Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

warrant

2 years ago after i applied 4 my dream job,i learned dat i had a warrant 4 my arrest in MA..i got so scared that i called the courthouse 2 find out wat was about they said that i had larceny chargespending..they gave me the name of the bussiness dat was suing me ,in 2000 i got sum furniture under my name 4 a friend,i moved out of the state a lil after,my friend also moved about 3 or 4 month after me bt she didnt pay da account..wich i know it was my responsability 2 make sure da acc# was clear. when i called the bussiness 1 employee told me dat the amount owed was 2,800 & i agreed 2 pay it,at the time the most import.. thing was 2 get my job..next day when i called back 2 talk 2 the owner he said that it was 3,800 & the if iwanna cleared my name 2 pay him that amount & he will drop the charges, i paid him only 3,000 & told him that i didnt hav any more money..after that i called a couples of time bt he never called me back..this was like 2 years ago..i,m lost i dont even know if this was legal on his behalf or if was suppost 2 go 2 court before i gave him the money..i dont even know if i still hav a warrant..


Asked on 1/30/09, 3:15 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gregory Casale Gregory Casale Attorney At Law

Re: warrant

Your warrant is most likely still open. No one can dismiss the charges but the DA or judge and they have no reason to do so. You need to surrender yourself on the warrant, get a pre-trial conference date, and work out a disposition with the DA. We have handled many many cases exactly like yours for many people with out-of-state warrants. Your dilema is that if you surrender yourself on the warrant, the DA may ask for bail to ensure your return to complete the case. What I do for my client's in your position is have the person hire me up front. I then contact the court and inform them that I have a client with out of state warrant that wants to clear it and work out some sort of arrangement so that the person can come up one time and clear the case. If it's not possible to do this in one appearance, we get the client in to surrender him/herself and make the argument to the judge that no bail is necessary as evidenced by the defendant hiring counsel at personal cost with the sincere desire to clear the warrant and underlying case. I have done may of these and that argument has never failed yet. If you want to explore getting this taken care of, contact me through our website at www.LawWorcester.com I would be happy to help you clear your cases.

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Answered on 1/30/09, 4:31 pm


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