Clearwater Defense Lawyer : Facebook Request= Jail!?

By Nicholas J. Dorsten, Esq.

According to The Smoking Gun, A Florida man was arrested last night after he allegedly violated a protective order by sending his estranged wife requests to “friend” him on Facebook.

According to a Pasco County Sheriff’s Office report, the Defendant, admitted contacting his wife twice last last month via the social networking site. Investigators claim that his Facebook requests violated a domestic violence injunction obtained by his wife, from whom he has been separated for two years.

“Yeah, I did it,” the man said when confronted by cops. He remarked that the friend requests were “stupid” and knew that he should not have sent them. The Defendant, who also copped to changing the password to his wife’s Yahoo e-mail account, said that he was upset that he had to attend court-ordered counseling sessions as a result of the injunction (which bars him from any contact with his wife).

The Defendant was jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail. The sheriff’s report lists his employer as a local plumber in Pasco.

In an apparent reference to the filing of the restraining order, the Defendant wrote in a July 27 post to his Facebook wall that, “today my future x wife thinks she won but the real winner is me for i know the truth she is nothing but a lying emotionally disturbed woman who needs help to handle previous abusive relationship."

This story both highlights both the emotional impact of a divorce as well as the need to be careful when dealing with anu sort of injunction or domestic violence claim.

Have you been accused of battery or domestic violence? Then Blake & Dorsten, P.A. is here for you! If you have been arrested or accused of a violent crime, you need to know that the police and prosecutors are already working against you. You need attorneys who know the system and can give you the best possible result.

For more information, or to speak directly with experienced criminal defense attorneys, please contact the law firm of BLAKE & DORSTEN, P.A. at 727.286.6141 or email the attorneys at: info@blakedorstenlaw.com