Statute of Limitations does not run once a person is charged with a crime. If you are charged, and flee, then the charge is valid until you are caught.
an example:
Crime - Burglary
Statute of Limitations - 7 years
The police/prosecutor has 7 years from the date of the burglary to charge someone with the crime. Once the person is charged, then the statute of limitation tolls.
You got tickets in 1995 for something you did in 1995. The statute of limitation on those offenses tolled as soon as you got the ticket. Now, if the cop gave you a ticket in 1995 for something you did in 1986, you may have something......
There was actually a case in New York (I think Rochester) where the prosecutor indicted a mans DNA signature for a series of rapes where they did not know the individuals identity except that they had his DNA. They indicted the DNA right before the 7 year statute of limitation had run out. Something like 10 years after the crime, the guy gets arrested down south and has his DNA taken..... and ...... he ends up on trial in NY for the rape he committed more that 10 years ago.