Jacksonville Criminal Attorney Blog

A police officer in Lawtey, Florida has been arrested on felony charges. Kenyatta Sheffield was arrested for two counts of bribery and two counts of receiving unlawful compensation. When Sheffield pulled people over for speeding in Lawtey, which is what most officers in Bradford County spend their time doing, he would allegedly offer drivers a "special" payment option. Instead of paying the fine to the clerk of court, the officer would ask for cash on the spot and allegedly keep it. Over his career, Sheffield wrote about 200 traffic tickets.

As Jacksonville Traffic Lawyers, we represent many people who are written traffic citations and even arrested for traffic offenses in Jacksonville. If you are given a ticket, you can pay the ticket and will be assessed points on your license, go to traffic school, or fight the ticket in court. If you hire a Jacksonville Attorney to represent you on a ticket, the Jacksonville Lawyer will go to traffic court for you and try to get the ticket dismissed or at the very least, get NO points assessed on your license.

Traffic fines have just jumped this year in Florida. Here are some fines associated with different violations:

Pedestrian Violations (jaywalking) $15.00

Nonmoving Traffic Violations $30.00

Speeding

1-5 mph over Warning
6-9 mph over $25
10-14 mph over $100
15-19 mph over $125
20-29 mph over $150
30 mph and above over $250

If you are speeding in a school zone or construction zone, you will have to pay double the fine depending on how fast you were going.

When you get a speeding ticket in Jacksonville or any traffic ticket, you can pay it, fight it yourself, or hire a Ticket Attorney in Jacksonville to fight it for you.

The Florida Highway Patrol conducted "Operation Safe Ride" during March 18-21 and April 22-25. FHP wrote over 22,000 tickets during this time on all major state roads. The Florida tickets issued were:

10550 for speeding
1804 for not wearing a seat belt
199 for DUI in Florida
216 for not using a turn signal

If you have been arrested in Jacksonville, contact our Jacksonville Criminal Law Firm at (904) 634-0900.

If you have been pulled over by the Jacksonville police and received a ticket, contact a lawyer to explore your options.

When you just pay the ticket, points will be assessed on your Florida Driver's License and if you accumulate enough points, the state will suspend your license. Not only will that impair your ability to drive, if you do drive on a suspended license, you could receive Driving on a Suspended License charge. That is a criminal charge that may require you to appear in criminal court.

If you have any questions about a traffic ticket in Jacksonville, call our Jacksonville Ticket Attorneys at (904) 634-0900.