repercussions of arrest (charges dropped) - Pls keep this apolitical!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This affects absolutely nothing.

A person I know was caught in a child sexual assault sting. Basically, a 55-year-old white professional guy trolling for 13-year-old girls.

He got 5 years' probation and cut a deal to not be put on the sex offender list. Finished his probation in MD. During those 5 years in MD he changed his job twice once working for the government, not once did his arrest make any differ.ence. Moved to Tennessee and restarted his career as a realtor. He got a company to remove all information about the arrest from online.

Another one I know Dr from Ohio, raped his patients in Ohio for payment, got caught. Cut a deal. No jail time, patients were adults, no registry. He lost his medical license. Moved to Florida, now a lawyer.

Yep true stories. Both make me sick.

How do you know these people?
Ick!

Church
We don't belong any longer.....

[Anonymous]

Lots of people competing for jobs… I would not hire someone who thought their own free speech trumped the rights of other students to attend class, destroyed property, etc. Not an acceptable form of protest. And the idea that rich people can pay to erase this is terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He just needs to keep his social media clean. That's what people are going to look at first. If you are really worried, you can pay experts to clean up most search engines' search history, but it costs a ton of money. No, it will not impact graduate school admissions.

NP - do you have a recommendation for a company/person who does this?

FYI -- even if you do this, if you ever have an application that asked "have you ever been arrested" you have to answer "Yes." They won't care about the arrest, they will care if you lie.

I don't care about that you busybody

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people competing for jobs… I would not hire someone who thought their own free speech trumped the rights of other students to attend class, destroyed property, etc. Not an acceptable form of protest. And the idea that rich people can pay to erase this is terrible.

It is never truly erased if classmates took screenshots, etc. Terrorist propaganda and even weapons were found at some encampments. What type of job or grad school does he wants. Many grad schools are far left enough he’ll be find. If he wants to work for an extreme left organization it may be applauded.

[Anonymous]

Nbd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My two friends, ex coworker and I have all been arrested. I went to grad school, became a citizen here, and worked in DCPS without the arrest ever coming up.
One friend became a nurse, the other works for a foreign embassy. The ex coworker travels freely and has an ABRA license.
No problems ever as it is very different from being convicted.
None of us should have picked up. Judge was just as confused as we all. One expunged her record, but I find it to be too much paperwork.

It's different now. You can get this info pretty much instantly online. Very easy. If there are jobs where they have to make difficult decisions, having an arrest record makes it that much easier. Just cross that name off the list and decide among the applicants who have never been arrested.

OP this is something the kid has to deal with head-on by explaining himself because there will be no hiding from it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we talking civil disobedience? If so--and I know you said not to get political--but this could hurt OR HELP depending on the context it comes up. I think those of us who are not getting arrested for civil disobedience probably are not doing enough.

Haha, you are delusional. Normal companies are not going to want to hire someone like this. Too much of a liability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sound nosy, OP. It's not you nor your kid.

It probably really IS their son and are saying it’s their friend’s son as a cover story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He might want to reach out to the local public defender wherever he got arrested and see if the arrest can expunged from the public record. The laws are different by state, and they'll know.

Even if expunged some clearances ask. Just be truthful. That's a test.

I can answer this from personal experience! I have a career that requires frequent FBI background checks and my husband has a high level security clearance. I was arrested with two misdemeanor charges that were eventually dropped and, I believed, expunged when I was 20. For far less political reasons. Most of the time, my background checks ask “have you ever been CONVICTED of a crime?” and I safely answer no. Nothing has ever flagged the check. More recently—25 years after the arrest—a background check asked “have you ever been ARRESTED?” and I answered “no”, thinking my record had been expunged. That was a mistake that caused a lot of stress and nearly lost me the opportunity for a professional license in my new state. I had to explain youthful stupidity to my professional board and procure documents that had not been digitized from another state.

My dad, who is now nearly 80, was arrested at a civil rights protest in the 60s and still managed to become a practicing attorney in the early 80s.

