The fact that you are married with children is irrelevant for right now. The fact is if you committed a crime (which writing a bad check for $3900 is a crime and felony because of the sum involved). You don't get a free pass because you are married and have children. Marital and parental status would only be relevant at sentencing if you are convicted. How could you write a bad check for $3900? Who does this? There is no accidental series of events here which would justify this in my view. What makes you think a warrant was obtained? If a criminal warrant was issued for your arrest, then you cannot do anything right now. You need to STOP posting about this publicly and go see a criminal attorney in the jurisdiction where the warrant was issued and the criminal charges are pending IMMEDIATELY. I don't know where Columbus Game is. Are you talking about GA or NC? There is a procedure for worthless checks in both states. Usually, a worthless check is written to a merchant for a very small sum. Rather than clog up the criminal courts with this stuff, the district attorney's developed a program whereby the merchant or whomever you gave the bad check to first writes you a letter. If you do not respond, the district attorney's office sends a letter. If you ignore that, they prosecute. However, the check you wrote falls way outside the limits of the usual bad checks and would be a felony. Perhaps once you get a criminal law attorney, and depending on the circumstances giving rise to the bad check, they may be able to work something out if you agree to make restitution. I don't know how easy the payment plan will be. I would start trying to borrow the funds from family so you can get this paid off quickly. However, discuss with your criminal attorney first.
Answered on Sep 30th, 2013 at 8:14 PM