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5 THINGS TO DO BEFORE SURRENDERING FOR ARREST

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If the police have contacted you and informed you that you are going to be arrested, there are two ways you can react.  You can get upset or you can consider yourself fortunate.  The truth is, most people don’t leave their homes thinking they will be arrested at some point during the day.  Having that information beforehand can be very helpful.  While getting arrested sucks, knowing you are going to get arrested is better than not knowing.  You can plan in ways that most people who are arrested can not.  Below are five tips that can be helpful given the cards that you have been dealt.

 

1) GET YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER PRIOR TO YOUR ARREST!

One of the worst parts of being put in jail is the fact that you will go MIA.  Many people will not know where you are.  If you are arrested without warning, you can spend at least a day or two in jail without warning.  If you know beforehand, you can work on getting your affairs in order.  Call your job and let them know you will be out or away.  Arrange for child care.  Arrange for your car to be put somewhere safe.  Pay any bills or other items that may be due during that time.  Basically, you should schedule your affairs in advance as if you are going on a short vacation.  Often, when people are arrested, they will be released pending trial or on bail.  If you will need to get bailed out, start calling people and making arrangements for bail.  In many jurisdictions, making bail arrangements prior to an arraignment can lead to your being released quicker.  Also try to get your inmate booking number and give it to your family and friends so that they can find out when you will be going to court.  It is also helpful to get the telephone number to the court, police department, and/or booking facility to your family and/or friends.  This will save time that will otherwise be spent on inmate search engines and looking for central booking sites for the number to a central booking facility.

 

2) EAT SOME FOOD BEFORE SURRENDERING…

If you have been charged with a crime and a Police Officer informs you that you have to surrender yourself, the last thing you are going to be worried about is eating.  In fact, most people will lose their appetites.  This is a serious mistake.  Just like the people that push the propaganda about how breakfast is the most important meal of the day, the meal you eat prior to getting arrested will often be quite important.  In some cases, you may not have access to food after being arrested for quite some time.  In other situations, you may get access to something that others are calling food, but that you would rather not eat.  Either way, what you eat before arrest will have a great impact on your jail experience for the first couple of hours or even the first day or two.  Avoid spicy foods and/or foods that do not agree with you.  If you are getting arrested, it is not the time to go eat spicy Indian food or Mexican food, especially if those items do not agree with you.  You know what is worse than having your stomach turning in knots?  Having to sit on the toilet with 10 or 20 strangers in an open room while they become increasingly angry about your inability to stop your meal from revisiting you in a holding cell.



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3) ARRANGE TO BE ABLE TO USE A PHONE

You can not assume you will have access to a phone.  While you may wish to avoid people, sometimes, when you have been arrested, there is a pay phone in a cell.  In such cases, it is helpful to have a phone card that allows you to call a 1800 number instead of using coins.  Do not assume that there will be a phone.  Do not assume that if there is a phone, you will be able to use quarters or other change.  Often, the phone is full or broken.  Your best way of possibly being able to make calls is to bring some change like a roll of quarters (which may be taken from you) and a prepaid phone card.  Also be aware that you may be put under duress because you have a phone card and people may ask you to use it.  This can be very uncomfortable and in some cases dangerous.  Getting a couple in small denominations is helpful.

 

4) WEAR COMFORTABLE CLOTHING

This is where knowing you are getting arrested before it happens can really be useful.  You may have to sit in your clothing for several days.  You also don’t know what you are going to encounter as far as temperature and conditions.  You may find yourself in a freezing room in the summer or in a hot room in the winter.  You may have to sleep on a floor or hard bench, or spending long periods of time sitting or laying on either.  You may want to dress in layers.  A top shirt or layer may double as a pillow or ground cloth.  Make sure your shoes are comfortable.  Also make sure that you look as nice as you can.  After all, at some point you will see a Judge who does not know you and will be making serious decisions about your life and freedom.  You may want to look the best you can.  You will also want to balance that with the fact that you may not see that Judge for a day or two and you will be in the same clothes.

5) SECURE YOUR VALUABLES

Jail is not the time to wear your fancy watch or to show off.  Often, the police will take your stuff for safe keeping.  If you do have a situation where they take items from you, try to make sure they are vouchered and that you get a receipt.  However, the best advice is, leave your valuables at home.

 

5) FIND AN ATTORNEY

If it is possible and you can afford one, you should hire an attorney before speaking to the police.  You have the right to remain silent.  It is not just a right, it is a really good idea.  Despite your inner voice telling you that you have nothing to hide, you should not speak to anyone unless you have an attorney present.  Speak to friends and family and ask for referrals for an attorney.  Attorneys who work on other types of matters for you are also a great source of referrals for a criminal attorney.  Just because your lawyer is a family lawyer, divorce attorney, immigration lawyer or personal injury lawyer does not mean that he or she does not know a good criminal lawyer!  Call people you trust and have them help you find an attorney.



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WEBCRIMS 

THE WEBCRIMS WEBSITE UNOFFICIAL FAQ PAGE!

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Trying to find out what someone was charged with in New York?

Want to know the criminal charges against someone?

Find Out Who Was Arrested in New York!

TO FIND OUT WHAT SOMEONE WAS CHARGED WITH IN NEW YORK AND TO GET CRIMINAL CASE INFORMATION, USE WEBCRIMS!!!