Another family member was arrested and served about 9 months in military prison due to antiwar protesting in the early 70s and has managed to have a happy and productive life as well, though in construction not law.

Nonviolent, non-drug crimes are somewhat “easy” to explain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He might want to reach out to the local public defender wherever he got arrested and see if the arrest can expunged from the public record. The laws are different by state, and they'll know.

Even if expunged some clearances ask. Just be truthful. That's a test.

I can answer this from personal experience! I have a career that requires frequent FBI background checks and my husband has a high level security clearance. I was arrested with two misdemeanor charges that were eventually dropped and, I believed, expunged when I was 20. For far less political reasons. Most of the time, my background checks ask “have you ever been CONVICTED of a crime?” and I safely answer no. Nothing has ever flagged the check. More recently—25 years after the arrest—a background check asked “have you ever been ARRESTED?” and I answered “no”, thinking my record had been expunged. That was a mistake that caused a lot of stress and nearly lost me the opportunity for a professional license in my new state. I had to explain youthful stupidity to my professional board and procure documents that had not been digitized from another state.

My dad, who is now nearly 80, was arrested at a civil rights protest in the 60s and still managed to become a practicing attorney in the early 80s.

Another family member was arrested and served about 9 months in military prison due to antiwar protesting in the early 70s and has managed to have a happy and productive life as well, though in construction not law.

Nonviolent, non-drug crimes are somewhat “easy” to explain.

I mention my husband’s clearance because none of the above have ever been an issue for him. My profession does not require clearance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not looking to start a political debate at all - but good friend's son was arrested at an encampment last year. Charges ultimately dropped but he has an unusual name and the information abt his arrest and the encampment are readily available when you search. Will this impact his future plans? What if he decides to pursue grad school? Just curious if other parents of adult children think this is a big deal.

What kind of encampment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not looking to start a political debate at all - but good friend's son was arrested at an encampment last year. Charges ultimately dropped but he has an unusual name and the information abt his arrest and the encampment are readily available when you search. Will this impact his future plans? What if he decides to pursue grad school? Just curious if other parents of adult children think this is a big deal.

It is always a big deal when you get arrested and have your arrest information on the web.

It won't affect grad school but it will affect the job search afterwards. He will have to be honest when answering the question: Have you ever been arrested?

No it does not literally no one cares

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people competing for jobs… I would not hire someone who thought their own free speech trumped the rights of other students to attend class, destroyed property, etc. Not an acceptable form of protest. And the idea that rich people can pay to erase this is terrible.

It is never truly erased if classmates took screenshots, etc. Terrorist propaganda and even weapons were found at some encampments. What type of job or grad school does he wants. Many grad schools are far left enough he’ll be find. If he wants to work for an extreme left organization it may be applauded.

OP said not political

Shut up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people competing for jobs… I would not hire someone who thought their own free speech trumped the rights of other students to attend class, destroyed property, etc. Not an acceptable form of protest. And the idea that rich people can pay to erase this is terrible.

It is never truly erased if classmates took screenshots, etc. Terrorist propaganda and even weapons were found at some encampments. What type of job or grad school does he wants. Many grad schools are far left enough he’ll be find. If he wants to work for an extreme left organization it may be applauded.

OP said not political

Shut up

Nancy Pelosi is that you?? In what world do adults say shut up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This affects absolutely nothing.

A person I know was caught in a child sexual assault sting. Basically, a 55-year-old white professional guy trolling for 13-year-old girls.

He got 5 years' probation and cut a deal to not be put on the sex offender list. Finished his probation in MD. During those 5 years in MD he changed his job twice once working for the government, not once did his arrest make any differ.ence. Moved to Tennessee and restarted his career as a realtor. He got a company to remove all information about the arrest from online.

Another one I know Dr from Ohio, raped his patients in Ohio for payment, got caught. Cut a deal. No jail time, patients were adults, no registry. He lost his medical license. Moved to Florida, now a lawyer.

Yep true stories. Both make me sick.

Who cut these deals? What is the deal made? How does this happen? Who facilitates. Hard for me to believe.