This, to me, gives great credence to the suggestion that someone was trying to close the case and get it out of the system. That’s a long time between actions. Now, having said that, I have seen (both as muny prosecutor and muny judge) people come in as many as 11 years after failing to appear and want to pay and clear up the case. Still, extremely unusual to have this happen 21 years later.
Worth asking the questions, methinks."
It sounds like, in your experience, the person was still alive when they went back to clear up the court issues.
In this case, Bari is alleged to have been dead years before.
Which brings up (one of) the question Mario posits:
Why would someone who isn't (the then dead) Bari, want to clear this up?
Why would someone who isn’t (the then dead) Bari, want to clear this up?
Why, indeed?
Why indeed! There are numerous cases on the books where the matters are never cleared up. No reason to clear anything. For someone to apply for Nolle Pros 20 years later is amazing. I would be looking at the date of this action. Isn’t this around the time of BO’s first run at politics?
Some posts later that the Dems took over that year. Exactly like John Kerry’s disappearance from the Naval Reserve but given an honorable discharge when he was elected to the Senate.
I have been in criminal investigation for 30 plus years. I have never known a case to be updated for dismissal. They stay on the books as “inactive” forever unless someone applies for a determination. We should be looking into the name and anything about him. DL in New York, address, welfare, criminal records, etc. It would be easy to find notice of death if you could find where the person lived. At least the newspaper or cemetary/funeral home/vital records.