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Osceola County Criminal Defense
For an adult taken into custody in Osceola County — from a Kissimmee traffic-stop DUI to a felony arrest in the farthest corner of the county — the typical path runs through the same narrow pipeline: booking at the Osceola County Jail on Simpson Road, a first appearance within 24 hours, and prosecution by the Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney at the Osceola County Courthouse, 2 Courthouse Square, Kissimmee. (Some misdemeanors begin with a notice to appear instead of a custodial arrest, and juvenile cases follow their own procedures — but they end up in the same courthouse.) Knowing that pipeline — its people, its programs, its pressure points — is the home-field advantage of a local defense lawyer. Chad Seibel worked inside it as a prosecutor, and his office sits minutes from the courthouse.
If someone you love is in that pipeline right now, call or text 407-846-8008.
Who Polices What in Osceola County
The agency that arrested you shapes the evidence in your case — report-writing habits, body-camera policies, testing procedures:
• Osceola County Sheriff's Office — all unincorporated areas: Celebration, Buenaventura Lakes, Poinciana's Osceola side, Harmony, Kenansville, and the US-192 corridor between cities.
• Kissimmee Police Department — inside Kissimmee city limits.
• St. Cloud Police Department — inside St. Cloud city limits.
• Florida Highway Patrol — crashes and traffic enforcement on the highways, including many DUI and leaving-the-scene cases.
• FWC (Fish and Wildlife) — the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, where BUI cases are made at ramps and on open water.
Wherever the arrest happened, the case lands in the same Kissimmee courthouse — and that's where we work.
Where You Live, Where We Defend
We built dedicated pages for the communities we serve, because the details differ street by street:
• Kissimmee — the county seat and our home base (start with Arrested in Kissimmee: What to Do Right Now).
• St. Cloud — its own police department, the Narcoossee growth corridor, East Lake Toho.
• Poinciana — where the Osceola–Polk county line decides your courthouse.
• Celebration & Buenaventura Lakes — the tourist corridor and one of Central Florida's great Puerto Rican communities.
And the charges themselves, each with its own full page: DUI, domestic violence, drug offenses, theft, assault & battery, sexual offenses, gun charges, probation violations, sealing & expungement, and more — in English and en español.
What Makes Osceola County Cases Different
A county that hosts tens of millions of visitors a year prosecutes differently than one that doesn't. Tourist-area enforcement is constant; the jail processes defendants from every state and many countries; and the State Attorney's office runs diversion and specialty-court programs (veterans court, mental-health court, drug court) whose criteria change and whose deadlines are early. Eligibility decisions are often made in the first weeks — before formal charges are filed — which is why some of the most valuable work on many cases happens before most people would have hired a lawyer at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in the Osceola County Jail?
Call us — we can locate an inmate, learn the charges and bond, and work to have counsel at first appearance. Don't discuss the case on jail phones: calls are recorded and monitored.
How fast is first appearance?
Within 24 hours of arrest. Bond, no-contact orders, and release conditions get set there — it is not a formality, and counsel at that hearing matters.
Do you handle cases outside Osceola County?
Yes — Orange County (the other half of the Ninth Circuit) and throughout Central Florida.
What does a consultation cost?
Nothing. Call or text 407-846-8008.
A Former Prosecutor on Your Side of the Courtroom
Call or text 407-846-8008 for a free, confidential consultation. Hablamos español. Office visits by appointment only — 1633 E. Vine Street, Suite 206, Kissimmee, FL 34744.