Re: Diversion Program

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On 9/01/06, Anthony wrote:
> When I was 16 I went through a diversion program for petty
> theft. I was put in hand cuffs by the store where this had
> occurred. To my knowledge I did not get a mistermeaner due
> to the diversion program which I completed.
>
> I am now 23 filling out a job application, it reads, "In
> the last 7 years have you been arrested for, charged with,
> or convicted of any offences?" Am I required to disclose
> the situation?
>
> I have been instructed to bring the application with me to
> begin work, in another state. If I begin employment, and a
> few days or weeks later I am fired for not passing a back
> ground check (for the same petty theft), in future
> applications when asked if I have been fired, would this
> fall into that category?

I suggest you check with the office of the Court Clerk in
the municipality in which you were arrested. Chances are
that since this happened when you were a minor, those
records aren't accessible; it that's the case, then your
question is moot.

P.S. It's misdemeanor, not mistermeaner.