“Do I need a lawyer for a hit and run warrant due to a missed accident report? #arrested #warrant #hitandrun #publicdefender #accidentreport #court #police #suspension #DMV #federaljob“
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You should not write a letter to the judge basically confessing to the crime.
I strongly suggest you retain an attorney. You could theoretically end up doing time for this offense, and it’s not going to look great to the court that, from their perspective, you’ve been on the lam for years.
Why isn’t your place of employment hiring a lawyer for you if it’s their mistake?
You don’t explain it to the judge. You or your lawyer schedule a time to meet with the prosecuting attorney and explain it to that person, see if they will dismiss the charges.
But then you’ll probably want the arrest to be expunged so it never shows up on background checks. For that you definitely need a lawyer. You should go ahead and hire one, maybe even call out your prior employer and ask them to hire one for you.
A lot of federal employers have employee assistance programs (EAP) with discounted rates on attorneys and/or free consultations. If you have a union rep, I would make them aware of the situation. Its too big of a risk not to get representation, in my opinion.
According to ODOT it’s your responsibility as the driver to report the accident within 72 hours. https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Forms/DMV/32fill.pdf
That old – might have a stale warrant issue. Get a lawyer.
What exactly was and wasn’t done?
How is this a hit and run if you filled a police report?
Either way, contact your former employer and ask them to fix it by providing you with an attorney. Or hire one yourself.
There must be more to the story than is included in your post. Unless your state is North Korea. Failure to file an AC report is not equal to criminally charged for hit and run. Like they may suspend your license or prevent renewal for not following the rules but should be handled by RMV. The warrant would also be for failure to file or something civil sounding.
The clerk should have given you a copy of the police report or told you how to get one. Curious what that says. What are the circumstances of the crash?
If you crashed into someone and left and later the police found you and you claimed you didn’t know but gave your info. They left and viewed footage of you crashing into a car getting out and looking at the damage and jumping back in your car and peeling away they probably would have mailed you a citation that became this warrant. If that’s the case it sounds like your mailing address could have been bad.
Sounds like the warrant was for failure to appear, not necessarily for the accident itself?