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Each year, millions of people vacation in south Florida to enjoy our sunny beaches, tropical weather and amusement facilities. Sometimes visitors to the area make a mistake, or have a temporary lapse in judgment and will find themselves involved in the Florida criminal process. These types of mistakes have serious consequences and will negatively affect your freedoms, liberties and ability to work.

Dealing with an arrest while on vacation can be overwhelming and time consuming. It is imperative to retain a local attorney to defend your constitutional rights in order to obtain the best possible outcome on your behalf. At Musca Law, we represent people who have been arrested or charged with all types of criminal offenses. In many cases of tourist arrest, we can avoid you ever returning to Florida, even for a court appearance.

A recent case in which we were retained involved a tourist accused of engaging in a physical fight with a woman peddling items on the street. When the police arrived at the scene, our client fled on foot. The woman told the police our client pushed her and had been verbally abusive. Police apprehended the Tennessee resident and charged him with Battery, Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest. The man returned to Tennessee and failed to appear at a pretrial hearing. The Court issued a bench warrant for his arrest.

Our criminal defense attorneys filed a Motion to Set Aside the Bench Warrant and the Motion was granted; vacating the Warrant for our client's arrest. Our attorney successfully convinced the State they would be unable to meet the burden of proof to secure a conviction. The State agreed to dismiss the Disorderly Conduct Charge and our client did not get convicted of Battery or Resisting Arrest.