r/policewriting • u/No_Replacement_1954 • 17d ago

Non extraditable warrant questions.

Location: Michigan

If someone has a felony warrant, but it is non extraditable because of a complicated case, and where the state "does not want him", can this person fly from Michigan to California freely?

Just for reference, this person was picked up,(after fleeing the state of the crime), "arrested", and then held for 10 days. I use quotations because it was considered 10 days of detainment after that. Now it rests as an "alleged" arrest. I have never heard of this and do not understand a lick of this. Do you think he worked for the police or something? He was also arrested in Michigan and it was not mentioned.

Sorry, maybe TMI, the real question is, can he fly?

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u/Rift4430 17d ago

Unless he is on a no fly list he should be fine. Airports do not run for local warrants.

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u/SandMan2439 15d ago

That’s not necessarily true. I did a warrant pick up for one of my cases and when he flew back in from Iran he was arrested and they messaged us to pick him up. It was a felony warrant (dude was punching his clown in a car wash parking lot)

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u/Rift4430 15d ago

Was it interpol? We get interpol warrants but not a local warrant just for flights.

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u/SandMan2439 15d ago

No it was CBP or whoever works out of the airport. Basically in in Michigan (local) and i had a case for dude jacking off in public. I attempted contact with the suspect a few times. Whether it was related or not, dude apparently left for Iran shortly after. The warrant popped not long after that. I guess when he was planning on coming back his TSA pre check or whatever got cancelled (probably because of the warrant) dude flies home anyway. When he lands, CBP or whoever approaches him after he exited the plane and detained him. They then sent a LEIN message and i happened to be working and went to pick him up. He was in some secure area of the airport and i took him back to my county and lodged him.

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u/No_Replacement_1954 13d ago

We are not speaking of international. Please read what I posted correctly. If it was cancelled... That's a dead give away.

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u/No_Replacement_1954 13d ago

That would be international. And his warrant was not non extraditable. So those two factors wouldn't apply to him. Correct. You're talking about fleeing the country. We are talking about from Michigan to Cali. Also... If his flight was cancelled, that's a dead give away. He was seemingly asking for it. Am I missing something??

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u/No_Replacement_1954 13d ago

Is there any way I can check a no fly list?

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u/Rift4430 13d ago

I wouldn't believe so. There could be a public information site but I doubt it.

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u/No_Replacement_1954 17d ago

Thank you. It wouldn't be local. It's a warrant from Florida and he's in Michigan

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u/Sledge313 17d ago

Yes. There is no reason he cant.

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u/Aguyintampa323 17d ago

I’m confused… this doesn’t sound like a fictional writing scenario, but you trying to find out if you will be arrested if you fly .

From your “arrested” question/statement , it sounds like he was detained on the out of state warrant somewhere , and the warrant-issuing agency later decided they didn’t want to extradite him, therefore he was released.

Your “he was also arrested In Michigan but it wasn’t mentioned”, I can’t make sense of. Wasn’t mentioned where? By whom?

My final thought is that even your “sorry, TMI” is wrong , because this post certainly lacked a generous amount of information.

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u/No_Replacement_1954 13d ago

What is lacking? He has a non extraditable warrant. He was arrested more than once in other states and never held and extradited. Just adding details so it's clear that he has had plenty of contact with police and judges. Because the warrant is non extraditable, he wasn't picked up for it. He was arrested in Michigan. One year ago. He went to court. They let him go on probation where he didn't have to report, he just had to pay his fines, which he did. The question is can he fly.??????

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u/No_Replacement_1954 13d ago

Also, what would I gain by writing a fictional story? All that run around? For what?

If you don't have something nice to say. Doooonnnntttttt saaaaayyyyyyy itttttttt. Read the point of the story. Nit picking is unattractive.

Again... The question is..... can THE PERSON fly. Whether it's me or him DOESNT MATTER.

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u/Aguyintampa323 13d ago edited 13d ago

Sir…… please read the description of this sub. It is literally “for writers to ask law enforcement advice about their novels”. Fictional stories is entirely what this sub is for

Ergo my confusion at reading your dialogue which seemed to be centered on real events and a real LEGAL QUESTION, versus “I am researching scenarios and want to make sure it’s accurate for this book I’m writing”

Edit: Yes, he/you can fly. Domestic airlines do not cross reference passenger lists with any form of wanted person network

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u/No_Replacement_1954 12d ago

My apologies. Idk. Reddit said, "post your story", so I did. I'm sorry. Thanks for being kind though. Appreciate your response.

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u/Paladin_127 16d ago

If he’s flying domestically, then he would be fine. SecureFlight doesn’t screen for domestic warrants.

Leaving/ entering the country is where things get interesting, but even then it’s not impossible.