Case Results: The Law Office of Timothy Hessinger
Client: Student
Notice to Appear: Keeping of Certain Animals Prohibited
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped
Client: Painter
Cited for: Felony Leave Scene of Accident Without Rendering
Aid Death / Injury
Driving While License Suspended / Revoked Habitual
No Motor Vehicle Registration
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: All Cases Dropped
Client: Construction Worker
Arrested for: Domestic Battery by Strangulation
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Reduced to Disorderly Conduct
Client: IT Security Specialist
Arrested for: Domestic Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped
Client: Machinist
Arrested for:
- Non Arrest Capital Sexual Battery or Lewd and Lascivious
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: No charges filed
Client: General Manager Grocery Store
Arrested for:
- Domestic Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case dropped by State Attorney
Client: Teacher
Arrested for:
- 2 Charges Transmissions of Material Harmful to a Minor
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Cases dropped by State Attorney
Client: Assistant Dean
Arrested for:
- Fleeing and Eluding Law Enforcement Officer - Felony
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Reduced to Failure to Yield to Emergency Vehicle - Misdemeanor
Client: Parts Department Worker
Arrested for:
- Lewd or Lascivious Battery
- Traveling to Meet a Minor
Location: Pasco
Outcome: Case dropped by State Attorney
Client: Shipping Supervisor
Arrested for:
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DUI and Drive Thru Within Safety Zone
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: DUI dropped by State Attorney; Drive Thru Within Safety Zone – Adjudication Withheld
Client: Installer for Paving Company
Arrested for:
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DUI and Open Container
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: All charges dropped by State Attorney
Client: Teacher
Arrested for:
- Battery on Law Enforcement Officer
- Neglect of a Child
- Resisting an Officer without Violence
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: All charges dropped by State Attorney
Client: Retired Detective with Sheriffs Office
Arrested for:
- Count I Burglary of Conveyance with Assault or Battery
- Count 2 Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Count 1 Dismissed Burglary of Conveyance w Assault or Battery Count 2 Diversion Battery
Client: Corporate Assistant Vice President
Arrested for:
- Fleeing and Eluding and DUI (Prior out of state DUI arrest with diversion)
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Fleeing and Eluding reduced to Misdemeanor Obstructing or Opposing and first time DUI sanctions
Client: Owner Tree Service
Arrested for:
- Domestic Violence Injunction
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Dismissed by Court
Client: Pharmacist
Arrested for:
- Felony Criminal Mischief and Violation of an Injunction for Protection
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Criminal Mischief Dismissed after diversion. Violation of Injunction Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Army Sergeant
Arrested for:
- Domestic Violence Injunction by Daughter
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Dismissal After Hearing
Client: Business Owner - CEO
Arrested for:
- Domestic Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge reduced to Disorderly Conduct Adjudication Withheld
Client: Retired Couple (both charged and resolved the same)
Arrested for:
- Resisting Arrest Without Violence
- Trespass Structure Conveyance After Warning
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Cases Dropped by State Attorney and Expunged
Client: Retired FedEx Manager
Arrested for:
- Domestic Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney and Expunged
Client: Foreign Student
Arrested for:
- Resisting Arrest Without Violence
- Disorderly Intoxication
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Cases Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Sales Supervisor
Arrested for:
- DUI
- Resisting Officer With Violence
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: DUI charge reduced to Reckless Driving Resisting Officer With Violence charge dropped by State Attorney
Client: Employee at Rail and Fence Company
Arrested for:
- Loitering and Prowling
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Finance Manager
Arrested for:
- Battery Domestic
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Retired
Arrested for:
- Grand Theft
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge dismissed / diversion / Sealed
Client: Juvenile
Arrested for:
- Lewd and Lascivious Molestation
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Intensive Delinquency Diversion, Case Closed and Expunged
Client: Businessmen (Two Tourists both charged and cases resolved the same)
Arrested for:
- GAG Grouper Out of Season
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Cases Dropped by State Attorney and Expunged
Client: Self Employed
Arrested for:
- Domestic Related False Imprisonment
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Retired
Arrested for:
- Petit Theft
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge dismissed /diversion / Sealed
Client: Kennel Assistant
Arrested for:
- Battery - Simple
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Steel Worker
Arrested for:
- Disorderly Intoxication / Failure to Appear
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Budget Analyst
Arrested for:
- Domestic Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Licensed Practical Nurse
Arrested for:
- Domestic Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney and Expunged
Client: Nigerian Citizen
Arrested for:
- Petit Theft
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge Dismissed / diversion / Sealed
Client: Lineman Electric Company
Arrested for:
- Domestic Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dismissed by State Attorney
Client: Salesman for Tile Company
Arrested for:
- Battery Upon Spouse
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Customer Service Representative
Arrested for:
- Child Abuse
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Woodworker
Arrested for:
- Manufacture of Marijuana
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge Dismissed / diversion
Client: Self Employed
Arrested for:
- Domestic Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Superintendent of Construction Company
Arrested for:
- Battery on a Person 65 years or Older
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge reduced to Misdemeanor Battery
Client: Army
Arrested for:
- Domestic Battery by Strangulation
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Homemaker
Arrested for:
- Aggravated Child Abuse
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Restaurant Workers (Two Co-Workers both charged and cases resolved the same)
Arrested for:
- Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Both Cases Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Business Owner
Arrested for:
- Possession of Methamphetamine Felony
- Reckless Driving
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge reduced to Possession of Paraphernalia misdemeanor. 12 months probation. Reckless Driving – one day time served
Client: Juvenile
Arrested for:
- Burglary / Occupied Dwelling
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Juvenile Arbitration Diversion – Case Closed
Client: Student
Arrested for:
- 9 Counts Possession of Child Pornography (possessed thousands of photos and videos)
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charges reduced to two counts Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child – 10 years probation with Sex Offender Conditions. Adjudication Withheld
Client: Registered Nurse
Arrested for:
- Reckless Driving
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Dismissed
Client: Child Care Worker
Arrested for:
- Non Arrest Burglary / Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: No charges filed by State Attorney
Client: University Employee
Arrested for:
- Violation of Probation (on probation for two counts of Leaving the Scene of an Accident). Violation of probation for new charge of Aggravated Assault with a Motor Vehicle and Possession of Paraphernalia.
