each of them.

You are lucky if the bad checks you know about were all that happened... worst case there are other instances that weren't referred for prosecution.

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You can get a free report once a year under the law by asking for them directly from each of them.

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Good advice. You can get the reports on line for free using this site:
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp , which is sponsired by the big three credit reporting agencies. There are other sites that have the word "free" in their name, but they really aren't.