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tas237 · June 6, 2009, 01:19 PM

So the letter came back from the Dept of Public Safety.

Apparently, a warrant was issued for somebody with the same name (common name - Smith) and birthdate for felony cocaine posession in Detroit.

I have never been to Detroit, but here's the kicker... the only info on the warrant is the name and DOB... no physical description, no address, no social... nothing.

In my opinion this is an extremely irresponsible performance of duty to issue a warrant for a common name in this manner - rather stupid actually.

I had to get my fingerprints done and ship them off to the Dept of Public Safety to try to alleviate this. The local police told me that if Detroit doesn't have fingerprints on their fugitive then the fingerprints may not work for me. I may have to file suit against the Wayne County Sheriff's office and the 3rd appelate court to have the improperly administered warrant removed.

Also, this warrant is 3 years old... it didn't affect my handgun purchase 6 weeks ago. Very irritating.

June 6, 2009, 01:19 PM	#6
tas237 Junior Member Join Date: May 27, 2009 Posts: 5	Response So the letter came back from the Dept of Public Safety. Apparently, a warrant was issued for somebody with the same name (common name - Smith) and birthdate for felony cocaine posession in Detroit. I have never been to Detroit, but here's the kicker... the only info on the warrant is the name and DOB... no physical description, no address, no social... nothing. In my opinion this is an extremely irresponsible performance of duty to issue a warrant for a common name in this manner - rather stupid actually. I had to get my fingerprints done and ship them off to the Dept of Public Safety to try to alleviate this. The local police told me that if Detroit doesn't have fingerprints on their fugitive then the fingerprints may not work for me. I may have to file suit against the Wayne County Sheriff's office and the 3rd appelate court to have the improperly administered warrant removed. Also, this warrant is 3 years old... it didn't affect my handgun purchase 6 weeks ago. Very irritating.