(WEBCRIMS IS A NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM WEBSITE, THIS PAGE IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM AND IS INTENDED TO HELP INDIVIDUALS LEARN ABOUT WEBCRIMS)

WHAT IS WEBCRIMS?

WEBCRIMS is an E-COURTS website in New York State that can be used to get information on what people have been charged with in criminal cases.  According to the WEBCRIMS site itself, “WebCrims provides information on criminal cases with future appearance dates for selected New York State Courts of criminal jurisdiction.”  WEBCRIMS is one of New York State’s ECOURTs/E-COURTS websites.  WEBCRIMS is New York’s Criminal ECOURT Site.  Basically, you can use the WEBCRIMS website for the following:

  • If you want to find someone’s next court date in criminal court.
  • If you want to find the charges against someone in criminal court/look up criminal charges.
  • If you want to find out someone’s bail/find out if the Court set a bail, use WEBCRIMS.  CLICK HERE FOR OUR PAGE ON HOW TO LEARN HOW TO FIND SOMEONE’S BAIL ON WEBCRIMS
  • If you want to find out if someone’s criminal case is still going.
  • If you want to find out if someone’s criminal case has been dismissed, you can use it. (If the case is not in WEBCRIMS, it probably is not on the criminal court calendar)
  • If you want to see the Criminal Court Calendar, use WEBCRIMS to determine the next court date in different Court parts.
  • If you want to find out who the Lawyer is on a case/find out who the attorney representing someone in a case is.
  • If you want to find out who the District Attorney is on a criminal case/find out who the prosecutor on a case is.
  • If you want to get information about a summons in New York City, use WEBCRIMS.
  • Find out if someone has an open criminal case in New York/view pending criminal cases.

CLICK HERE TO FIND CRIMINAL CHARGES USING WEBCRIMS (TAKES YOU TO WEBCRIMS WEBSITE)


FIND OUT WHO WAS ARRESTED!

Looking for someone who was arrested in New York?  What to know WHO IS IN JAIL?  You can use webcrims to find out who is in jail in New York!

KINDA!!  :-/

When people are arrested in New York (particularly New York City), they are arrested by the Police (most of the time).  So when the NYPD arrests someone, you are not going to find them without going to or calling the police station.  Sometimes, they drive around in vans for a while until they are finally processed.  When the person is processed and put into the system, sometimes you can find out information about them by calling the arraignment clerk.  WEBCRIMS is an amazing site, however, they will not be on WEBCRIMS yet.  The best way to think of WEBCRIMS is to think of it as the calendar for the New York Criminal Courts.  It contains Supreme Court and Criminal Court cases that are scheduled for a court date in the future.  WEBCRIMS is a future appearance system.  If a case does not have a future appearance scheduled, it will not usually be on WEBCRIMS.

SO CAN I FIND SOMEONE ARRESTED ON WEBCRIMS?!?!?

Once someone has been arrested in New York, they have to be processed before they can see a Judge.  Until that person has a court file and that information is entered into the Court system computer, you will not see them on WEBCRIMS.  That means that you may not see someone on the WEBCRIMS website until right before or right after that person is arraigned.  Before that person sees a Judge at arraignment, you are not going to see any accurate information about who the District Attorney on a case is, or what bail the court has set in a case.  Once the arraignment has happened (or right before) you can see someone’s charges on WEBCRIMS.  You can also see someone’s next court date on WEBCRIMS.  WEBCRIMS will also show if the court set a bail in a criminal case.

HOW CAN YOU SEARCH FOR CASES ON WEBCRIMS?

Remember, WEBCRIMS only has active CRIMINAL cases (and summonses).  If someone was arrested and the charges were dropped or if they took a plea at arraignment and the case is OVER, then you may never see the case on WEBCRIMS, even if the person was arrested and charged with a crime.  WEBCRIMS is a system which shows active cases in real time.  This is important because a great deal of the criminal cases that get filed in New York are dealt with by plea at arraignment.

CLICK HERE TO FIND IF THE COURT SET BAIL USING WEBCRIMS (TAKES YOU TO WEBCRIMS WEBSITE)



IF A CASE IS NOT ON WEBCRIMS, DOES THAT MEAN THE CASE IS CLOSED?

NO!  Just because a criminal case is not on WEBCRIMS does not mean it is not a pending or open criminal case.  Sometimes cases do not appear because the new court date has not been entered into the system yet.  Sometimes a case will not appear on WEBCRIMS because someone missed court and a warrant has been issued.  When the Judge issues a warrant, a new court date is not set.  This is a good example of a case that is still open and is still pending but does not have a future court date.  Such being said, the site is NOT an accurate way to rule out whether someone has an open case.  WEBCRIMS shows you if someone has a court date coming up in an open case (most of the time).  Another example of cases that are open which might not appear on WEBCRIMS are violations of probation or parole.  Sometimes people are on probation and they violate that probation (or parole) and get arrested.  In those cases, they can be arrested and remanded and will be held in a jail.  The person will not appear in WEBCRIMS in the probation example until the court sets a court date for a hearing.  In the parole example, because the hearings are administrative hearings, you may not see the person in WEBCRIMS.  Generally, case information is updated quickly on WEBCRIMS (daily), but that is not always the case.

CLICK HERE TO FIND CRIMINAL CHARGES USING WEBCRIMS (TAKES YOU TO WEBCRIMS WEBSITE)

FIGURE IS FROM THE WEBCRIMS SITE AND IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES SO THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN SEE WHAT THE OFFICIAL SITE LOOKS LIKE.  THIS SITE IS NOT AFFILIATED IN ANY WAY WITH THE WEBCRIMS SITE OR THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM.  

