My question is i am 17 i might be goin to jail for grand theft auto can i go the the army instead of jail

Question

My question is i am 17 i might be goin to jail for grand theft auto can i go the the army instead of jail

Answer 1

Nope!!! Depending on your State and Juvenile laws you might just do 12-18 months in a Juvenile Detention Center

Answer 2

No, also you will not be able to ever own a gun or vote for President of the USA. you will have to check the yes box on applications that ask if you have ever been convicted of a felony.  the thug life will keep you in poverty. become a rapper

Answer 3

You have to ask the judge if you can go to "bootcamp"!!  In Michigan, they do it all the time.  If it is your first offense, more than likely they will send you.  If someone was sentenced to a year in jail or prison, the attorney can request that the judge consider bootcamp.  It is typically a 90 day program that first time offenders will do instead of jail. I have seen many people go.  Instead of doing a year, and sometimes even 2 years, the judge would ok them to go to bootcamp for 90 days, after that you are on tether for 4 months and then it is over.  Just do not mess up again, you will definitley go to jail then, and for a long time.  My friend was sentenced to 28 months prison for bad checks.  They allowed her to go to bootcamp.  She completed it, then violated probation afterwards.  She was sent back to prison for 2 years.  She is still there.  Tell your lawyer to request bootcamp! Most states have it!

EDIT- Do not listen to these other people posting, I know for a fact that you can go to Bootcamp!!!!!

Answer 4

Nope.  That type of punishment option is only in Hollywood.  In real life, going into the army is not punishment.  You get room and board, job training, self discipline training, health care, and a severance package which includes money towards college and home loans.

Jail is punishment, the army is not.

Answer 5

No, and why should you have such an option?  Why should the Army have to teach you "Right from Wrong" in addition to everything else a soldier has to learn.  And, while I'm at it, why should you have the option of the Army, and not Joe Blow, who also got cute and jacked a private citizens car?

Answer 6

Have you been convicted already?

Grand theft auto is a felony.

It is possible, if you can be charged with a lesser offense.

Can you plead for joyriding maybe?

Are they charging you as an adult?

If you can plead for the lesser charge or you are being charged as a juvenile, you may.

Speak with a recruiter and see what they can do.

You may need a waiver.

I don't think you'll be able to enlist with a felony charged as an adult.

The Army no longer allows for the army or jail option. They stopped that a long time ago.

Answer 7

The army does not and will not recruite such untrustworthy thieves.

Snow Man

Answer 8

No. After you case is over and you here your fate, you may be able to plea to the judge that you will enlist if you are spared jail time.

Answer 9

No.

Answer 10

The military is looking for stable, competent people, not cannon fodder.  Grand Theft Auto (the crime that is, not the game) is not consistent with being stable or competent.

I would suggest you find out whether you can qualify for programs for youthful offenders which don't leave you with an adult criminal record.  And if you do qualify, stay out of further trouble.

Answer 11

Dude, you just knocked yourself out of having any chance of going to the millitary. They will not exceep thievs in the millitary.

Answer 12

No, the Army does not need you.

I disagree and think little war time would help you.

We had guys like you in Nam and they grew up fast.

Answer 13

Do you live in Connecticut?

If not then...

Army Regulation 601-210, paragraph 4-8b: "Applicant who, as a condition for any civil conviction or adverse disposition or any other reason through a civil or criminal court, is ordered or subjected to a sentence that implies or imposes enlistment into the Armed Forces of the United States is not eligible for enlistment.."

That means enlistment is not an alternative to prison time.

The Air Force Recruiting Regulation, AETCI 36-2002, table 1-1, lines 7 and 8, makes an applicant ineligible for enlistment if they are "released from restraint, or civil suit, or charges on the condition of entering military service, if the restraint, civil suit, or criminal charges would be reinstated if the applicant does not enter military service."

So no for air force......

The Marine Corps Recruiting Regulation, MCO P1100.72B, Chapter 3, Section 2, Part H, Paragraph 12 states: "Applicants may not enlist as an alternative to criminal prosecution, indictment, incarceration, parole, probation, or other punitive sentence. They are ineligible for enlistment until the original assigned sentence would have been completed."

So the marines are a no-go.....

In the Coast Guard, enlistment prohibition is contained in the Coast Guard Recruiting Manual, M1100.2D, Table 2-A.

So thats gone....

Interestingly, the Navy Recruiting Manual, COMNAVCRUITCOMINST 1130.8F, doesn't mention anything about this....

It is at the discretion of the recruiter....but its highly unlikely and its probably no.

Would you train a convicted felon to be a better convicted felon by issuing him a gun and giving him military training.....probably not....

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No lets talk about your sentence

Its 3-5 years standard.....depends on the severity....

If you just broke in and stole a parked car......3 years...

If you carjacked someone....5 or more....

If it wasnt severe, you may be eligible for parole....that is if you kill a lot of a-s-s in prison.....

After you get out, you will be blacklisted for 7-10 years from getting any meaningful job....possibly longer.....depending if they charge you as a minor or not. It can be longer though, due to computer errors.

In new jersey, if you join the military AFTER your out, you can get your criminal record sealed.