On Saturday, after submitting our application on an apartment, we found out that they were unable to approve us, because "they do not accept felonies." I immediately stopped in my tracks (I was in the middle of JCPenneys, by the way.) and said "WHAT!?!? We don't have any felonies!!!" I was totally and absolutely bewildered. Apparently, DH had a THEFT charge on his criminal record!! OH MY GOD.
I could not concentrate on shopping. We left the store and the ride home was totally silent. We both jumped on the internet and tried to find out as much info as we could. Unfortunately, the city and the county were closed until Monday. By searching online, we found some information, but of course, nothing to answer our many many questions. If anything we had more questions now.
Who made this awful mistake? Will we need to hire a lawyer? Will this require a long trial to prove wrong? Should we hire a lawyer, before we even make one phone call? Who should we hire? And how will we pay for an attorney? Has someone been charged in this crime? If not, will they arrest DH if he goes personally down to the police station to get this cleared up? ......get my drift?
Needless to say, we had a horrible weekend.
DH spent most of his Monday trying to get to the bottom of this. Apparently, someone used his name, date of birth, most of his address, and drivers license number to get a job in a neighboring county. In a county we've never lived in and in a city we've never heard of! Then, this man stole from the company and because he had used DH's info to obtain the job, DH was charged for the crime! After many phone conversations and a 2 hour road trip to this town, he was able to get everything cleared up! The warrant was pulled and my Dear Husband is no longer a wanted felon.
Um, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard. Praise the Lord you were trying to get an apartment. Could you imagine how it would've come out if they didn't tell you?!
ReplyDeleteHoly crap! That's insane! Luckily you were able to clear it up! Sorry to hear that it screwed your weekend up.. Did you get back in touch with the Real Estate Agent and tell them it was a mistake?
ReplyDeleteI know!! They told us that it's a good thing he didn't get pulled over for a minor traffic violation, because they would have arrested him on the spot!! We did get in touch with everyone, so hopefully we'll be able to get our apartment and everything will be fine!!
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