Case Results

All Results provided are not necessarily representative of the results obtained Ken Hassett, for a client’s prospective case. All individual facts and circumstances may differ from the matter in which results are in your case.

Charges: Count 1:Sexual Battery second degree felony, Count two: Misdemeanor Battery
Alleged Facts: Clients was accused of digitally penetrating the alleged victim against her will.
Results: Sexual Battery charge dismissed by the State.  Client received one year probation on the Misdemeanor Battery charge.

Charges: Attempted Robbery, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Alleged Facts:  Client was accused of attempting to steal a woman’s purse by force and attempting to run her over as he began to flee the scene. She claimed that he attempted to hit her with his vehicle as she was taking a photo of his tag.
Result:  Case dismissed on the day of Jury Trial

Charges: Two counts of Battery
Alleged Facts: Client was accused of physically assaulting two ladies during an ongoing dispute over money.
Result: Case dismissed

Charges: Clients received notification of a criminal investigation regarding elder abuse/neglect.
Result: Communication with the investigating authorities resulted in no criminal charges being filed against our clients.

Charges:  Organized Scheme to defraud & Grand Theft
Alleged Facts:  Client was accused of stealing funds from a municipality via an organized scheme.
Result:  One day probation

Charges:  Lewd & Lascivious Molestation of a Child 12-16 years old, Misrepresentation of age/use of computer to lure or seduce a child
Alleged Facts:  Client accused of sexual contact with a 14 year old child.  Client also accused of communicating with the child via the internet and exchanging sexually explicit messages and misrepresenting themselves as a child as well.
Result:  Case Dismissed

Charges:  Battery
Alleged Facts:  Client accused of battering her boyfriend against his will.
Result: Case Dismissed

Charges:  Temporary Restraining Order
Allegations:  Client accused of battery and cyber stalking of Petitioner on multiple occasions.
Result:  Case Dismissed

Charges: Domestic battery by Strangulation
Alleged Facts: Client accused of Strangling his significant other
Result: Case Dismissed

Charges:  Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Alleged Facts: Client accused of attempting to hit someone with a bat in an attempt to cause great bodily harm.
Result:  Case Dismissed

Charges:  Grand Theft Second Degree, Dealing in Stolen Property
Alleged Facts:   Client accused of stealing more than $20,000 of cell phones via a shipment
Result:  Case Dismissed

Charges: DUI Property Damage Enhanced, DUI Property Damage, DUI Injury, DUI Enhanced, DUI
Alleged Facts: Client alleged to have crashed into two vehicles while severely intoxicated, causing property damage and injuries.
Result:   Reduced to one charge of DUI Property Damage with Enhanced penalties.  Remaining four charges dismissed.  No jail time.

Charges: Armed Robbery
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Taking of Another’s Property by Force or Intimidation with a Weapon
Results: Charge Reduced to Battery

Charges: Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Domestic Battery
County: Palm Beach
Facts: Client was accused of threatening someone with a box cutter while arguing over contract work
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Aggravated Assault, Witness Tampering, and Battery
County: Broward
Facts: Alleged Threat to Kill Common Law Wife while Holding Machete Knife
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Stabbing of Victim with a Knife
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon, Criminal Mischief
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client went to his son’s mother’s house to pick up his son, where mother’s new boyfriend picked a fight with Client and stabbed him in the leg with a knife, claiming that Client was the owner of the knife and that the boyfriend took it from Client in the struggle and stabbed him in self-defense
Results: Case Dismissed “Aggravated Battery

Charges: Aggravated Child Abuse and False Imprisonment
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was alleged to have imprisoned his disobedient teenage daughter by handcuffing her to a chair within the home
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Aggravated Stalking
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Female client was alleged to have been stalking and threatening the other woman in a love triangle
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Animal Cruelty
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly failed to care for his horse and the horse died as a result
Results: Adjudication Withheld, Sentence Suspended

Charges: Armed Home Invasion Robbery and Burglary
County: Broward
Facts: Four people were suspected of robbing a group of people at a house party at gun point
Results: Case Dismissed. Client had served 9 years in prison prior to retaining our firm, and in addition, he faced deportation. He is living now with his family in the United States.

Charges: Armed Robbery with a Weapon
County: Broward
Facts: Alleged Armed Robbery with a Screw Driver
Results: Adjudication Withheld, Probation and Community Service

Charges: Assault, Battery, and Child Abuse
County: Broward
Facts: Alleged Unconsented Harmful or Offensive Contact to a Child
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Assault, Battery, Domestic Battery
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was allegedly in a fight with her lover, and Client allegedly slapped her lover in her face and told the police that her lover threw a shoe at her.
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Attempted Larceny
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was allegedly attempting to steal rims off of another vehicle
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Attempted Second Degree Murder with a Deadly Weapon, Possession of Controlled Substances, Burglary of an Unoccupied Dwelling
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Attempted Second Degree Murder with a Deadly Weapon, Possession of Controlled Substances, Burglary of an Unoccupied Dwelling, Alleged Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Marijuana
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Sealed

