I couldn't find any criminal cases either, so not sure what the pastor was referring to. (SEE CORRECTION BELOW.) Perhaps some employers look up records and won't hire if there is a financial history like PC has....but, the cases really aren't anything more than non-payments, which is not good (of course!) but I can't imagine they would bar anyone from finding employment of some sort.
In the rent non-payment case, he was living with roommates at the time, so it wasn't just him that the judgement was against.
JMO.
Edited to make a correction! I swear I remember reading that the pastor said PC had a hard time finding a job because of his criminal past, but when I look for that article, I cannot find it. Instead I found a quote by the pastor stating the opposite, that PC did not have a felony record. That statement matches what we WS have also found - no felonies in PC's past. I wanted to make that correction. This article is useful:
http://kstp.com/article/stories/s3757781.shtml