Legally the time limit varies, but you generally do have to be arraigned by a judge within a certain amount of time from the arrest. You also have the right to a speedy trail, but that right is often waived. For both "clocks" there are a number of things that can pause or reset the clock, because nothing is really simple in a federalized system.
Also, according to judges, there are a number of policing actions that are being done in violation of the law, so they might violate the laws in other ways too.
It could happen that way. More often, the company can't or won't get them back.