By way of introduction, my name is Neil Morrison, and I am a criminal defense attorney in Greenville, North Carolina. I help East Carolina University and Pitt Community College students, your children, with a wide array of student offenses such as underage drinking tickets, fake IDs, resisting arrests, and misdemeanor larceny. These offenses can be dismissed through the completion of community service hours and in certain cases, an alcohol assessment, by hiring the right lawyer. I am that lawyer.
Obtaining a dismissal results in no criminal record. However, there remains a record of your child being cited for the offense. The only way to permanently delete or clear record of the citation or the arrest is to pursue an expungement. An expungement is procedure whereby the record of the charge, be it an underage drinking ticket or fake ID or misdemeanor larceny, is deleted or cleared such that no evidence exists of your child ever being cited for the offense.
I taught high school in Raleigh, North Carolina, for nearly ten years. I know the level of background check that public schools entertain and the difficulty that generally exists in obtaining certain jobs your child may want if a matter that was dismissed remains on their record. Further, if your child is considering graduate school, an expungement is an option to evaluate seriously. Though an expungement may not be for everyone, if it is for your child, contact a lawyer that can walk you and your child through the process competently and efficiently, producing a result that protects your child's future.