YOU CAN FIND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON WEBCRIMS:

  • You can find the Defendant’s Name
  • YOU CAN FIND THE CRIMINAL CASE NUMBER
  • You can find a Summons Number
  • You can find the next court date
  • You can find criminal case information
    • You can find the Court a case is in on WEBCRIMS
    • You can find the Court Part a criminal case is in
    • You can find the Judge that is handling a criminal case
  • You can find a Defendant’s Birth Year
  • You can find the date a crime/incident took place
  • You can often find the arresting officer’s information
  • You can find the date of arrest
  • You can find the time of arrest

YOU CAN NOT USE WEBCRIMS TO FIND:

  • You can not find criminal cases that have been dismissed on WEBCRIMS
  • You can not find criminal cases that are closed on WEBCRIMS
  • You can not find cases without a future court date on WEBCRIMS (if a person missed court and now has a warrant and no future court date has been set, the case will not appear on webcrims)
  • You can not find a case on WEBCRIMS if a Judge has decided to seal the case
  • You can not find a case in which an eligible YOUTHFUL OFFENDER has been arrested and prosecuted on WEBCRIMS
  • You can not use WEBCRIMS as an arrest inquiry – Cases don’t appear on WEBCRIMS immediately after someone is arrested

 I HAVE A DAT, CAN I FIND MY NEXT COURT DATE ON WEBCRIMS?

NO (most of the time)!  You can not use WEBCRIMS to find your next Court Date.  This is because when you get a DAT, the NYPD is giving you a ticket with the next court date.  The Court will not yet have that information and so they have not yet imputed it into the WEBCRIMS system.  That being the case, even though you have a DAT, it will not always appear on WEBCRIMS.  Just because you can not find your DAT information on WEBCRIMS does not mean you do not have court or that you do not have an open case.  Even if you don’t see your DAT on WEBCRIMS, you still have to go to court on the date of your DAT and/or on the date that any letter from the court tells you to appear.

 

CAN I FIND MY NEXT CRIMINAL COURT DATE ON WEBCRIMS?

YES!  If your case is pending you can find your Criminal Court date using WEBCRIMS.  As you can see from the picture below, the WEBCRIMS Appearances menu shows criminal case details including the date and part in which the criminal case is pending.  It will also show you past court appearance dates in connection with a particular case.  The Appearance menu screen will also show you the outcome of the court appearance and what the bail status is.  For instance, it will tell you if the case has been adjourned and if bail has been continued.  It may also tell you if a Defendant was remanded and taken into custody by a court.

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WEBCRIMS: FIND COURT CHARGES IN NEW YORK COURTS:

If a Defendant was arrested in New York and has a criminal case in certain New York State Courts, you can get the criminal charges against them on WEBCRIMS. You can do the following on the site:

  • Find charges against someone in :
  • New York City Criminal Court
  • Bronx Criminal Court
  • Queens Criminal Court
  • Richmond Criminal Court
  • KINGS Criminal Court
  • Brooklyn Criminal Court
  • Manhattan Criminal Court
  • Nassau Criminal Court
  • Suffolk Criminal Court
  • Dutchess County Court
  • Erie County Court
  • Orange County Court
  • Putnam County Court
  • Rockland County Court
  • Westchester County Court
  • Buffalo City Court

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT SOMEONE WAS ARRESTED FOR USING WEBCRIMS (TAKES YOU TO WEBCRIMS  WEBSITE)

JUST A NOTE:

People mistakenly use the following terms to find the New York State Unified Court System WEBCRIMS site:

  • webcrim
  • www.webcrims.com
  • webcrimes
  • web crims

This is not the official WEBCRIMS website and neither are some of the other sites that you may find that discuss WEBCRIMS.  Only the Unified Court System Site contains the WEBCRIMS official Site.



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Are you looking for an Inmate or someone who is currently incarcerated in NORTH CAROLINA? There are several different places that someone who has been arrested and is currently in custody in the State of North Carolina could be. The jail that the inmate is housed in will be affected in large part about what agency is holding the inmate.

Locate Inmate in State Prisons and County Jails

Each State has a system of Prisons. Often, the State Prisons will house inmates with longer sentences, often due to a Felony Conviction. Within each state, the various counties have their own jails for holding people who are on trial, or who are charged and/or convicted of lesser offenses & Misdemeanors. If you can not find an inmate & he or she has an attorney, often the attorney/lawyer is a great resource for locating a prisoner. The State Prison System in North Carolina is run by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction.

CLICK HERE FOR the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Adult Correction

CLICK HERE for the North Carolina Offender Search Portal

CLICK HERE to Search for Inmate in North Carolina by Name

If you are looking for a person who is incarcerated in North Carolina (NC), there are several websites which can be of assistance.

CLICK HERE to locate a prisoner in NC

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in using the North Carolina Adult Correction Offender Search.  (Provides detailed offender information but does not include North Carolina County Jail Offender Information).

CLICK HERE to Locate a Prisoner using NC SAVAN.  NC SAVAN is on the VINELINK website.  Custody status and offender information is provided by the statewide automated system (SAVAN) on behalf of sheriffs in North Carolina and the Adult Prison, Probation and Parole Unit.

