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St. Cloud Criminal Defense
St. Cloud has its own police force, its own lakefront, and one of the fastest-growing stretches of road in Central Florida — but it does not have its own criminal court. Every arrest made in St. Cloud, whether by the St. Cloud Police Department, the Osceola County Sheriff's Office, or the Florida Highway Patrol, ends up in the same place: the Osceola County Courthouse in Kissimmee, in Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit. Don Waggoner Law, P.A. is minutes from that courthouse — and Chad Seibel, a former prosecutor, has tried cases in its courtrooms for the State.
If you or someone you love was arrested in St. Cloud, call or text 407-846-8008 for a free consultation.
What St. Cloud Cases Look Like
The charges we defend for St. Cloud residents track the way the city lives:
• DUI — stops along US-192 (13th Street through town), Narcoossee Road, and Nova Road, where late-night traffic enforcement is a fact of life. The 10-day clock to fight your license suspension starts at arrest, not at your first court date.
• Boating Under the Influence — St. Cloud sits on East Lake Tohopekaliga, and FWC patrols the lake and its ramps hard on summer weekends and holidays. BUI is not a traffic ticket; it carries DUI-level penalties.
• Domestic violence — often charged after one 911 call, with a no-contact order that locks you out of your own home near your own kids' school.
• Drug charges — from possession cases made on traffic stops to constructive-possession cases built on nothing more than proximity in a shared car or house.
• Theft and shoplifting — including retail cases from the 192 corridor's big-box stores.
• Driving while license suspended — the charge that quietly snowballs toward habitual traffic offender status for working people who kept driving because they had no other way to get to the job site.
Every one of those links goes to a full page on the charge, the penalties, and the defenses — because what happens next depends on the specific statute you're facing, not on generic reassurance.
Growth Means Enforcement
The Narcoossee corridor and the neighborhoods between St. Cloud and Lake Nona have grown explosively — and with tens of thousands of new residents come more of the ordinary collisions between everyday life and the criminal law: traffic stops that turn into arrests, first-time charges against commuters who've never seen the inside of a courtroom. If that's you — a first arrest, a job, a security clearance or professional license on the line — the difference between a conviction and a withhold of adjudication, diversion, or dismissal is often shaped in the first weeks of the case, while the State Attorney is still deciding what to formally charge.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where will my St. Cloud case be heard?
At the Osceola County Courthouse in Kissimmee — all St. Cloud arrests are prosecuted there by the Ninth Circuit State Attorney's Office. First appearance happens within 24 hours of arrest at the county level.
Where is someone taken after a St. Cloud arrest?
To the Osceola County Jail on Simpson Road in Kissimmee. We can usually find out charges and bond status quickly — call us before you start guessing.
Do you handle misdemeanor cases too?
Yes — misdemeanors, felonies, DUI, and juvenile cases arising anywhere in Osceola County.
I live in St. Cloud but was arrested in Orange County. Can you help?
Yes. We defend cases throughout the Ninth Judicial Circuit — Osceola and Orange Counties — and across Central Florida.
Talk to a Former Prosecutor Today
Call or text 407-846-8008 for a free, confidential consultation. Hablamos español. Office visits are by appointment only — 1633 E. Vine Street, Suite 206, Kissimmee, FL 34744, minutes from the courthouse.