In the Victorville, CA Daily Press this morning in a clip entitled "Suspected killer caught" we read that "...officials stopped two men...and found one of them to have a warrant"

Is that perfectly idiomatic? As I understand the usage, it's the good guys who usually have warrants; and so shouldn't it have read, "... to be under a warrant"

One might have written, "...an outstanding warrant," which however might be redundant since if you're under a warrant it's most likely outstanding

It's twisted/short for "officials have a warrant out on him"... methinks. However, he is the "owner" of the warrant, not yet delivered, no? .... err... he'll have to *own up to it.

My understanding is that a Warrant is filed (or logged) against a person.
So, you (or I) could "have a warrant" filed in our name.

Thanks guys, very pertinent and enlightening followups