For North Carolina SAVAN Information:

Phone: 1 (877) 627-2826

Web Site: http://www.ncsavan.org

NC SAVAN stands for North Carolina State Automated Victim Assistance and Notification.  You can use NC SAVAN to search offender’s status, to register for offender notification or to learn about victim assistance resources in their area of NC.

 

 NORTH CAROLINA INMATE LOCATOR BY COUNTY

The Buncombe County Sheriffs Office website contains information on finding people in the custody of the Buncombe County Sheriff, as well as information regarding Inmate Deposits and Inmate Visitation Scheduling.

CLICK HERE to find an inmate in Buncombe County

The link below is to the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office website.  It is a direct link to the Inmate Inquiry page which will allow you to find someone arrested in Cabarrus County NC.  Persons arrested by the Cabarrus County Sheriff appear on the list by arrest date and by booking agency.  The Sheriff’s site also lists the crimes that the arrestee was charged with.

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Cabarrus County

The Caldwell County North Carolina Sheriff has a website which is below and can be contacted by phone at 828-758-2324.  The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Detention Center phone number is 828-759-1510.  The Caldwell County detention Center is located at 2351 Morganton Boulevard, S.W., Lenoir, NC 28645.

CLICK HERE to for the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Website

The link below is a list of “Who’s In Jail?” in Catawba County North Carolina.  The list contains information by Inmate Name, Date Confined, Address, Age, Charge, Bond Amount, Court Date, Court Docket and the arresting Agency.  If you are looking for someone who has been arrested in Catawba County, this list is a starting point.

CLICK HERE to see “Who’s In Jail?” in Catawba County North Carolina

CLICK HERE for the official Catawba County North Carolina website

The Sheriff in Chatham County North Carolina updates its arrest blotter  every couple of days, and usually will make a list of people arrested once a week.  The website below contains the Chatham County North Carolina Arrest Blotter which can be used to find someone arrested in Chatham County.  You can also use the Chatham County Sheriff’s website to apply for a gun permit, check the status of a gun permit application, and to get news regarding arrests in Chatham.

CLICK HERE to find the arrest blotter from the Sheriff’s Office in Chatham County, North Carolina

If you are looking for someone arrested in Cherokee County, North Carolina, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department has an inmate locator which allows you to search for an inmate by name.  The Cherokee County Sheriff’s In Custody search site also allows you to find an inmate by Charge and contains a list of charges.  The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is located at 577 Regal Street, Murphy, NC 28906.  To submit a tip to the office, call 837-1344 or email crime.tips@cherokeecounty-nc.gov . The Sheriff also has links to the Sex Offender Registry.

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Cherokee County on the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department In Custody site

You can find someone arrested in Cleveland County through the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office’s Inmate Inquiry webpage.  The Inmate Inquiry page lists persons arrested by Name, primary charge, arrest date, and booking agency.  The Inmate Inquiry page is pretty comprehensive.  If you are looking for more up to date information about who might have been arrested by the Cleveland County Sheriff, you may wish to look at the Daily Bulletin, which has more current information on recent arrests in Cleveland County.  The daily bulletin also contains information regarding the crime being charged and even sometimes contains the name of the Officer who arrested the Defendant.

CLICK HERE to find a person arrested in Cleveland County, North Carolina on the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office’s Inmate Inquiry webpage.

CLICK HERE to look for someone arrested in Cleveland County using the Sheriff’s Daily Bulletin

If you are looking for someone in Police Custody in Columbus County, North Carolina, the Columbus County In Custody Report is a good starting point.  The In Custody Report is a PDF containing information regarding persons arrested in Columbus.  It contains the Name of Defendant’s as well as information about whether an attorney has been assigned, charges the defendant is facing, the booking date and the days that the person arrested has been in custody.  You can also find the Defendant’s booking Number and ID number as well as information regarding bail and bond, Court location and you can find the next Court date of person arrested in Columbus.

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Columbus County using the Columbus County In Custody Report

The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is located at 805 Washington Street, Whiteville, NC  28472.  The phone number to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is (910) 642-6551.

CLICK HERE to go to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Website

CLICK HERE to find next court date of a criminal defendant in COLUMBUS COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA

If you are looking for someone who is an active inmate in the custody of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, or the Cumberland Detention Center, then your starting point to search for an inmate should be the Cumberland Detention Center Active Inmate Search.  You can reach the Cumberland County Sheriff by phone at (910) 323-1500.  The Cumberland County Sheriff is located at 131 Dick St, Fayetteville, NC 28301.  If you are the victim of a crime, you can get more information about the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office Victim Assistance Programs on the Sheriff’s website

CLICK HERE to Locate an arrestee using Cumberland County Detention Center Active Inmate Search

If you are looking to find a person arrested in Durham County, the Durham County Sheriff has a website.  The website has information regarding Inmate Commissary Information, Inmate Funds and Inmate Visitation.  If you are looking for someone in police custody in Durham, the Sheriff’s Office provides an Inmate Population Search which will allow you to locate a Defendant.  The Durham County Inmate Population Search will give you information about an inmate by name and will also provide Date Confined, Date Charged, Date Released, a description of the alleged crime/statute Description, Bail Bond Type (Secured Bond, Unsecured Bond, NO BOND), Bail Bond Amount , Court Docket Number and the Days In Jail/Charge.  If you have questions or comments about the Inmate Population Search, you can call the Durham County Sheriff’s Office at (919) 560-0897.

