Areas Of Defense

Criminal mischief is governed under Florida Statute 806.13 and can be classified as either a Misdemeanor or a Felony.  Criminal Mischief is sometimes referred to as “Destruction of Property” or “Vandalism”.  The Criminal Mischief Law makes it illegal to intentionally or maliciously damage or destroy the property of another.  Former Prosecutor and Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney Grant Schwarz at the Office of Attorney Grant Schwarz can start building a defense for you today!

Child Abuse occurs when a caregiver intentionally inflicts physical or mental injury upon a child, commits an intentional act that could reasonably expect to result in an injury or actively encourages any person to commit an act that could result in injury.  These are very serious allegations and can result in years of prison or probation.

Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card is often associated with a number of other crimes involving theft of another person’s identity.  Credit card fraud can be committed several different ways, each of them is considered very serious.

This statute seeks to criminalize the act of a person drawing, issuing, making or delivered a check, draft or any other written money order, or use a debit card when at the time of doing so, the person knew that there insufficient funds in the account to cover the transaction or payment.

Choosing a criminal defense lawyer to represent you after being arrested on charges of Burglary is a very important decision you need to make very soon.  Florida Law considers burglary and related offenses particularly serious.  From the State and alleged victim’s point of view, a person who commits burglary has not only invaded someone’s place […]

Have you been arrested? Do you have a bond? Is the bond too high? Do you have an arrest warrant? Does the warrant have a bond?

Florida Statute 838.015 also makes it illegal for the public servant to accept, solicit or agree to accept any money or other benefit with the intent to influence his/her public duty.  This means that an officer, judge, prosecutor, state representative, mayor or other public servant cannot accept anything in exchange for doing something within their official discretion of a public servant, in violation of a public duty, or in performance of a public duty.

Under Florida law, Simple Battery / Misdemeanor Battery is defined under Section 784.03, Florida Statutes.  The intentional touching or striking of another person against their will is a very serious matter.  The State of Florida is likely to take these cases more seriously.  These matters are made even more serious when there are allegations that the […]

As if getting arrested for criminal charges isn’t bad enough, sometimes after you are arrested, the government will swoop in and try to keep your property.  This action is known as a Seizure or Asset Forfeiture.  This process takes place in civil court and often includes items such as:

Assault is the intentional threatening of another person, along with the present apparent ability to carry out the threat at the exact time the threat is made and the threat must create a well-founded fear that violence is imminent.  Circumstances that may increase the penalty for an assault conviction are if the alleged victim is a family member, spouse or other type of domestic relationship, the use of a deadly weapon or firearm during the time of the assault.