You can try that.Just to mention in my wife's case, several officers were caught, and convicted, and jailed.

Im not a convict or anything.

If they are lying about this they are lying about other items.I would guess they have credit problems and one of them is likely a convicted felon. 

They overemphasized how "99% of wholesalers are acting illegally and will go to jail with felony convictions" etc.

@Betty Cruz  You may want to modify your post because you are now putting out to the world that you will not rent to anyone with a felony conviction. 

You can also deny on habitability limitations (# of people vs # of bedrooms), a consistent no pet policy if they have a pet,  Megan's Law registrants, ex convicts on parole or Sec 8 applications if you do not want to do the work they request after their inspection.

quick question, is the stuff he was allegedly stealing (an arrest is not a conviction) going in your house?

Have you even been convicted of a felony?

Tread softly, sounds like he's not yet convicted of the most recent activity.This applicant would lose points in my screening due to having multiple criminal events and for the most recent being so recent.Additional occupants rather than new applicants are a different animal. 

Also- at least in NJ, you can expunge.Sometimes people will report even when it has been dealt with in these manners. he's been convicted !