Can the FBI open sealed juvenile records? For example, in the case of Kavanaugh,

[pnwmom]

his yearbook includes a reference to "Rehobeth Police Fan Club (with Shorty)"

Mark Judge's says, "Rehobeth Police Fan Club 2, 3, 4."

So I'm wondering. . . .

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. That would be interesting if there is a juvie record.....

If there is a report of sexual anything.....

[atreides1]

6. Remember who his mother worked for?

She was a Maryland state Circuit Court Judge from 1995 to 2001 in Montgomery County. Before that she worked as an attorney for Montgomery County!

[asiliveandbreathe]

9. Expunged??? -

I wonder if the FBI will turn that stone.....

[Solly Mack]

2. So-called expunged records do show up with a FBI check. The military can get them too.

[marylandblue]

5. I understand that crime reporting to FBI is spotty, especially back then.

[Solly Mack]

7. It's not impossible for an incident to not show up at all at the local level.

Bring them in, fuss on them, let them go - no record made.

And from the yearbook accounts, it does sound like a big joke where they did get/have frequent contact - or a memorable one - with the police that was casually handled.

[atreides1]

10. In this case

They probably called his mother, a Maryland state Circuit Court Judge from 1995 to 2001 in Montgomery County.

[Solly Mack]

12. That could sway the police, yes.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

8. The military couldn't get mine for shoplifting when I was 12.

All that was there was “case closed”, no other details. I had to fill in the details myself.

[Solly Mack]

11. They still have that authority. Different clearances require different levels of checking.

Simply because they didn't get your juvenile offense does not mean they don't have the ability because it is part of their arsenal, to go after expunged records if they choose.

My husband, retired military, currently works with security clearance for the Army.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

14. Not didn't. Couldn't. It was expunged. Nothing there. nt

[Solly Mack]

15. Expunged does not necessarily mean it is gone forever. Not anymore anyway.

If a record is ever held on a computer, it can be found.

Back before computers, a sealed record could still be found.

But some juvenile records were literally destroyed. As it seems yours were.

[marylandblue]

3. I am guessing they would need a judge for that.

[dalton99a]

4. The FBI is not required to obey a state court order

[onenote]

13. My guess is that they described themselves as the Rehobeth Police Fan Club

because the Rehobeth Police let them go on one or more occasions where they might otherwise have gotten in trouble.

I used to go to Rehobeth back in that same period (I was out of school by then but our family had a place not far from Rehobeth. The police were rather forgiving -- if they weren't the damn jail would have been filled to capacity with drunk teenagers every night.