The first thing that came to mind was “Statute of Limitations”. But, I suppose once you flee the jurisdiction, the clock stops.
I remember that about a year before he ran for President, Barack Obama made a splash locally because he returned to the Commonwealth to pay outstanding parking tickets in Cambridge, from his Harvard days. He could have been arrested at the 2004 Democratic convention in Boston, where he first came to national attention. Sounds like a missed opportunity to me.
The Statute might apply if she’d never been charged. This looks like it’s probably a shoplifting citation where she signed a promise to appear in court, then didn’t show up. At that point, a warrant issues. The statutory period would have been between the time of the crime, and the court date. When you become a fugitive, the statute’s tolled.