If you have been arrested for stalking, contact a Tampa domestic violence attorney to discuss your case. Stalking is a serious criminal offense with serious criminal penalties.  At the Sammis Law Firm we represent people accused of stalking or aggravated stalking in the Tampa Bay area, including Pinellas County, Polk County, Pasco County, Sarasota County, Manatee County, and Hillsborough County.

Under Florida Statute § 784.048(2), the offense of stalking requires that the prosecutor prove the following elements beyond all reasonable doubt:

The Defendant repeatedly, maliciously, and willfully did one of the following to the victim:

1. Harassed, which means to engage in a course of conduct directed at the victim which serves no legitimate purpose and causes the victim substantial emotional distress;  or
2. Cyberstalked, which means to engage in a course of conduct to communicate or cause communication of language, words or images through the use of electronic communications or electronic mail which is directed at the victim, and serves no legitimate purpose, but instead causes the victim substantial emotional distress.

Under Florida Statute § 784.048(3), the offense of aggravated stalking requires the prosecutor prove the offense of stalking plus that the defendant:

1. Made a credible threat, which means a threat against the life of or a treat to cause bodily injury to the victim and the threat was made with the intent to cause the victim to fear for her safety; and
2. The threat was made with the intent to place the victim in reasonable fear of bodily injury or death to the victim, or the victim's child, sibling, spouse, or parent.

If you were arrested for stalking or aggravated stalking, contact a Tampa domestic violence attorney to discuss your case in Hillsborough County, Sarasota County, Manatee County, Polk County, Pasco County or Pinellas County.

Related Domestic Violence Charges under Florida Law:

• Domestic Violence / Battery
• Battery / Aggravated Battery
• Assault / Aggravated Assault
• Domestic Battery by Strangulation
• Protective Order Hearings
• Violation of Domestic Violence Injunction
• Violation of Repeat Violence Injunction