Charges: Bad Check Issuance
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Insufficient Check Issued to Costco in the Amount of $8,000.00
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Battery
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Domestic Battery
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Battery
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly scratched her live in boyfriend during an argument
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Battery
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly scratched her husband in the face
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Battery
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Unconsented Harmful or Offensive Touching
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, Resisting Arrest with Violence, Disorderly Intoxication
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was alleged to have struck a law enforcement officer during arrest
Results: Case DismissedBurglary of Unoccupied Dwelling

Charges: Battery, and Throwing a Deadly Object
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Punching in the Face 3-4 Times with a Rock in Hand
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Battery, Marijuana Possession, Narcotics Implementation, Resisting Arrest Without Violence
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly struck his mother without harming her. Client was allegedly smoking pot when police officers arrived and Client fled leaving two bags of marijuana on the seat of his vehicle
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Battery, Obstruction of Justice Without Violence
County: Broward
Facts: Client was Accused of Physical Spousal Abuse
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Burglary of a Conveyance, Grand Theft in the Third Degree, and Criminal Mischief
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was at a mall parking lot and noticed an open trunk of a car. He went to close it and the car’s owner attacked him and accused him of burglary of the car
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Burglary to a Dwelling, Grand Theft in the 3rd Degree, Criminal Mischief
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Breaking and Entering of a Home to Steal Something
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Careless Driving and Leaving the Scene of an Accident
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Careless Driving and Leaving the Scene of an Accident
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Credit Card Fraud, Forgery, and Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Ordering of Merchandise with Stolen Credit Card, and Signing for Same
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Criminal Negligence Resulting in Death
County: Broward
Facts: Client was alleged to have left out a firearm. His child shot and killed himself with his parent’s firearm.
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Criminal Trespass
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Unpermitted Trespass onto the Property of Another
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Cruelty to Animals
County: Broward
Facts: Alleged Cruelty to a Dog resulting in the Death of the Dog
Results: $15 Fine Assessed – No Jail

Charges: Cruelty to Animals
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly left puppy in the vehicle in the hot sun while shopping
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Disorderly Intoxication
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Dispute with a Business about Paying a Bill while Intoxicated
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Domestic Battery
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly hit a family member
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Domestic Battery
County: Broward, Federal Court
Facts: Stepmother allegedly slapped stepdaughter after stepdaughter hit stepmother
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Domestic Violence
County: Broward
Facts: Alleged Striking of a Family Member during an Argument over Money
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Driving While License is Suspended and Careless Driving
County: Broward
Facts: Alleged Driving While License is Suspended and Causing an Accident
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Driving While License is Suspended, Improper or Unsafe Equipment/Vehicle
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Driving While License is Suspended in an Unsafe Car
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Driving While License is Suspended, Parking in a Handicapped Space
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Driving with a Suspended License and Illegal Parking
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Drug Trafficking
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Marijuana was allegedly found in the client’s apartment, where there was an apparent shooting which led the police to the apartment
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: DUI Second Offense, No Valid Driver’s License, Driving with an Open Container, Improper Backing of Vehicle
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Driving While Under the Influence of Alcohol for a Second Time, Backing Up in Vehicle and Hitting a Parked Car
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: DUI while on Probation, Driving with an Open Container, Speeding, Expired Tag
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged driving of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: DUI, Careless Driving, Leaving the Scene of an Accident
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly drove drunk, hit three vehicles, and fled the scene of the accident
Results: Charges Reduced to Reckless Driving

Charges: DUI, Obstructing Traffic, Failure to Use Single Lane, Crossing Solid White Line
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Driving While Under the Influence of Alcohol
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: DUI, Second Offense
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Driving While Under the Influence for the Second Time in 6 Months
Results: Found Not Guilty, Must Attend DUI School

Charges: DUI, Speeding
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Driving While Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Controlled Substance, Refusal to Submit to Sobriety Test
Results: Charges Reduced to Reckless Driving, 6 Months of Probation

Charges: Felony Battery, Eluding a Law Enforcement Officer
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Throwing of an Object at Victim during a Dispute over Money
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Felony Criminal Trespass to a Construction Site
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Co-Defendants Allegedly Trespass onto Construction Site Property
Results: Judge Dismissed Case after Successful Motion to Dismiss

Charges: Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Possession of Marijuana
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Five Counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Possession of Five Different Types of Drugs
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Fleeing and Eluding a Law Enforcement Officer
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly ran a yellow light and then ran from the ensuing police officer
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Grand Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of over $300 worth of Merchandise from a Department Store
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Grand Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of Property Worth $300 or More
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Grand Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of Goods Worth Over $300 from Neiman-Marcus
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Grand Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of Goods Valued at Over $300
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Grand Theft Auto
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Grand Theft Auto
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Grand Theft Auto
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of a Vehicle
Results: Probation

