Secrets of the City

it’s interesting that that site is run by an internet consulting firm.

Oh man, I spent at least an hour and a half…

It’s just as inaccurate now as when the site first launched. Everyone that I know with a criminal record is still not listed.

Goody, now I can find out the REAL reason my sister was arrested…

All that work for nothing.

jason wynia of pragmapool can’t access that info. the bureau of criminal apprehension cjis is still working on compiling all that information. every city, municipality, county, has different criminal records. crimnet is to compile and make available all of that. but it ain’t done yet. so anyone outside of the bca who says their records are from the bca is makin’ shit up.

you can go to the bca’s offices and look stuff up for free in their front lobby. go for a tour and see katie poirer’s tooth–that’s what really fired the starting gun for compiling the information statewide.

or try their website.

https://cch.state.mn.us/Forms/SubjectInfo.aspx

Wisconsin’s had their circuit court records online for several years now. I remember looking up teachers, professors, and coworkers. But then, I am a nosey bastard.

I don’t even know that many people in Wisconsin, but I’ve checked all of them out in that database. Hell, I’m in there for a speeding ticket.

If this MN site is meant to be similar, I question the wisdom of calling it “MNCriminals.”

1. The data for MNCriminals is bought straight from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension of Minnesota on CD-ROM (email me for the name/phone number of the person at BCA we get it from). We built it because, *at the time*, the state didn’t offer the data for free or in any sort of convenient format for the general public. You had to go in person and pay something like $5 per search.
2. The data is loaded onto the site *unmodified* in any way. We don’t remove anything, alter anything or add anything.
3. The state’s free version only launched in August of 2005.
4. Any inaccuracies are also present on the CD-ROM that the state is selling.
5. As for why you can’t access info in there on “jason wynia”, it’s because I’ve never been convicted of anything. I don’t have some deep dark criminal past I’m trying to hide. Hell, a quoted search for “J Wynia” on Google brings up something like 15,000 hits. I’m about as transparent an individual as you’ll find online.
6. This site was called MNCriminals because we bought (and continue to buy updates every 6 months) the database from the state. As the state represents the data as being authoratative *for* the state, we went forward with it.
7. As we build stuff like this all the time, it really wasn’t that much work. In fact, we watched the bidding process for building the one jean mentions and considered joining the fray, but we knew they’d rather spend millions on it through an approved vendor than have us do it for a fair price.
8. It’s free. If you don’t like it, we’ll be happy to refund your money .

Also didn’t mention that the site was actually developed in the summer of 2003, long before the state’s site was even a glimmer in the gubenatorial eye.

why is it i cant look up anything without having to pay. especially when it says it is free.

K

It’s about time that letter appeared on its own in this thread.

Only one strike out so far.

did you know that there are NINE different David Carrs with criminal records in MN?