- Jurisdiction
- California
Need advice or direction.
I applied for Global Entry online and was conditionally approved. I went to my in person interview with US Customs and Border Protection on 1/2/2019 only to find out I won't be approved that day. Apparently, after the fingerprint check, the agent asked me if I have ever been arrested.
I replied no, and he asked do you have another name I go by, and replied no. He found an arrest record and he then asked you weren't arrested in 1995? I tried to remember and said no I don't remember. I then asked, for what? He replied, it was with the Torrance PD. I grew up in Torrance, so now I vaguely remember an incident. I told him, I remember when I was younger, my childhood friends and I got kicked out of Torrance mall (Del Amo Fashion Mall). After trying to remember, I really couldn't during the interview. I started to remember the details during the drive home.
Here's what happened, we were at the mall, I was only 14, Torrance PD at the time split groups of 3 or more. Not sure what happened, but I remember my family friends started to run away from the Torrance Police and chase one of them. I just stood there. When they caught one him, they found a Honda Emblem on his keychain and said he stole it. They arrested us 3. Two of the family friends were brothers.
Long story short, they brought us to the Torrance Police Department and called our parents. Our parents picked us up and that was the last thing I remember. My parents were upset but told me that one of my friends dad said the Honda emblem was given to him. It was a keychain and they though it was stolen from a car at the mall. This was it, I thought of nothing about this and listened to my parents about not to hang out with these friends.
What the US Customs and Border Protection saw on my record was:
Arrest Date: 08/04/1995
Agency: Torrance PD
Arrest Case # xxxxx xxxxxx
Charge: Receive/Stolen Property 496(A) PC
Severity: Felony
Disposition: Unknown
I told them nothing happened that I can recall after we were sent home with our parents. I was 14 at the time and can't remember all the details, but I know I never went to court and my parents just said the next day that it was taken care of by the parents of my family friends. I didn't have anything on me when we were arrested, I just happened to be in their group and friends didn't want to answer whose keys they found that night.
What the US Customs and Border Protection wants is a Disposition. I don't have much info from here.
My question is: Can I call Torrance PD and ask about the case? Will they still have records after 24 years? Will they do anything? Is there something I can do to get this resolved or at least updated? I didn't even know I had a record until the fingerprinting. I never even had gotten a speeding/parking ticket.
I have 30 days to submit resolution or to update the case before Global Entry application will be withdrawn. I think I care about clearing my name from something that seems ridiculous to me.
I applied for Global Entry online and was conditionally approved. I went to my in person interview with US Customs and Border Protection on 1/2/2019 only to find out I won't be approved that day. Apparently, after the fingerprint check, the agent asked me if I have ever been arrested.
I replied no, and he asked do you have another name I go by, and replied no. He found an arrest record and he then asked you weren't arrested in 1995? I tried to remember and said no I don't remember. I then asked, for what? He replied, it was with the Torrance PD. I grew up in Torrance, so now I vaguely remember an incident. I told him, I remember when I was younger, my childhood friends and I got kicked out of Torrance mall (Del Amo Fashion Mall). After trying to remember, I really couldn't during the interview. I started to remember the details during the drive home.
Here's what happened, we were at the mall, I was only 14, Torrance PD at the time split groups of 3 or more. Not sure what happened, but I remember my family friends started to run away from the Torrance Police and chase one of them. I just stood there. When they caught one him, they found a Honda Emblem on his keychain and said he stole it. They arrested us 3. Two of the family friends were brothers.
Long story short, they brought us to the Torrance Police Department and called our parents. Our parents picked us up and that was the last thing I remember. My parents were upset but told me that one of my friends dad said the Honda emblem was given to him. It was a keychain and they though it was stolen from a car at the mall. This was it, I thought of nothing about this and listened to my parents about not to hang out with these friends.
What the US Customs and Border Protection saw on my record was:
Arrest Date: 08/04/1995
Agency: Torrance PD
Arrest Case # xxxxx xxxxxx
Charge: Receive/Stolen Property 496(A) PC
Severity: Felony
Disposition: Unknown
I told them nothing happened that I can recall after we were sent home with our parents. I was 14 at the time and can't remember all the details, but I know I never went to court and my parents just said the next day that it was taken care of by the parents of my family friends. I didn't have anything on me when we were arrested, I just happened to be in their group and friends didn't want to answer whose keys they found that night.
What the US Customs and Border Protection wants is a Disposition. I don't have much info from here.
My question is: Can I call Torrance PD and ask about the case? Will they still have records after 24 years? Will they do anything? Is there something I can do to get this resolved or at least updated? I didn't even know I had a record until the fingerprinting. I never even had gotten a speeding/parking ticket.
I have 30 days to submit resolution or to update the case before Global Entry application will be withdrawn. I think I care about clearing my name from something that seems ridiculous to me.