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Withhold of adjudication and two years probation on the Aggravated Assault. Probation terminated on the Leaving the Scene of an Accident charges.
Client: Retired
Arrested for:
- Cultivation of Marijuana
- Felony Possession of Marijuana
- Non Arrest Trafficking in Marijuana
- Non Arrest Possession of Marijuana
Location: Hernando and Pinellas
Outcome: Adjudication withheld 18 months probation.
Client: Retired Nurse
Arrested for:
- Battery Strike or Touch
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case dropped by State Attorney
Client: USF Student
Arrested for:
- DUI
- Unlawful Speed
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: DUI reduced to Reckless Driving. Unlawful Speed merged and dismissed.
Client: Out of State
Arrested for:
- Had Outstanding Warrant from 2002 Worthless Check Felony. Did not pay restitution. Absconded from Supervision
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Paid outstanding monetary obligations. Probation terminated. Warrant withdrawn
Client: Student attending Nursing School
Arrested for:
- DUI: Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: DUI reduced to Careless Driving. Failure to Obey Traffic Control Devise Merged and Dismissed
Client: Teacher
Arrested for:
- Retail Theft
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case dropped by State Attorney
Client: Juvenile
Arrested for:
- Burglary
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charged reduced to Trespass, court supervised probation, adjudication withheld
Client: St. Petersburg High School Senior
Arrested for:
- 2 Counts Battery – Simple; Obstructing or Resisting an Officer Without Violence
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case dropped by State Attorney
Client: Unemployed
Arrested for:
- 5 Counts Possession of Child Pornography
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Reduced to 3 Counts Possession of Child Pornography. 5 years sex offender Probation – Adjudication withheld
Client: Biological Assistant
Arrested for:
- Fleeing and Eluding
- Ran Stop Sign
- Expired Tag
- Violation of DUI probation
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: New cases dropped by State Attorney. Violation of probation - dismissed
Client: Coast Guard
Arrested for:
- Criminal Mischief
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case dropped by State Attorney
Client: Tree Climber
Arrested for:
- Felony Possession of Marijuana
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: State dropped charges
Client: Corporation Owner
Arrested for:
- Grand Theft (investor contribution $750,000)
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Business Owner
Arrested for:
- DUI (refusal)
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: 17 year old
Arrested for:
- Armed Robbery with a Firearm
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Reduced to Accessory After the Fact
Client: Property Investor
Arrested for:
- Grand Theft
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Elected City Official
Arrested for:
- Investigated for Election Law Violation
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: No Charges Filed
Client: Retiree
Arrested for:
- DUI
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge Reduced to Reckless Driving. Probation and Driving test. No DUI sanctions imposed. Adjudication Withheld
Client: Physician
Arrested for:
- Battery on Spouse
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Firefighter
Arrested for:
- Aggravated Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Reduced to Felony Battery. Dismissed / diversion / Sealed
Client: Commercial Fisherman
Arrested for:
- Possession of Undersize Stone Crab Claws
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Not Guilty after Jury Trial
Client: Former Marine
Arrested for:
- Aggravated Assault with a Firearm
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge reduced to Discharging a Firearm in Public and individual found Not Guilty after Jury Trial
Client: Commercial Fisherman
Arrested for:
- Felony Child Abuse (Spanking his child)
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Nurse
Arrested for:
- Attempting to Obtain Controlled Substance by Fraud
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Foreign Student
Arrested for:
- DUI
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Found Not Guilty after Trial
Client: Spouse of City Counsel Member
Arrested for:
- Aggravated Assault With Motor Vehicle
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case Dropped by State Attorney
Client: Student
Arrested for:
- Lewd and Lascivious Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charged with Child Abuse and Reduced to Misdemeanor Battery
Client: Law Student
Arrested for:
- Aggravated Battery
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Reduced to Misdemeanor Battery. Adjudication Withheld
Client: Social Worker
Arrested for:
- DUI
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case was Dismissed by State Attorney
Client: Commercial Airline Pilot
Arrested for:
- DUI
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Case was Dismissed by State Attorney
Client: Business Owner
Arrested for:
- Investigated for theft of Three Million Dollars
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: No charges filed
Client: Student
Arrested for:
- Aggravated Battery With Firearm (10 – 20 – Life)
- Felony Possession of Marijuana
Location: Pinellas
Outcome: Charge reduced to Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Firearm by Minor. Adjudication Withheld – 3 years probation.