GRAND JUNCTION Colo. (KREX)- More than 70 people were given a second chance over the weekend during Mesa County’s second annual Warrant Forgiveness Day.

The event, hosted by the District Attorney’s Office, aimed to help individuals with outstanding warrants resolve their cases without the risk of arrest. In just three hours, officials helped clear more than 90 warrants, ranging from traffic violations and misdemeanors to felony cases that were put back on the court docket for proper handling.

"Any time you have a police-citizen encounter, it has the potential to go poorly," said Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein. "If you catch somebody at the wrong time — maybe they're on their way to work or picking up their kids — and they get arrested, it can be really disruptive. This was

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