CLICK HERE to go to the Durham County Sheriff Page

CLICK HERE Locate an inmate in Durham County using the Inmate Population Search

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Gaston County,

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Forsyth County,

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Gaston County

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Guilford County,

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in High point,

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Montgomery County,

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Harnett County,

CLICK HERE to Lookup an prisoner in Henderson County,

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Johnston County,

CLICK HERE to Locate an inmate in Lee County,

CLICK HERE to Lookup an prisoner in Lincoln County,

CLICK HERE to Lookup an prisoner in Mecklenburg County,

CLICK HERE to Locate a Prisoner in Charlotte,

CLICK HERE to Search for an Inmate in Mecklenburg County,

CLICK HERE for Mecklenburg Arrest Inquiry Search

CLICK HERE to Lookup an inmate in Moore County

CLICK HERE to Lookup an inmate in New Hanover

CLICK HERE to Lookup an inmate in Orange County

CLICK HERE to Lookup an inmate in Pitt County

CLICK HERE to Lookup an inmate in Randolph County

CLICK HERE to Lookup an inmate in Rowan County

CLICK HERE to Lookup an inmate in Transylvania County

CLICK HERE to Lookup an inmate in Union County

NORTH CAROLINA COURT SYSTEM

The North Carolina Court System is the administrative branch of the North Carolina Courts.

CLICK HERE to go to the North Carolina Court System Website

CLICK HERE to search for your next court date in a North Carolina Civil Case

CLICK HERE to search for your next court date in a North Carolina Criminal Case

 CLICK HERE for North Carolina Criminal Court FAQ

 

 

 

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HOW DO I FIND THE AMOUNT OF SOMEONE’S BAIL?

If someone has been arrested in New York State and has been arraigned by a Judge in a New York State Supreme Court, a New York State District Court or a New York State Criminal Court, you can use the Webcrims system to find out someone’s bail amount.  You can use webcrims to find someone’s bail if they have an open court case in the following courts:

  • Bronx Criminal Court
  • Bronx Supreme Court – Criminal Term
  • Buffalo City Court
  • Dutchess County Court
  • Erie County Court
  • Kings Criminal Court
  • Kings Supreme Court – Criminal Term
  • Nassau County Court – Criminal Term
  • Nassau First District Court
  • New York Criminal Court
  • New York Supreme Court – Criminal Term
  • Orange County Court
  • Putnam County Court
  • Queens Criminal Court
  • Queens Supreme Court – Criminal Term
  • Richmond Criminal Court
  • Richmond Supreme Court – Criminal Term
  • Rockland County Court – Criminal Term
  • Suffolk County Court – Criminal Term
  • Suffolk First District Court
  • Westchester County Court – Criminal Term

Find how much someone’s bail is in New York by going to the webcrims website and looking up the current status of the defendant’s criminal case. You can follow these directions for the process of finding out what the status of someone’s criminal case is and for finding out the amount of someone’s bail or whether the person has a bail in a New York Court:

  1. CLICK HERE to go to the Webcrims website.
  2. Log in as a public User.  Enter the CAPTCHA code that you see on the screen to log in.
  3. Click the option for Find Defendant by Name. 
  4. Enter the Defendant’s Name and Search for his/her case
  5. Click on the Criminal Case that you are interested in getting information for
  6. Click Appearances (under case details on the left)
  7. The amount of the bail should appear in the “outcome/release status” column on the far right side (remember that “released on own recognizance means that the person was released without having to post a bail)



In the instance below, the person was released on his or her own recognizance and did not have to pay bail:

In the Instance below, the initially had a $5,000 bail.  You can also see that the bail was not posted.  However, at some point in the most recent court appearances, you can see that the person had an ROR status, which means that the court decided that there was no need for a bail.

 

 

*Please note that this process can also be used to find an open criminal case in New York/Find out if someone has a current criminal matter in New York State.

RELATED LINKS:

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE CASH BAIL REFUND PROCESS IN NEW YORK CITY – A New York City Department of Finance pamphlet which provides information on how bail is refunded in New York City, how bail is forfeited in New York City, and assigning bail to an attorney or assigning bail to another person in New York City.

CLICK HERE to Find Information on BAIL ONLINE in ERIE COUNTY NY

LOCATE AN INMATE IN NEW YORK STATE – This resource is helpful for those looking to find an inmate in a New York State Jail or New York State Prison.

WHAT IS BAIL? – This comprehensive article discusses what bail is and concepts that one may find helpful in understanding how a court decides what the bail set should be.

How Do I Find My Next Court Date? This article is helpful for those looking to find their next court date in a criminal court case in New York State.  The Article provide’s links to webcrims, a criminal court case information site which can be used to find a defendant’s next court date in New York.

POST BAIL IN NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FACILITY – Click Here to go to the New York City Department of Corrections’ page on posting bail for someone held in a NYC DOC facility.

 

Disclaimer: WEBCRIMS is a New York State Unified Court System run website and is not run by this site and is in no way affiliated with this site.  This site is a private site and is not intended to provide legal advice.  This site is not in anyway affiliated with any governmental agency and/or court.  This information is provided free of charge for the benefit of the public.  Please consult your attorney for legal advice.

