A friend, as a sixteen year old minor, had ajudication withheld for an overcharge of third degree felony for breaking and entering of a shed (unattached to a home) and taking about $500 of miscellaneous items (air-conditioning coils, hedge trimmer). This should more rightly been charges as a misdemeanor.
This was a first and only offense and he is now 18 years old and will shortly graduate high school. He has completed over three times what the court required in community service; has paid restitution; has completed probation.
He was raised in a very bad environment; had little parental supervision; and had a very spotty school attendance record. He has now completely turned his life around; does well in school; takes full responsibility for his "crime"; and has moved away from his parents and moved in with a mentor and guardian.
However he is told that he cannot enlist in the Navy because he has a felony in his background.
Will attempting to expunge his record help? Can anything else be done?
This was a first and only offense and he is now 18 years old and will shortly graduate high school. He has completed over three times what the court required in community service; has paid restitution; has completed probation.
He was raised in a very bad environment; had little parental supervision; and had a very spotty school attendance record. He has now completely turned his life around; does well in school; takes full responsibility for his "crime"; and has moved away from his parents and moved in with a mentor and guardian.
However he is told that he cannot enlist in the Navy because he has a felony in his background.
Will attempting to expunge his record help? Can anything else be done?
