Chatsworth is a neighborhood in the Northwest San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles California.  Nearby Canoga Park, West Hills, Woodland Hills, Northridge, San Fernando, Winnetka, Porter Ranch, and North Hills, Chatsworth has approximately 40,000 people living in Chatsworth.  The North San Fernando Valley neighborhood has low population density and higher than average income for Los Angeles. 

Crime rates in Chatsworth are lower than many other regions of Los Angeles.  The lower level of crime allows law enforcement more time and resources to devote to DUI enforcement.  In addition to DUI, domestic violence, theft cases and drug crimes are not uncommon.  Chatsworth is a safe community, and violent crimes and gang crimes are not common, but do occur.

Criminal matters in Chatsworth proceed to the San Fernando Courthouse in nearby San Fernando. LAPD provides law enforcement services for Chatsworth with the California Highway Patrol policing the 118 and 27 freeways.  Chatsworth is also home to the Chatsworth Courthouse which hears traffic matters.

If you or a loved one have been arrested, charged with a crime or may be under investigation by law enforcement, contact the Law Offices of Nicholas Loncar for a free consultation with a passionate, aggressive and knowledgeable criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles.  If you have been arrested in Chatsworth, San Fernando, Northridge, North Hills, Mission Hills, Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, Tarzana, Porter Ranch, Winnetka, or anywhere else in the San Fernando Valley or Los Angeles, contact a Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney now to see what can be done to protect you from criminal charges.  If you must appear at the Van Nuys Courthouse or San Fernando Courthouse, do so with an attorney who has experience dealing with those courts and understands the procedures that can help you get a better outcome in your case.

EXAMPLE OF A CHATSWORTH CRIMINAL DEFENSE CASE:
Brian, a 21 year old Cal State Northridge student is on break from school while his parents are on vacation in Mexico.  He has a party and invites some of his friends from high school and friends from college to attend.  Underage drinking and drug use ensue.  Next, Brian gets into a fight with one of his party guests, breaking his nose and then kicking him out of the house.  The now beaten up guest calls the police and reports Brian for the attack.

Police respond and walk into the back yard, where some of Brian's friends are playing beer pong.  Brian is inside the kitchen and comes outside to confront the officers.  A few people scatter, and a few others are cited by the officers for alcohol-related offenses.  The officers want to speak to Brian about the fight.  Brian denies being involved in a fight and goes inside.  The officers follow him in through an open door and place him under arrest.  In the kitchen the officers also find cocaine and marijuana concentrate.

Brian's parents bail him out of jail the next day, and he is given a court date to appear in San Fernando Courthouse on misdemeanor charges of Battery (PC 242) and Possession of a Controlled Substance (HS 11350).  Brian is not charged with, but could have been, possession of concentrated cannabis (HS 11357) and crimes involving providing alcohol to minors.

Brian hires a Los Angeles Criminal Defense to represent him in the criminal case.  Due to Brian's lack of record and persuasive argument from Brian's attorney, Brian is permitted to do a one year diversion program, at which time, if Brian completes 100 hours of community service and picks up no new cases, his case will be dismissed.

Being arrested or facing a judge in court can be intimidating, scary and extremely stressful.  Not knowing what might happen and how you life will be affected is terrifying.  Start with a free consultation with a Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, to better understand the best and worst possible outcome, the strength of any defenses you have available, and hear how the Law Offices of Nicholas Loncar help people just like you through some of the most difficult moments in their lives.  Whether aggressively fighting the charges with motions or at trial, or negotiating with the prosecutor to work out a plea deal and crafting a sentence you can live with, your lawyer should be working hard to get the best possible outcome.  Our office is conveniently located on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, nearby Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Van Nuys, and the rest of the San Fernando Valley.

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