A Saint Lucie County man, T.M., was charged with domestic battery, a first-degree misdemeanor per Ch. 784.03, Fla. Stat., and punishable by up to one (1) year in the county jail. A neighbor had called the police after hearing a disturbance. When law enforcement arrived, the man’s girlfriend told the police that T.M. had gotten...Read More

A Saint Lucie County man with significant criminal history, A.A, was accused by the mother of his child, of battery. She was pregnant at the time and as a result A.A. was charged with Aggravated Battery of a Pregnant Person second degree felony per Ch. 784.045, Fla. Stat. punishable by up to fifteen (15) years...Read More

A Saint Lucie County man, A.R., was stabbed with a screwdriver in the head and stomach and ended up being charged with Battery on an Elderly Person and Battery. A.R. had gone to meet his ex-girlfriend at her father’s house to pick-up the keys to his apartment that she had taken. When he showed up,...Read More

A young Saint Lucie County nurse was charged with Battery, a first degree misdemeanor per Ch. 784.03, Fla. Stat., punishable by up to one (1) year in the county jail. She was wrongfully charged based on the testimony of her husband’s child’s mother. The mother of her husband’s child, J.T., claimed that during a child...Read More

A. M. (Trial Verdict/ Sex. Bat on child/Not Guilty/3 counts) Arguably the most serious battery charge in Florida is an allegation of sexual battery on a child who is less than twelve (12) years old.  There is only one (1) possible sentence:  Life in prison with a a minimum mandatory sentence of twenty-five (25) years. Such...Read More

R.L./ Sexual Battery/ Charges Dismissed [Okeechobee County] R.L. was charged with sexual battery of his girlfriend of some nine (9) years.  The woman claimed R.L. had stormed into her apartment and then sexually assaulted her against her will. Sexual Battery of this type in Florida is a second degree felony per Ch. 794.011(5)(b) Fla. Stat.,...Read More

J.F. is a hardworking middle-aged man in St. Lucie County who was charged with Battery, a first degree misdemeanor per 784.03(1)(a), Fla. Stat., and punishable by up to one (1) year in the county jail. J.F. was wrongfully charged based upon the testimony of two (2) brothers, (one (1) of whom was a former St....Read More