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Ok for starters I'm 20 years old and on july 9th 2009 i was making my way to Pittsburgh PA from North Carolina. On the way my friends had the bright idea to stop at walmart in Clarksburg West Virginia and get a five finger discount on some stuff we needed. I'm not going to lie I did steal and I was caught in the act, I don't need a lecture on how idiotic this was. The retail price on the item I attempted to steal was 11.99, but I was charged for the damages and so forth and it ended up culminating to $240.00. This was my first shoplifting fine. I asked the police if it would go on my record and so forth and they said that it wouldn't as long as I didn't apply for any sort of federal job, but all of this is aside from the point. I didn't have to go to court but I did talk to the Judge over the phone and I was ordered to pay the fine by August the 13th and it is now September 16th and I still haven't paid the fine. I'm in a bit of a bind for several reasons: 1) I work every sunday-wednesday doing 12 hour shifts from 7am-7pm, 2) I was told to get this settled that I would have to talk to the judge and he is only available from 8am-9am Monday-Friday, 3) I don't have a phone in order to get in touch with the Judge and I can't borrow any of my friend's phones because they are either in class or working in the morning. The only reason I was able to use a phone when this first happened is because it occurred during the summer when my friends were on summer break; and pay phones are hardly dependable, 4)I've also been sort of avoiding it out of fear of being arrested because I haven't had the money. I hate to make excuses but I recently moved out on my own and I'm not going to lie, getting adjusted to an independent lifestyle is hard. I've over-drafted a few times, my car keeps messing up and everything is just a mess. I talked to a friend who said he had charges against him in other states and he said that they wouldn't extradite me over $12 worth of goods, of course I'd rather take care of it than have that fine constantly looming over me. I basically just need answers, I need to know since I'm a month late and haven't had any contact with the judges where would I stand as far as all of this goes. Whether or not my fines are going to have tacked on interest/whether there's a warrant for my arrest and anything else you can tell me. Please help
