From: "Steven P. McNicoll"
Date: 1/16/2004 4:01 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id: .net


"charles krin" wrote in message
.. .

Chuckle...Colin didn't say that...he said that usually a summons to
appear before a federal magistrate was issued for minor problems...and
if the problem wasn't minor, then the offender was held pending arrest
by either the FBI or the US Marshals.


Well, if they're being held, they've been arrested. That's what "arrest"
means!


It is possible to handcuff someone, put them in a vehicle and transport them to
the station without arrest. It's called detention. Detaining an individual for
questioning or identification while awaiting charges for example.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired