Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

In dec 2006 i left philadelphia ( left my ex wife) and moved to miami, i found out 2 years later that she went to the police and stated i stole her car ( financed jointly , registration in my name only ) and a few other charges , i was arrested here in miami and held for 21 days till philadelphia came to pick me up , it was a felony robbery charge. So for 21 days i waited and was released , my family made non stop calls to philadelphia police, warrants dept and other depts to question the charge but everyone there said i did not have a warrant for my arrest , so i go back to my life and then again this year 2010 i was arrested again for the same charge i stated to the police i was arrested before but no one can find the warrant or anything and begging him to not arrest me, the officer was cool he did call up there and was puzzled cause they told him there was no warrant but to call the detective there to find out and of course there was so i was booked in again ( even at the sheriffs office they said they cant hold me cause i didnt have a warrant in the system, but finnaly managed to get a case number )and this time inside for a shorter 15 days so i waited again then release 2 days early. so finally my parents got a lawyer in miami who also could not get any info at first making so many calls as she said to get to the DA in philly, to work out a deal and to finally fix this mess, the miami lawyer was confused cause they were all passing this off to other depts so we hireed a philadelphia lawyer who found out whats happening and said i had to fly up there to hand myself in and that a bond of $10,000 was there so i had to bring up $1010 for it. so i agreed and booked a flight for 2 weeks later with my sister to pay the bond.

We arrived in philly got the rental and to the hotel, and at 12 midnight went up to the police station to hand myself in , once i got there i got out my DL , stated that i am from miami and have a warrant for my arrest and would like to hand myself in, they checked the system, ( the PALS and the National) they came back gave my my DL and said theres nothing in the system so they cant book me in , i said again to them im from miami, i have been arrested 2 times because of this warrant please find something to i can get this sorted , but nothing, so i went back to the hotel angry kinda , but glad to be still free , called the lawyer who says everyone is stupid and there is a warrant and to go the next night which i did, and still nothing was in the system , then finally some detective came and had a look , then another , then another so i had 3 detectives, 2 officers and a sgt all looking at the screen puzzled saying this is all wrong, its in here as a case number only , but finnaly i was booked in ( another story in itself ) . so i sat in the cells , and saw the judge around 430pm the next day and bonded out , so tommorrow 06/30/2010 i an in front of the judge for the pre trial.

I know i wrote a long story but i am still puzzled and my lawyer does not give me the information i want,

Basically i want to know WHY was i never questioned, WHY have i never been able to put my side of the story, WHY was the bond made, and WHY did i have to give up my passport all because of what my ex said to police..

I have never been arrested for anything, i do not commit crimes, i am an honest person who works full time, it feels like the state doesnt give a dam about what i am going through, and will just arrest me and put me to trial without me putting my side of the story to it.

The charged is Robbery and recieving stolen property ( arrest sheet says of my car that i stole ???)

if any lawyer could give me some insite to this it would be appreciated and i am still confused about all of this...

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