This page is not intended to create an attorney client relationship or to give specific legal advice to any specific individuals.  The pages on this website are provided to give assistance in understanding general legal concepts.  The law can vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.  Such being the case, if you have specific questions, please discuss them with your Lawyer or, if you do not have a Lawyer, please consider hiring one or seeking assistance from a Legal Aid provider.


Suffolk County Arraignments

CentralBookingINFOLOGOWhen Does Someone See A Judge In Suffolk County?

Are you looking for someone arrested in Suffolk County?

Suffolk County is a big place.  If you are trying to find a person who was arrested in Suffolk, you may want to call the police station nearest to where in Suffolk County the person was arrested.  When a person is arrested in Suffolk County, they are taken to one of the following places:

  • A Suffolk County Police Precinct
  • A Village Police Department
  • An East End Town Police Department

Even if someone is arrested by a Village Police Department, that person will usually be taken to the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) for additional processing.

Click Here for a list of Police precincts in Suffolk County (SCPD Addresses).

Click Here for a list of phone numbers to SCPD Precincts.

Click here for a list of Criminal Courthouses in Suffolk County and to find the address of a Court in Suffolk.



In New York City, people who arrested go from the Police Station to Central Booking. In Suffolk County, there is no Central Booking. However, the person should still be arraigned at the Courthouse within 24 hours of arrest.  However, unlike New York City, where there can be a huge backlog of people being processed, a Suffolk County defendant can be processed and arraigned pretty quickly, many times in the same day and within hours.  Unlike arraignments in New York City, which go from the morning until 1am, arraignments in Nassau and Suffolk go until 5pm.  A person arrested is arraigned in the District Court Arraignment part.

What is an Arraignment?
An arraignment is when someone who has been arrested sees a Judge to enter a plea. At the arraignment the Court will also set a bail. In some cases, no bail is set. In Suffolk County, after someone is arrested, that person is often interviewed by the Department of Probation. The Suffolk County Department of Probation will then make a recommendation regarding the need for a bail to the Court based upon the interview with the person arrested. The person’s lawyer will make what is called a bail argument.  Please note that sometimes in Suffolk County, people are arraigned without an attorney representing them.

In Suffolk County, the District Court Arraignments take place seven days a week in Courtroom D-11. Each day, arraignments in Suffolk County start at 9:30.

Looking for Court Information?
Suffolk County District Court has a recorded information phone number.  The Suffolk County Court Number is a good starting point for finding information relating to a Suffolk County Criminal Case or Suffolk County Arraignment.  The number is 631-853-7500.

Click Here for Suffolk County Criminal Court FAQ Page (Unified Court System)

Click Here for Information on vacating a warrant in Suffolk County (Unified Court System)

Additional Information:

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office has a great resource page for people who want to learn more about the criminal arrest, booking, arraignment, and indictment processes in Suffolk County.  CLICK HERE to go to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s website/webpage on criminal justice procedures.

CLICK HERE to find People Wanted in Suffolk County (Suffolk County’s Most Wanted)

Arrest of Non-Citizens-Arrest of Immigrants in Suffolk County

Below is a link to Suffolk County Police Department communications regarding the arrest of non U.S. Citizens and persons with dual citizenship.

CLICK HERE for the Suffolk County Police Department Policy on the arrest of Non-citizens/arrest of immigrants in Suffolk County.

Address of Suffolk County District Court:

First District Court, Suffolk County

400 Carleton Avenue, Central Islip, N.Y.

Criminal Arraignments: Courtroom D-11

Suffolk County Police Department Numbers

SCPD General Phone Numbers
1st Precinct 555 Route 109, West Babylon854-8100
2nd Precinct 1071 Park Ave, Huntington854-8200
3rd Precinct 1630 5th Ave, Bay Shore854-8300
4th Precinct 345 Old Willets Path, Hauppauge854-8400
5th Precinct 125 Waverly Ave, Patchogue854-8500
6th Precinct Route 25 / Middle Country Rd, Coram854-8600
7th Precinct 1419 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley852-8700

Suffolk County Jail Information:

CLICK Here for information on Suffolk County Jail from Suffolk County Sheriff (Riverhead Jail)

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HARRIS COUNTY JAIL INMATE SEARCH

HARRIS COUNTY INMATE LOOKUP

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Harris County Jail Information

Houston Jail Information

Houston Inmate Search

Are you looking to find someone arrested in Harris County? Are you looking to find an inmate in Harris County?

If so, then the Harris County Sheriff’s Office has resources that may be useful in your Harris County inmate search. The Harris County Inmate Lookup system/Harris county inmate finder is located on the Sheriff’s website. The Harris county sheriffs inmate search is a good start for someone trying to find someone arrested in Harris County. While it is limited to inmates in Harris county rather than providing an inmate search in Texas Prisons in all counties, the Harris County Sheriff inmate search system is a great resource.

CLICK HERE to conduct a Harris County Inmate Search (arrest search)

CLICK HERE for Harris County Arrest & Jail Info

CLICK HERE to find a person arrested in Houston



CLICK HERE for Information on the Harris County Courts

 

 

CLICK HERE for Harris County Arrest & Jail Information – Inmates Search

CLICK HERE for a Texas Department of Corrections Offender Search/Texas Department of Corrections Inmate Search (TDCO Offender Search)

CLICK HERE for information on visiting an Inmate in Harris County Jail – Harris County Inmate Visitation

CLICK HERE for Harris County Sheriff’s office

CLICK HERE for Houston Police Department Website

CLICK HERE for information about the Harris County Inmate Bonding Process – Bail Harris County

CLICK HERE for information on paying fines and court costs in Harris County

CLICK HERE for Inmate & Commissary information in Harris County – Harris County Inmate Trust Fund Information

CLICK HERE to find a vehicle towed in Houston – Find a car towed in Houston Texas or call Wrecker Tow Line at 713-308-8580.

