Sexual Crimes Charges

Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

Client: T.W.

Charge: Charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, our client could have received five (5) years in prison.

Disposition: Case dismissed.

Fort Lauderdale Defense: Lewd and Lascivious Molestation and Sexual Battery on a child

Client: A.V.

Charge: Charged with nine (9) counts of lewd and Lascivious Molestation and Sexual Battery on a child under twelve (12).

Punishable By: The penalty if convicted could be life in prison for each count

Sentence: One year in county jail

Disposition: Defendant pleads to one (1) count and was sentenced to one (1) year in the county jail with credit for time served followed by two (2) years of community control followed by three (3) years’ probation.

Lewd & Lascivious Exhibition

Client: L.R.

Charge: Our client was arrested on two (2) counts of Lewd and Lascivious Exhibition, a first-degree felony punishable by thirty (30) years prison on each count, and three (3) misdemeanor counts of public exposure.

Disposition: The State reduced the charges to three (3) misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure.

Lewd and Lascivious Acts on a Minor

Client: J.B. and J.J.

Charge: In separate cases, these two juveniles, ages 12 and 16 respectively, were charged with lewd and lascivious acts on a minor, a first-degree felony which could have resulted in several years of detention in a juvenile facility.

Disposition: Treatment and counseling.

Lewd and Lascivious Molestation

Client: R.P.

Charge: In two (2) separate cases in which the State charged our client with Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of a Child Under 16 years of age, this happily married middle school music teacher and father faced fifteen (15) years in prison on each count and a lifetime sex offender designation.

Disposition: After separate trials almost a year apart, two (2) different juries came back with “not guilty” verdicts.Co Counsel – James eick

Sexual Battery

Client: E.G.

Charge: Arrested on a charge of Sexual Battery, a first-degree felony, our client, a local bishop, faced a possible sentence of thirty (30) years in state prison.

Disposition: The state “nolle prossed” the case on the first day of trial.Co Counsel – Bob Nichols

Sexual Battery and Burglary

Client: M.S.

Charge: Our client was charged with Sexual Battery and Burglary of an Occupied Structure. Sexual Battery is a second degree felony punishable by a 15-year prison sentence and a lifetime sex offender designation. Burglary is also punishable by fifteen (15) years in prison.

Disposition: After a two-year battle, the State dropped the charges just weeks before trial and his record was expunged. Co Counsel – James Weick