I don't know how you would get criminal background on minors whose arrest is as a juvenile, since I believe that is sealed info.

There are some very bad people in the sex offender registry, but I tend to think it's unfair that everyone arrested has to wear the equivalent of a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives.

Just because you filed for bankruptcy does not mean you won't get a speeding ticket, If you are tresspassing, bankruptcy won't keep you from being removed from the property or arrested.

Those are arrestable offenses.

If you rent a car for a month and refuse to return it when it's due, you'll be arrested for an auto theft.

Since you bring up the Qatar citizen living in Illinois who was arrested on charges of being part of an Al Qaeda sleeper cell - he pled guilty didn't he?

An 8 is someone who had been a tenant before and gotten excellent references.I do the same with job history, arrest record, annual income minus required commitments, and credit history.The other component is required scores.

Took me a year worth of court battles and dumb luck of him being arrested for something else for me to be able to tear the shed down.  

"RCW 59.18.352Threatening behavior by tenant—Termination of agreement—Written notice—Financial obligations.If a tenant notifies the landlord that he or she, or another tenant who shares that particular dwelling unit has been threatened by another tenant, and:(1) The threat was made with a firearm or other deadly weapon as defined in RCW 9A.04.110; and(2) The tenant who made the threat is arrested as a result of the threatening behavior; and(3) The landlord fails to file an unlawful detainer action against the tenant who threatened another tenant within seven calendar days after receiving notice of the arrest from a law enforcement agency;then the tenant who was threatened may terminate the rental agreement and quit the premises upon written notice to the landlord without further obligation under the rental agreement.A tenant who terminates a rental agreement under this section is discharged from payment of rent for any period following the quitting date, and is entitled to a pro rata refund of any prepaid rent, and shall receive a full and specific statement of the basis for retaining any of the deposit together with any refund due in accordance with RCW 59.18.280.Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a landlord to terminate a rental agreement or file an unlawful detainer action."

My dad asked if his tenant was to be arrested after the cop indicated locating significant drug perophinelia inside the home.