I'm currently getting my basics/prerequisites out of the way for college. I'm planning to be an rn (nurse) but I'm worried about something. I know that when you apply for the program you have to have an FBI search on yourself. I've never been arrested or anything before. I'm currently 23 but when I was 15, I went to visit my grandma in Pennsylvania (I'm from texas) While I was there I got caught up w/these girls and we went shopping. Well, they ended up shoplifting and one stuffed a shirt in my purse. We got caught. Since I didn't directly steal the shirt but was w/the girls I got in trouble. The girls got in more trouble but all I had to do was pay a fine of 100 dollars. I never got arrested or anything. All they did was drive me to my grandmas house and that's all. Is that gonna show up on my record? I remember when he was talking to me (the guy that caught us) he was saying something like it was a waste since I was from out of state.
2006-10-03 11:39:56 · 9 answers · asked by spankedelic 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Have you been shoplifting again? If not then you are OK.
Admit your mistake and you will sail through the security check. The FBI will then go on to someone who may actually have committed a crime.
I have been investigated by the FBI twice for a security clearance, once with a special background investigation, which is more than you will ever have to face.
If it is there somewhere in your records, or someone who knows you talks with the FBI then it will come out. However, since you were not booked or prosecuted then you were not convicted of a crime. That is what the FBI is interested in.
When you fill out the forms for your investigation there is a spot that asks you to list any past offenses. Mine was filled with a few traffic tickets. You should include this incident on that report. Even if it would never come up in the investigation, by listing it you are proving that you are being as honest as possible and you are disclosing all of your criminal problems that you can think of. THAT'S what the FBI is looking for. If they had to find out about it then it could be a sign of deception on your part, but if you tell them first then it is not a sign of deception, but a clear sign of honesty.
Nobody is perfect or will have a prefect record (except the Russian spy). If you tell them what happened, then you give them the names of your grandmother and the children involved then they will investigate. They will send an FBI agent to the jail who will look at the records, they will find the booking sheet with a note that you were not booked or charged. They will seek out the people involved and talk with them. They are more inclined to believe what your grandmother and the police record said, so if those girls claim that you did it then they won’t be believed. Since you don't have any problems there then the investigation will end there. Assuming that they can find anything in that incident to investiage.
When the FBI investigated me they sent some people to a neighbor's house and asked some questions, saying that they were doing a credit check, a little white lie that gets them an honest response. Then they asked my neighbor for the names of other people that knew me and went to see them. If they did all this then they would have found anything in my criminal record, ANYTHING. Since I got the security clearance without them wanting to talk with me again, they must not have found any problems (honestly, because there weren't any problems to find).
Your case sounds like the same. The FBI will forgive past sins, and mistakes. Even if you were charged as an accessory in that crime then it is a misdemeanor and they would forgive it. But, you weren't arrested; you were turned over to your legal guardian. If the police and the store thought that you were shoplifting then they would have prosecuted. Clearly, they settled with the other girls for a small fine. The store is the group that decides to prosecute or not, and they must have thought that you didn’t mean to steal from them. The police told you a bit of a lie so you would never want to shoplift in their state again. By implying that if you were a citizen of that state they would have prosecuted you. If you were actually guilty then they could hold you in jail and force Texas to apply for extradition. Clearly, they didn’t think that you were deeply involved, so you weren’t charged. The store and the police wouldn’t like you shopping in that store anymore, but since you lived off in Texas that wouldn’t be a problem.
Be at ease, if this is the worst thing you have ever done then the FBI will be pleased, provided you own your mistake. Tell the FBI exactly what happened and include all the information that you can on the "almost crime." Your honesty will look good in their eyes, and since your weren't charged with a crime, their is no crime on your records. They may not even do anything more than call your grandmother to hear her version of the story. If that checks out then it will be dropped. The only way this "almost crime" could hurt you would be if you tried to hide it.
2006-10-03 12:16:43 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most juvenile records are expunged at 18. The background search has a lot to do with the Patriot Act. They want to know that you are who you say you are.
You have to be convicted to have something stay on your record.
2006-10-03 18:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweetie, the FBI is going to know. Be honest. A shoplifting charge from when you were 15 isn't going to be held against you ... but lying will.
2006-10-03 18:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by BoomChikkaBoom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you were fined and paid it, plus most minor records are sealed. You should be fine.
2006-10-03 18:47:19 · answer #4 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're okay......I wouldn't worry. Your only going to be a nurse, it's not like you will be handling top secret documents or anything.
2006-10-03 18:43:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. It will not appear on any record.
2006-10-03 18:43:35 · answer #6 · answered by jstokes1085 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. You were a minor. Don't worry about it ...
2006-10-03 18:53:23 · answer #7 · answered by Active Denial System™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-03 18:48:38 · answer #8 · answered by dimadee91 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
just relax. you should be fine.
2006-10-03 18:48:54 · answer #9 · answered by Ted C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