This is an easy thing to verify or refute. Most courts have access to the Interstate Identification Index (III, said "triple-eye") on NCIC. This holds criminal history information for the entire country. The court can run you on III and verify whether you have been arrested or not.
When I was a court officer, one of my jobs was to print out a criminal history for everyone who was scheduled to appear in court. The printout would be face down at the bottom of the court file folder. The judge would examine it only if he found the defendant guilty. Of course, if there was an inch-thick printout there, he might get a clue this wasn't the defendant's first rodeo.
In one memorable session, the judge found the defendant guilty and moved immediately to sentencing. He asked the defendant if he had been in trouble with the law before. The defendant replied, "No, your honor." The judge took out the thick printout of continuous-form paper and tossed up the top pages, allowing them to flow over the front of the bench and several feet onto the floor while he read the most recent entries. The look on the defendant's face was priceless.
Read other answers by Tim Dees on Quora:
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