Sheriff tries to serve 80 year old warrant

[Reade]

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. – The Carter County Sheriff's Department is trying to serve an 80-year-old warrant for the arrest of a man who wrote a $30 bad check, although unsure if he is alive. The warrant, issued in August 1928, calls for the arrest of J.A. Rowland. It says he owes $30 for the bad check, $2 for the arrest fee and 50 cents each for the affidavit and warrant.

Clerks at the Glynn County Sheriff's Office in Brunswick, Ga., recently found the warrant buried in a records storage room while cleaning and mailed it to Tennessee.

Current Carter County Sheriff Chris Mathes told The Elizabethton Star he is still under a legal obligation to find Rowland.


This is about the dumbest crap I've ever heard.

[flapper]

I would have thought the statute of Limitations would have run out on that by now.

[RedsoxRockies]

Lets see, so he he was writing checks in 1928, so he was AT LEAST around 20, possibly older, so now he is over 100 if he is still alive... wow, they are idiots

[michaelg123789]

lol yeah that's pretty old

[Slingshot]

This is old news......literally.

[boomboom]

lol yeah that's pretty old

Mikey , Join the Cascade League!

[reflections]

Maybe the Sheriff is getting some Federal stimulus money.