When will I know if I will be arrested by the FBI? 34 Answers as of November 09, 2011

Stop talking to detectives and hire an attorney. Pointing a laser pen at an airplane or helicopter is a very serious offense. The District Attorney's Office has one year to file misdemeanor charges and two years to file most felony charges.

Only time will tell if you will be arrested. If you do not want to wait you could call the police and ask.

You will know if and when you are charged with a crime. They will not tell you anything during the course of the investigation.

Unfortunately, when and whether you will be arrested or not will be entirely up to the FBI agents. They might just doing an investigation to collect evidence before making any arrests. If charges are filed, you do have the right to counsel of your own choosing.

You should retain a federally licensed criminal defense attorney as soon as possible. Or, if they issue a warrant and if you are arraigned, request the court to appoint you an attorney at the public's expense.

You will know that you are bing arrested when they come and put the handcuffs on you. The FBI does not disclose very much information about their investigations so there is not much of a chance of knowing what is going on until a decision is made.Normally, the decision to prosecute comes from the U.S. Attorney.

When you are arrested or you receive a summons in the mail to appear in court. I would recommend consulting with an attorney.

You will know it when they come to put the handcuffs on you.

If you are ever confronted by the police or any law enforcement agency you should ask to call an attorney and politely demand that all questioning stop until he arrives or they provide you with one. You should never waive your Miranda rights or sign a statement without the benefit of counsel. Young men seem to get into a lot of trouble and they seldom know their rights. They make matters much worse by making admissions or confessions. Don't cut your own hair, pull your own teeth, or act as your own lawyer. Remember, "Fish only get caught when they open their mouth." I cannot tell you if you will be arrested, but it would be a good idea to have a good criminal lawyer's card in your wallet. Just feel lucky you did not blind the pilot and crash the plane.

First, as a pilot myself, I want to say what you did was stupid beyond all reason, it is dangerous and downright ignorant. While I am unaware of any crashes resulting from lasers being pointed at planes, the potential for causing night blindness is extreme, these little cheap lasers are not designed to be safe to the human eye and there are known (reported) cases of night blindness - usually temporary - related to such incidents. The FAA has a special program on the subject right now and the NTSB in connection with NASA is doing studies on this subject right now. More importantly to you, it is a Federal violation as well as a State Crime. In other words, from a criminal defense standpoint, you screwed the pooch big time, this is a politically hot topic right now. The best you can hope for is the pilots do not press the issue or you are pulled into the study. On either of these, you will count yourself lucky. If you are prosecuted . . . . As for knowing when you will be arrested or even if you will be arrested, that is something that you just have to sweat out. The FBI or local authorities (whomever decides to prosecute) does not have to advise you of when the warrant is issued.