Do Not Delay Dealing With Arrest Warrants
Shawn provides his clients with expert counsel. This expert counsel ensures that your rights are protected. if you are detained and can’t post your bond, Shawn will work hard to get your bond lowered. In many cases, a person is not allowed to leave the state of Michigan as part of their bond conditions. Expert legal help will make sure that after you have been arrested, you are able to be freed from incarceration very quickly.
Information published in 2021 by the Criminal Justice Information Service Division found that there were 5,661 crimes reported. Of those crimes, 76% of them were crimes against property. 24% of the crimes committed were violent crimes or crimes against property. Larceny was the most reported crime at 3,208 reports.
What To Do if there is a Warrant out for my arrest in Michigan?
Under Michigan Law, Arrest Warrants never expire. There have been times where people return to the state of Michigan 20 years later and find out the warrant is still active and the police officer who pulled the person over for speeding now has to take that person to jail. Warrants are issued by courts when a judge or magistrait finds probable cause that a crime has been committed and that the state has probable cause to show who engaged in criminal activity. Arrest warrants can also be found during public searches and these searches pull up warrants from many years back. We have heard of people finding warrants from over 30 years ago. If you are the person named in the warrant, all you can do is clear the warrant by turning yourself in.
Attorney Shawn Haff encourages his clients to also be proactive when they have a valid warrant out for their arrest. Shawn works with local law enforcement agents and West Michigan courts to allow his clients to turn themselves in. This way, there is no violent confrontation with police of embarrasing arrests at home or work. Shawn will make sure your rights are protected.
After his clients have turned themselves in, Shawn gets to work for his clients. Shawn always tells his clients to exercise their right to remain silent. Shawn will then demand to see the probable cause that caused the warrant for your arrest to be issued. Shawn will then attend your arraignment and ask that you be released on a low bond. Michigan law demands that most people who arearrested person are entitled to bond.
The amount of the bond is determined by how severe the crime is, the criminal history of the defendant, ties to the community, will the defendant show up to future court appearances and does the defendant pose a risk to society. In some cases, the court will put a GPS tether on the defendant. In other cases, a defendant my be placed on house arrest. Having a skillful Grand Rapids, Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer like Shawn Haff on your side will give you the confidence to know that you are getting the lowest bond amount possible.
Can I Tell if I Have A Warrant For My Arrest in Michigan?
Many Michigan courts have warrants on their websites. There are a lot of bad internet websites out there claiming to give a person valid and up to date information about criminal cases. Attorney Shawn Haff of The Criminal Defense Law Center encourages his clients to only use official government websites. The best way to find out if you have an arrest warrant is to retain Shawn Haff to call up the local courthouse and find out if there is a warrant out for your arrest. Shawn has successfully worked with all courts throughtout West Michigan to get his clients to peacefully surrender to law enforcement and squash an active arrest warrant.
How to Get Criminal Arrest Records
The Criminal Justice Information Center of the Michigan State Police Department deals with FOIA requests related to criminal history information and background checks of persons resident in Michigan.
Name-Based Searches
Name-based criminal record checks can be conducted using the Internet Criminal History Access Tool(ICHAT) Once you pay the $10 dollar fee, e full criminal history information of the individual. This report will include all juvenile convictions and traffic records.Fingerprint Searches
A person who uses this method to find about a person’s criminal background will be given a full report to the person’s criminal record, as well traffic violations This method can only be used by authorized persons and agencies. Requests are made by performing a livescan with any of the approved live scan vendors of the Michigan State Police Department. This process costs $30.00.