Greetings,
Thank you everybody for your thoughful feedback and advice. It has been a few weeks since my arrest for solicitation. My lawyer says I have a case and submitted to the court that my case be dismissed. The court has made a counter proposal and has proposed something, I don't know what, but am scheduled to meet with my lawyer this week to find out. By the way, I reside in California. In regards to the internet ads, I found the ads were most prevalent right after my arrest and right after my arraignment, the ads were poping up all over the place when I did a yahoo or google search of my name. Now it seems the ads have diminished to some extent. On google, no ads appear, but on yahoo one ad does consistently appear and other ads might or might not appear, it seems like a game of chance each time I search my name. I have never clicked on an arrest or criminal record ad to see what info. it contains. I'm afraid if I do this, it will just exacerbate the ad problem. Do these arrest record ads paid for their advertisements based on the number of click thrus? If so, I can have a friend create an algorithm and have my arrest record ad clicked on thousands of times; this might be one way to get back at these sinister ad people. I haven't contacted the ads to pay the ads off to remove my name, how much would it take to "bribe" to remove the ad? FYI, I did not see "mugshot" ads appear, yet anyway. Just arrest record ads. I also did get some juke emails stating on the heading someone had looked at my arrrest record. This is the latest, thanks for all your advice and guidance. BestI recently was arrested (first offense) for soliciting prostitution. Ever since my arrest, my name has been appearing in arrest and criminal record ads that appear on the screen whenever anyone searches my name in Yahoo and other search sites. This is bad news. Is this something I have to live with the rest of my life, or does these ads go away over time. Anything I can do from my end to remedy this situation?
Thank you,
A couple female friends
of mine got arrested and
then paid the mugshot
websites the fee to have
their pics removed, It
cost them alot of money.....
So I guess I should be
asking if your pic is coming
up on those searches too....
And are the sites with the
ads mugshot websites?
If they are, then it might
be as simple as removing
your mugshot.
I don't know if these
suggestions will help.....
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57417419-285/how-to-delete-yourself-from-the-internet/
Here's the problem with the private content aggregators (lexis, westlaw, etc): they aren't government agencies, so they don't have to follow any laws about public records.
Generally, arrest records are public information. However, they are usually only easily accessible to those who know where to look. (Anyone wanting arrest records in VA, let me know!). The content aggregators do know where to look, and the minute something is updated, they take the information off the public websites. Now, because it is public information that is all legal.
Let's say you end up getting found not guilty of solicitation, and you are able to expunge (erase) the record of the arrest from your criminal record. Now, the state government has officially said that fact no longer exists. The problem is that because the private companies are not government agencies, and they used public information initially, they aren't required to take any action to delete the records. Not a great system.
And, lots of the sites will ask you to pay a fee to get your info removed from the site. Go ahead and pay it, but understand that they are under no obligation to remove the info. You can send all the cease and desist letters you want, you can send over expungement orders, but there is absolutely nothing you can do if the site is using truthful information.
The only thing to do is wait it out - if you don't pay the "fines" within a few months, they'll move on to other desperate Johns.
Oh, and call a GOOD criminal defense lawyer. The best way to find the good ones are to call the public defender office in the area, and ask for who they send people to. Those are the ones who know the ins and outs of the system, because they're former PDs who have spend years dealing with the prosecutors and judges. Just because an attorney is the highest paid in the area doesn't mean you're getting a good deal.
You may try their service.
1994 Expunged record take down FINRA director
In early June 2013, a FINRA (regulator of securities industry), director resigned after his expunged record was revealed. His 1993 indictment on a felony was dismissed and he pled guilty of a misdemeanor which was expunged in 1994 after he completed 100 hours of community service, made a $500 charitable donation and a $500 fine.
The supposedly expunged record was found in handwritten docket entries in a court record from 1993. He had not disclosed this expunged record when hired decades ago by FINRA and when discovered resigned.
Greetings,
Thank you everybody for your thoughful feedback and advice. It has been a few weeks since my arrest for solicitation. My lawyer says I have a case and submitted to the court that my case be dismissed. The court has made a counter proposal and has proposed something, I don't know what, but am scheduled to meet with my lawyer this week to find out. By the way, I reside in California.
In regards to the internet ads, I found the ads were most prevalent right after my arrest and right after my arraignment, the ads were poping up all over the place when I did a yahoo or google search of my name. Now it seems the ads have diminished to some extent. On google, no ads appear, but on yahoo one ad does consistently appear and other ads might or might not appear, it seems like a game of chance each time I search my name. I have never clicked on an arrest or criminal record ad to see what info. it contains. I'm afraid if I do this, it will just exacerbate the ad problem. Do these arrest record ads paid for their advertisements based on the number of click thrus? If so, I can have a friend create an algorithm and have my arrest record ad clicked on thousands of times; this might be one way to get back at these sinister ad people. I haven't contacted the ads to pay the ads off to remove my name, how much would it take to "bribe" to remove the ad?
FYI, I did not see "mugshot" ads appear, yet anyway. Just arrest record ads. I also did get some juke emails stating on the heading someone had looked at my arrrest record. This is the latest, thanks for all your advice and guidance.
Best
Whether mug shots are public depends on local jurisdiction that does the booking.
In Phoenix, are beloved Sheriff Joe does most of the county bookings at 4th Ave Jail in Phoenix and prides and brags about mugshots posted on his own crime fighting site. You are even encouraged to vote for the mug-shot-of the day and winners (the oddest looking or most beautiful) get their special winners listing.
Then we have zillions of board that have them forever unless you pay them to remove as on Sheriff Joes site they disappear after 3 days but since a public record anyone can copy them and do the blackmail scam.
Usually the arrest record just basics like full name, DOB, height/weight and what the charges are - bad enough to embarrass which is why "crime fighter" Joe posts them - and keeps getting re-elected for decades