arrest on an out-of-state warrant

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Hello everyone,

I'm having trouble working out whether my scenario is plausible, and I was hoping someone here might be able to help me.

I have one character who is a con man in NYC. He got sloppy and there is now a warrant for his arrest. So he blows town on Wednesday and goes to stay with his sister in Atlantic City, NJ. (She has only been there a few months and has no fixed address.)

On Thursday, the sister uses a (very good) fake ID to cash a cheque at a bank. The identity on this fake ID is a known associate of the con man to the NY police.

On Friday, the sister uses the same ID to check into one of the big casinos for the weekend. The con man stays with her in the hotel while they're busy running another con together.

I would like for him to be arrested on Saturday. Is there any way this is plausible? I'm happy for it to be something along the lines of - the NJ cops came to the casino looking for someone else and when they asked for the guest list they noticed sister's name from a recent BOLO. If they then went up to the hotel room (or ran into con man in the hallway) could they arrest him on sight?

(This is all set in 1999, if that makes any difference.)

Any insights would be extremely appreciated!

K
 

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Have them run his ID and come up with the warrant. Or make him an accessory in some way.

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Google tells me that arrest warrants are put into an FBI database that out-of-state cops have access to. It might be more difficult for them to access this at, say, a roadside stop in '99, but since NYC and Jersey are so close to each other, you can use more interpersonal connections for this. Lots of people from Jersey commute to NYC every day for work, for example. If this guy is a big enough con man (or he has screwed over someone close to one of the cops) then said cops looking for [someone else] might know the details about your con man "just in case" they run into him...I think the personal connection would work well, since it would drive them to forget about whatever they were originally there for to go after this guy instead.
 

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There are special privileges that bounty hunters have over out of state cops regarding the apprehension of criminals that have skipped bail and have fled the state. You might research this (and Dog the bounty hunter videos on Youtube are actually a decent source of information.) If this fits your scenario, you might consider a bounty hunter apprehension. Solves a lot of paperwork.

Also, it's the US. It's check, not cheque unless you are targeting a UK specific audience. Not nitpicking, just something you might want to think about how you want to handle.
 

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An active (state) arrest warrant for a felony may be entered into the FBI's NCIC database by a participating LE agency; it will be notated that the filing agency will extradite if the warrant is executed in a jurisdiction other than that of the originating agency. If arrested in another jurisdiction, the arrested person is entitled to an extradition hearing before an appropriate court of record; or, he/she may waive that right and elect to be returned (typically in custody) to appear before the court of original jurisdiction. Not all warrants listed in NCIC are extraditable. A LE agency will always check the extradition status of an active warrant whenever a suspected wanted person (by another jurisdiction) is located. Sometimes an immediate arrest, absent probable cause for another violation within the current jurisdiction, is not deemed the best tactic and/or strategy if extradition is not assured (per NCIC). The involved LE agencies and the appropriate District Attorneys' Offices will usually confer and cooperate to bring the wanted person into custody. Occasionally federal agencies may be requested to assist (e.g; U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force).
 
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