Charges: Grand Theft Auto
County: Broward
Facts: Client borrowed a car from his friend that turned out to be stolen
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Grand Theft Auto, Leaving with Scene of an Accident with Property Damage, Resisting Arrest without Violence
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly stole a vehicle, crashed it, and ran from the accident
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Grand Theft in the Third Degree
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was alleged to have stolen items from an electronics store
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Grand Theft in the Third Degree
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Property Valued Over $300 Stolen from Electronics Store
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Grand Theft of the Third Degree
County: Broward
Facts: Client was allegedly caught shoplifting a large amount of merchandise
Results: Charge Reduced to Petit Theft

Charges: Injunction for Protection Against Repeat Violence
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged 15 year old female Victim claimed that Defendant was harassing her
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Kidnapping, Assault, Battery, Criminal Mischief, Armed Burglary, Child Abuse
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was accused of holding his ex-girlfriend and another person against their will at knife point
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Leaving the Scene of an Accident with Property Damage, Careless Driving
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly hit a parked car and left the scene of the accident for a one and a half hours
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Careless Driving
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was alleged to have Hit a Police Officer who was directing traffic while driving and then Left the Scene of the Accident
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Failing to Leave Driver Information, and Careless Driving
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Failing to Leave Driver Information, and Careless Driving
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Improper Backing
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly backed into another vehicle and left the scene of the accident
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Lewd and Lascivious Battery on a Minor
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Sexual Touching of a Child
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Lewd and Lascivious Behavior
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Unnatural Sexual Behavior in Public
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Loitering and Prowling
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly looked into the window of a neighboring condo owner
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Open Carrying of Weapons
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client, a Brinks Truck employee, went to his work to obtain his weapon for an annual firearms training course. He was alleged to have been carrying openly his weapon while not in uniform and walking to his personal vehicle when a police officer approached him.
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Petit Larceny, Malicious Property Destruction
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly drank a red bull at a CVS Pharmacy and did not pay for it
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Petit Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of Merchandise with an Attempt to Return the same for Money
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Petit Theft
County: Broward
Facts: Alleged Theft of Goods from a Supermarket
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Petit Theft
County: Broward
Facts: Alleged Theft of Goods from a Department Store
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Petit Theft
County: Broward
Facts: Alleged Theft of Goods worth less than $300
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Petit Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of Goods worth less than $300
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Petit Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of Goods worth less than $300
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Petit Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of Goods worth less than $300
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Petit Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of Fishing Reel and Line Valued at over $200
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Petit Theft
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Theft of Goods Worth less than $300
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance
County: Broward
Facts: Police allegedly found Client’s Restaurant Employees Smoking Pot
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Possession of Marijuana
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly purchased marijuana from an undercover police officer
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance and Drug Paraphernalia
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Possession of Cocaine and Needles
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Resisting Arrest Without Violence
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Cannabis Possession, Alleged Pipe Possession
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Sell/Deliver
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Possession of Marijuana
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Pre-Arrest
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Marketing Fraud regarding a Fake Appraisals, Forgery
Results: Suspension of Appraiser’s License, No Arrest

Charges: Pre-Arrest Larceny by Trick
County: Palm Beach
Facts: Client allegedly received real estate commissions by falsely claiming entitlement
Results: Client received a release from the claimant

Charges: Pre-Arrest, Suspected DUI, Failure to Maintain Control of Vehicle
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly crashed into a tree while driving under the influence of alcohol
Results: Client was never arrested

Charges: Prostitution
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Payment for Sexual Contact
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Repeat Violence Injunction
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Repeat Domestic Violence, Hitting a Family Member or person in Home
Results: Case and Order for Protection Dismissed

Charges: Resisting Arrest Without Violence
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was arrested at an FTAA Protest
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Resisting Arrest Without Violence.
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client Allegedly Failed to Leave the Beach when a Hurricane was Approaching
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Robbery with a Weapon
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client and his friends allegedly beat up a young adult and took his property after the young adult knocked out the Client on an earlier date
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Second DUI, Careless Driving, Sobriety Test Refusal
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client was allegedly awake for 22 hours and was in an auto accident after partying with friends at a bar
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Sexual Battery
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Unconsented Touching of a Sexual Nature, Resulting in No Injury
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Solicitation of Prostitution
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Solicitation of Prostitution of an Undercover Police Officer
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Solicitation of Prostitution
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Client allegedly offered money for oral sex
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Solicitation of Prostitution
County: Broward
Facts: Client allegedly offered money to an undercover police officer for sex
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Solicitation of Prostitution
County: Broward
Facts: Client allegedly asked to pay a person for sex
Results: Case Dismissed, Record Expunged

Charges: Strong Armed Robbery
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: The Client and his co-defendant were accused of beating up the victim and stealing his wallet
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Theft by Credit Card Fraud
County: Miami-Dade
Facts: Alleged Purchase of Items with Stolen Credit Card, then Returning Items for Cash
Results: Case Dismissed

Charges: Three Federal Felonies
County: Broward
Facts: Client allegedly brought into the United States a human skull on an airplane, claiming that the skull was a part of her Voodoo religion and that it protected her
Results: Charges Reduced to One Misdemeanor

Charges: Violation of Probation
County: Broward
Facts: Client was alleged to have tested positive for drugs while on probation
Results: Probation Terminated