Month: October 2014

Q:    I went over my schedule with my pti officer. he came to my house at 6am knowing i was not there.is that legal?  I was informed that i would be given a timeframe on when the officer would arrive to verify my residence. he never said it would be 6am. A;    PRO Criminal…

Q:  Can I early terminate admin probation?  I was originally on 4 years of probation I violated probation 2 months in with a dirty UA for marijuana I spent 60 days in jail and my probation was modified to a 2 years 7-7 curfew and 2 years reg I’ve completed the 7-7 part with NO…

Q:  DCF investigator filed a motion to remove my girlfriends children. Every statement in the motion was false. What do I do?  I watch my girlfriends children every weekend and have done this for two years now. Her son is two and her daughter is six moths old. I have been potty training her son one…

Q:  I’m wondering if I can request more than 180 days to pay a fine before they suspend my license in the state of Florida.  I got a fine for solicitation of prostitution and was given 180 days to pay and I can’t afford to pay it off in the 180 days and I can’t…

Q:  In the State of Florida, could I be ticketed for not pulling over for a law enforcement officer that did not use their lights?  While driving down a low visible light highway at night time in the state of Florida, I had a car drive up behind me flashing their high beams at me…

Q:   I did not commit a crime yet I was given a trespass warning.  Today I was shopping in Walmart with my husband, 8 month old, my disabled cousin and my brother. In April of this year my brother was arrested for shoplifting and was given a trespass warning. We did not realize when you…

Q:  Unreasonable bond:  a friend just opted out of drug court with request to go before a regular criminal court judge . the original drug court judge sided with the state , revoked her original bond of $4250 and reset it at $75030 . She has been in jail now for 17 days and does…

The cops are there to arrest your drunk ass, not to check it out… OR… The couple who drinks together bonds out together… OR… Drunken Chinese Fire-drill? Not a good idea! So some person was innocently driving around when s/he observed a vehicle swerving all over several lanes of traffic and prompting a call to…

DUI Diversion Program / 1st Time DUI Offenders / DUI Arrest / BAC / Driver License / Reckless Driving / Palm Beach County / Miami-Dade County In recent years many Florida State Attorney’s Offices began offering diversion (a means to avoid prosecution) for “non-complicated” DUI cases and first time criminal offenders. Not every Florida jurisdiction…

Q:  Might a sentenced be reduced on a felony grand theft (retail) VOP if disposition were to be deferred at least 3 years or more?  I have a felony VOP. Probation was transferred out of state. Violations were theft related. One was dismissed. The others were an infraction and a misdemeanor. Will a sentenced be…