A recent news story highlighted the frightening statistic that victims of domestic violence and homicides are stalked in 80% of cases before the crime charged is even committed. Stalking has taken on a new form as technology has continued to advance. With one click, criminals can go online and find a person’s whereabouts with relative ease. Applications like Facebook,...
Continue ReadingRestraining order. No contact order. Protective order. Regardless of what it is called, it is designed to have the same effect. These are court orders that prohibit a certain individual from having contact or physically being within a certain distance from the individual named on the order. These orders are issued frequently in domestic violence cases where the victim feels imminently threatened by...
Continue ReadingThe National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports regular alcohol abuse as being one of the leading risk factors of domestic violence. Being accused of domestic violence can injure a person financially, professionally, socially, and, upon conviction, may face severe consequences. If you have been charged with domestic violence, an experienced domestic violence defense attorney at Moses & Rooth can...
Continue ReadingIf you are facing allegations of domestic violence or family abuse, you know that the ramifications of these accusations can be serious and immediate. The accuser may have left you with little social traction, causing you to be removed from your home and family without much recourse. Being charged with domestic assault does not have to be the end...
Continue ReadingFlorida law defines domestic violence as “any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death of one family or household member by another family or household member.” Domestic violence is not just when two family members disagree and argue, a spat...
Continue ReadingCharges of domestic violence can be allotted to anyone, including actors and actresses. Recently, Luke Bigham, who starred in “Talladega Nights,” was charged with domestic violence harassment for an argument between him and his mother. He allegedly shoved his mother into the stairs. His mother, who admitted she was in pain when the police arrived, refused medical attention. Bigham...
Continue ReadingA Florida man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly violated a protective order against his wife and attacked her on June 15. The defendant, age 50, apparently got into an argument with the woman over the no-contact order, which was related to a previous allegation of domestic abuse. The defendant is accused of domestic strangulation after apparently choking...
Continue ReadingA former football player for the University of Maine was arrested in Georgia and will be expedited back to Florida to face domestic assault charges. The man’s home is in Palm Beach County, where the alleged domestic violence took place. He is being accused of stabbing a man multiple times resulting in the man’s death and stabbing the mother...
Continue ReadingThe Clerk of Court in Orange County, Florida, has changed the way that the local government can deal with domestic violence situations. This was done, according to those involved, because there are domestic violence cases that need to be addressed on off hours; they do not always come up during the standard workday or even during the week. In...
Continue ReadingFlorida law enforcement officers are often called out to intervene in domestic violence issues. Sometimes, they find themselves visiting the same home over and over when they have two people with volatile tempers living in the same household. Their job is to protect each individual from harm, even if it means arresting and charging someone with domestic battery or...
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