Criminal Defense

Orlando, Orange County, Seminole, Osceola, & Central Florida

Caught for Driving On a Business Permit Only Restricted License?

Many hard working people throughout Orlando and central Florida communities are driving on restricted licenses or business permit only licenses. Whether the restriction is the result of a DUI charge, too many points, child support delinquency or a drug suspension, people still need to drive to get to work. Unfortunately the government does not necessarily really care that you need your license for more things than just going to work like grocery shopping or going to school.

Because of the lack of adequate and efficient public transportation in Orlando, Kissimmee, Winter Park, Sanford, UCF, Daytona, Melbourne, Broward or elsewhere in Central Florida, people are overly reliant or dependant on their cars and trucks to get around. Sometimes a loved one is sick and has to be rushed to a doctor for critical medical care. In other instances, you may need to visit a friend whose family member passed away from a horrible disease and need to help that friend through their painful mourning period. Sometimes people get arrested for driving improperly on their driver license because they detoured from their job and went to a movie with their family, spouse or significant other just get a break from the daily grind that life has to offer. 

Unfortunately if you get caught or arrested for driving unlawfully while on a restricted license here in the State of Florida you could be facing serious jail time, probation, community service and increased fines and court costs. If you're on probation for another criminal offense, getting caught illegally driving on a restricted or business only license can end up not only costing you a night in jail, but cause you to violate your probation and result in a warrant issued for your arrest.

Unlike the criminal charge for driving illegally on a restricted license, which requires a bond, a warrant on a violation of probation does not require that you have a bond and this relatively small criminal traffic offense can ultimately end up causing you great problems down the road when you're stuck in jail on a no bond status for violating your probation.

Even if the police officer was nice enough not to take you to jail for driving on a restricted license, tough prosecutors and judges will look at the reason your license was restricted in the first place and may give you a harsher sentence, including incarceration or jail, to teach you a lesson. When faced with this situation, you need an experienced attorney by your side.

Our criminal attorneys at the Umansky law firm will assist you with every step of the legal process, including the arraignment on your charges, all pretrial conferences, motions, and in some rare cases, a jury trial if that is required. In some cases the police officer does not obtain enough evidence to convict you and our experienced criminal defense attorneys can potentially expose those weaknesses in the government's case to get you a better resolution, plea offer or convince the prosecutor to drop the charges against you.

Please contact the criminal law attorney of the Umansky Law Firm today for an initial criminal defense consultation. You may also call us at 407-228-3970 if you are in Orlando or Central Florida.