Similar issue for me, I got 6 clues one of them was that the sims was active. Did the APB couldn't find a sim who matched all the clues and was active. I found a sim who matched everything but being active arrested her she was guilty. No mods or CC on my end, and it happened at level 8 of the career Captain.
EDIT: It happened again 5 clues adult, erratic, wearing a jacket, black hair, wearing shorts. No sim that matched all the traits, arrested a sim with all save erratic and they were guilty. No issues before level 8 of the detective career.
This has happened to me as well. For example, one time the clues indicated that the suspect has blonde hair and black hair. Another time the suspect was teen and young adult. There are so many bugs with the career, it's pretty much unplayable after you reach level 5 or so.
There's also the issue where eventually no suspect shows up at all, which obviously breaks career progression. Abandoning the case and starting a new one still results in the same problem.
