RI law provides deserving individuals involved in any criminal activity, excluding those of violence, are eligible to have their records sealed by a court of law from law enforcement agencies and public record. Anyone who is a “first time offender” of a non-violent crime is eligible for expungement; however, misdemeanors must wait five years and felonies ten years after sentence completion before being eligible. Expungement is a complicated process and requires a knowledgeable RI criminal defense lawyer to handle. Kenneth Schreiber has experience and success handling expungement for criminal offenders, and is versed in expungement procedure.