CLICK HERE for Houston Police Department Jail Inquiry – HPD Jail Inquiry

CLICK HERE for the Harris County Sheriff Public Information Inquiry System – Find arrested person in Harris County

CLICK HERE for Harris County Traffic Citation information

CLICK HERE to pay Harris County Traffic Citation online

COURT INFORMATION IN HARRIS COUNTY

If you are looking for information regarding your next court date in Harris County Court or for any other court related information, you can Check out the TEXAS Courts online page. For More information about HARRIS COUNTY courts online, CLICK HERE.

CLICK HERE to go to the Harris County Criminal Courts at Law.

CLICK HERE for the Harris County SOBER Court – Harris County DWI Court

CLICK HERE to go to the Harris County office of the District Attorney website.

CLICK HERE for Houston Municipal Courts Website

CLICK HERE for information on how to change a court date in Houston

CLICK HERE to pay a parking citation in Houston

CLICK HERE for information on getting someone released from jail in Houston

CLICK HERE for Houston Jail Inmate Lookup – Houston Prisoner Search – Houston Inmate Search

CLICK HERE for information related to Juveniles arrested in Houston from Houston Courts

CLICK HERE for information on Red light Tickets and Parking Tickets in Houston

CLICK HERE for Houston Municipal Court Locations

CLICK HERE for Houston Municipal Court Online Services

CLICK HERE for a Texas Criminal History Search

CLICK HERE for Texas Criminal Records Search

CLICK HERE to obtain Online Police Report from Houston Police Department

CLICK HERE for Houston Police Department Family Violence Unit (Domestic Disputes in Houston)

CLICK HERE for information about Harris County Justice of the Peace Courts Criminal Case Information

CLICK HERE for Fines for Criminal Cases in the Harris County Justice of the Peace Courts

CLICK HERE for Harris County Justice of the Peace Courts Bad Check Case Information

Click Here for information on failure to appear in Harris County Justice of the Peace Court (Failure to Pay Fine Harris)

CLICK HERE for Harris County Justice of the Peace Courts information on traffic cases in Harris County

Court & Bonding Office Addresses:

Municipal Courts Address: 1400 Lubbock Houston, TX 77002           phone: 713-837-0311
Harris County Bonding Office: 49 San Jacinto Houston, TX 77002     phone: 713-755-8040


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HOW TO FIND SOMEONE ARRESTED IN HOUSTON

If you are looking for someone who was arrested in Houston, Texas, you may wish to contact the Houston Police Department.  Another way to search for someone who was arrested in Houston is to use the Houston Police Department Jail Public Information Inquiry System.  Calling Houston the Help Line at 713-837-0311 is also a way to find out if someone is in a Houston Jail.  Prisoners in Houston Jails are often either in the Central or Southeast Jails.

CLICK HERE FOR HOUSTON MUNICIPAL COURT JAIL INFORMATION

CLICK HERE for the Houston Police Department Jail Public Information Inquiry System

Houston Jail Addresses:

Houston Police Department Central Jail – 61 Riesner Houston, TX 77002
Houston Police Department Southeast Jail – 8300 Mykawa Houston, TX 77048
Harris County Jail – 1200 Baker St. Houston, TX 77002

 

 

HARRIS COUNTY CASE RECORDS
Harris County Court Records
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CLICK HERE FOR HARRIS COUNTY CASE RECORDS

CLICK HERE FOR HARRIS COUNTY Documents and Records

CLICK HERE FOR HARRIS COUNTY District Clerk Records

CLICK HERE for HARRIS COUNTY Misdemeanor Bail Schedule

CLICK HERE for the Harris County Homepage

CLICK HERE to request Court Records from the Houston Municipal Court

 

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The Texas, Houston & Harris Courts sites are run by various governmental entities.  This site is not affiliated with those entities and simply provides information to the public.

ABOUT HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS:

Harris County Texas includes the Houston, Sugar Land, and Baytown areas.  It is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States.  For more information on Harris County, check out Wikipedia.

 

Related Pages:

LOCATE AN INMATE IN TEXAS

FIND INMATE BY STATE

STATE INMATE LOCATOR

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CentralBookingINFOLOGOWhat is Bail?

How Does Bail Work?

Bail is an amount set by a Judge in a case to ensure that a person will come back to court.

Bail Is Set To Prevent Someone From Fleeing….

This is the Definition of BAIL!

Bail is basically a way of ensuring that a person involved in a court case comes back to court and does not run away.  Bail is set in different types of cases.  The most common type of case is a criminal case.  However, bail is not just set in criminal cases.  For instance, many immigration cases involve situations where deportation is at issue but no crime is alleged to have been committed.  In these cases, a bail might be set by a Judge so that the person that is in the deportation proceeding comes back to court and just does not ignore the case and live life as if nothing is happening.

Why Does A Court Set Bail?

Judges often see situations in which people fail to return to Court.  Bail is often necessary to get someone to come back to Court.

How Does A Court Decide Bail?

