Darien Police Department

Do NOT Fail to Respond Once a Police Officer Charges You — and Especially Not a Judge: Here’s Why

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Not showing up to court, even for a relatively minor charge, can get you an arrest at an inopportune time, and you’ve got to come up with a bond before police release you. Here’s how that situation can get worse, even without you committing anything like a major crime. Much worse. You don’t show up for court when you’ve got several minor charges against you. Warrants for your arrest go out, and if police come across you in the days, weeks, months or possibly years ahead, you’ll get arrested.