Facts:
My client contacted me the morning after an incident with his ex-girlfriend at his house. She had been visiting and when she refused to leave, she claimed that he pushed her out of the door and that she fell. By the time she called the St. Petersburg Police Department, he had already left the home.
He wanted to know what to do. I informed him that there was likely probable cause for his arrest and that the police would be looking for him. He decided to leave town for a couple of weeks.
By the time he returned, the domestic violence charge had been sent to the prosecutor’s office. The police were no longer looking for him.
The Case:
I started working on the case. The woman involved had made an identical claim against another man less than a year later. It was in the public records and it was amazing how similar it was to what she was claiming now. The prior allegation was dropped.
She was highly intoxicated that evening and the case was questionable from the start. She also changed her mind and did not want to prosecute.
The prosecutor investigated the case and received the materials that I presented. I asked for the case to be dropped.
The Result:
It took a few months to get done, but the prosecutor decided to drop the case and not charge my client. Thus, he was never arrested and there is no record of this incident. He was very happy.
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