What Is Bail? Bail Is Something That Is Going To Bring You Back To Court…

Bail is about flight risk… It is going to be whatever a Judge thinks it needs to be to prevent you from getting on the next plane out of the country…

Bail Has One Purpose: to ensure that a person attends all future court dates…


There are a number of factors that a Court will consider when determining what bail should be.  Different states use different criterion to set bail.  These factors include:

  1. The kind and degree of control or restriction that is necessary to ensure someone comes to court when required
  2. The Person’s character
  3. The Person’s mental condition
  4. The Person’s reputation and habits
  5. The Person’s employment
  6. The Person’s financial resources
  7. The Person’s family ties to the county or state
  8. How long the Person has lived in the community
  9. The Person’s Criminal Record
  10. The Person’s previous history of appearing in Court (Were warrants issued in prior cases?)
  11. The weight of the evidence and factors which might made conviction unlikely
  12. The sentenced which may be imposed

FIGURING OUT WHEN A BAIL MIGHT BE VERY HIGH IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE

(It is not an exact science either!)

FOR EXAMPLE:

If a Person with a criminal record and warrants is accused of a serious crime in a State they do not live in…

As in, you live down south, but are accused of a murder in New York State…

What is the Bail going to be?

THE BAIL IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE REALLY HIGH….

YOU PAY THE BAIL AND YOU WILL BE “OUT ON BAIL” UNTIL THE CASE IS OVER (THOUGH THE JUDGE CAN REVISIT BAIL AT ANY POINT).

There are no ties to the community, there are previous arrests, there is a warrant history, which means the person has already shown that they don’t return to court and the crime is serious (though the charge itself should not be used alone to determine bail…maybe this is a legal fiction, but that is how it is supposed to work).  A Judge is most likely going to set a serious bail in this example.


FOR EXAMPLE:

You were in your house that you lived in for 20 years.  You were minding your business and listening to music after a long day’s work.  Your neighbor did not like the sound of your music.  He came into your apartment through an open door and turned it down.  You both had words.  He hit you in the face.  Your pet roach witnessed the fight and became hostile.  It attacked your neighbor and bit him.  You then hit him with a stick over and over again until he ran out of the house.  He called the police.  They arrested you and another neighbor took your pet roach to her house.

WHAT IS BAIL GOING TO BE?

THERE MIGHT NOT EVEN BE A BAIL.  You were in your house.  You have lived there for 20 years.  Your Lawyer will argue that you plan to fight the charges, and that you have a good chance of winning as you were a victim and you were attacked.  Your Lawyer will also discuss your employment history, how you have no criminal history and how if not for that brave pet roach, you could have been seriously injured.  Further, he will argue that you must care for your roach and that you are responsible for caring for the roach and without you, the roach does not have a chance at a decent life.

IN THIS EXAMPLE YOU WOULD LIKELY BE RELEASED ON YOUR OWN RECOGNIZANCE (ROR).  This means you will be released without having to pay a monetary bail.  Often there will be conditions that the court will set.  They may issue an ORDER OF PROTECTION stating that you have to stay away from your neighbor while the case is pending.  This will usually include contact online (so if you are facebook friends, you need to defriend the person and not right back if he tries to talk to you…even if he initiates contact, YOU can go to jail for violating the order of protection).  This also usually means no third party contact.  That means you can’t have friends trying to talk him into dropping the case.  You can go to jail for that too.

IF THE PERSON HAS PASSPORTS, HOUSES OVERSEAS, AND A PLANE….

A COURT MIGHT CONSIDER THOSE RESOURCES AS A RISK FOR FLIGHT AND SET A BAIL…

WHAT IS BAIL GOING TO BE?

WHO KNOWS…

BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE…

BAIL IS GOING TO BE WHATEVER THE JUDGE THINKS WILL MAKE YOU FLY YOUR PLANE BACK HERE FOR THE NEXT COURT DATE

OR DRIVE YOUR PINTO…

OR TAKE THE TRAIN…

WHAT ARE BAIL BONDS?

WHAT IS A BAIL BONDSMAN?

There are other things you should know.  Like there may be a cash bail and a bond amount set.  What is the bond?  Sometimes, the bail is high and someone may need to get a bail bond in order to post bail.  A bail bond often comes from a bail bondsman.  A bail bondsman is someone who posts bail on behalf of an individual.  The bail bondsman might take a smaller amount than the actual bail amount in order to post a bond for a higher bail amount.  How much is a bail bondsman? Well, that varies.  You should ask the different bail bondsman how much you must give them in order for them to post bail for someone.  Different bondsman might charge completely different prices.  This is no different than any insurance.  In fact, it is very similar to some extent.  Different insurance companies will assign your risk differently.  Different bail bondsman will assign your risk of flight differently and that will be one factor in how much you will have to put up.  Other factors like assets are often considered as well.  However, each bail bondsman has his or her own criterion and requirements.  Many will want to speak to the person periodically (once a week, after court, etc).  You should consult a bail bondsman for more information about posting bail using a bail bond.

HOW DO I FIND OUT IF SOMEONE HAS A BAIL IN NEW YORK?

Looking to find out if a court has decided that someone has to pay bail before being released in New York State?  If so, you can use the webcrims information system to find out the amount of someone’s bail in a New York Criminal Case.  Check out the helpful link below to get information about finding out how much someone’s bail is in New York:

CLICK HERE TO FIND SOMEONE’S BAIL AMOUNT IN NEW YORK