Stephen A. Gravatt, Esq.
Attorney
565 Highway 35
Middletown, New Jersey 07748
(732)-337-7922
Email: pipking@comcast.net
Highlands Borough Municipal Court:
Criminal defense attorney defends charged for criminal offenses |DWI-DUI | TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
Highlands Borough Municipal Court is located at the Atlantic Highlands shared services Court, 100 First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. The telephone number is (732)-291-3225 and the fax number is (732)-291-3100. The Court Administrator is Martha Diaz-Verson, CMCA. The Judge is Thomas J. Smith, III, J.M.C.. The Prosecutor is James N. Buler, Jr., Municipal Prosecutor. Sessions are held on the first and third Tuesdays each month at 3:00 P.M..
Stephen A, Gravatt, Esq., has been defending clients charged in Highlands Borough with criminal offenses listed below for thirty (30) years.
DISORDERLY PERSONS OFFENSES
CDS-MARIJUANA POSSESSION N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)
CDS-DRUG PARAPHERNALIA N.J.S.A 2C:36-2 AND 36-6
UNDERAGE POSSESSION CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL N.J.S.A. 2C:33-15
PROVISION OF ALCOHOL TO UNDERAGE PERSONS N.J.S.A. 2C: 33-17
OBSTRUCTION OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW N.J.S.A. 2C:29-1
RESISTING ARREST-ELUDING N.J.S.A. 2C:29-2
HINDERING APPREHENSION N.J.S.A. 2C:29-3
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF N.J.S.A. 2C:17-3
SHOPLIFTING N.J.S.A. 2C:20-11
LEWDNESS N.J.S.A. 2C:14-4
ASSAULT N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(a)
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1(b)
WEAPONS N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4, 5
ENDANGERING WELFARE OF CHILDREN N.J.S.A. 2C:24-4
WHAT IS MY EXPOSURE (PUNISHMENT) IF CONVICTED OF A CRIMINAL DISORDERLY PERSONS OFFENSE?
If convicted, the court can impose monetary fine of up to $1,000.00 plus possible jail time of up to 180 days plus possible driver’s license suspension for drug possession offenses.
PETTY DISORDERLY PERSONS OFFENSES
DEFIANT TRESPASSER N.J.S.A. 2C:18-3(b)
DISORDERLY CONDUCT-IMPROPER BEHAVIOR N.J.S.A. 2C:33-2(a)
HARASSMENT M.J.S.A. 2C:33-4
WHAT IS MY EXPOSURE IF CONVICTED OF A CRIMINAL PETTY DISORDERLY PERSONS OFFENSE?
If convicted, the court can impose monetary fine of up to $500.00 plus possible jail time of up to 30 days plus a criminal record.
DWI-DUI
N.J.S.A. 39:4-50 prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle when the driver is impaired by ingestion of alcohol and/or CDS-Drugs-Marijuana. If convicted the judge must impose the following penalties. For a first offense, a monetary fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00 plus possible jail time from zero (0) days up to thirty (30) days plus driver’s license suspension of not less than three (3) months nor more than twelve (12) months plus Intoxicated Drivers Resource Center of twelve (12) hours plus possible installation of the interlock device on your motor vehicle. For a second offense, monetary fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 plus possible jail time from two (2)days up to ninety (90) days plus mandatory driver’s license suspension of two (2) years plus Intoxicated Drivers resource Center of not less than twenty four (24) hours nor more than forty eight (48) hours plus installation of the interlock device on your motor vehicle. For a third or subsequent offense, monetary fine of $1,000.00 plus mandatory jail time of one hundred and eighty (180) days plus mandatory driver’s license suspension of ten (10) years plus Intoxicated Drivers Resource Center of forty eight (48) hours plus installation of the interlock device on your motor vehicle. For moreinformation visit my website at www.njdwicriminaldefenseattorney.com.
DO I NEED TO RETAIN AN ATTORNEY TO DEFEND ME IF CHARGED WITH A CRIMINAL DISORDERLY PERSONS OFFENSE?
Yes. I would recommend it. It’s not the amount of the fine, money is fungible. A criminal record is an indelible mark that may take up to five (5) years to expunge..A criminal record can preclude you from being eligible to secure employment as a school teacher or other government official. If you are employed by government you may be required to forfeit your position. You may be denied a license to practice by a professional licensing board. If you are not a United States citizen you may be deported.
I have helped many clients avoid conviction, avoid jail time, avoid maximum fines, avoid driver’s license suspension in my 30 plus years of practicing law.
If charged with a criminal offense I can possibly help you.
Please contact me for your free initial consultation and a no nonsense discussion of how I can help you.
Stephen A. Gravatt, Esq.
(732)-337-7922
www.njdwicriminaldefenseattorney.com
