Need advice: ISP suspended LTCH Notice and hearing.....

[tonybia]

Hey guys I'm needing some advice, information or informative opinions on a situation I am in. Back a few months ago I was wrongly charged with a Felony (non-gun related) that has since been dropped. I received a letter from the ISP that my license has been suspended. The court has a hearing scheduled next month on a day that I am not able to get off work. So can I ask for a rescheduled hearing? I live over 2.5 hours away from Indy btw. Is it possible to write the court and ask for the suspension to be dropped since there is no reason that I would be ineligible for the permit? Has anyone ever gone before the judge? How was your experience? If you don't feel like sharing in public please feel free to message if you are more comfortable with that. Thanks for all the help!!!

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

Get a lawyer.

 

[24Carat]

You could approach the agency that originally brought the charge for advice.

 

[TheSpark]

Hey guys I'm needing some advice, information or informative opinions on a situation I am in. Back a few months ago I was wrongly charged with a Felony (non-gun related) that has since been dropped. I received a letter from the ISP that my license has been suspended. The court has a hearing scheduled next month on a day that I am not able to get off work. So can I ask for a rescheduled hearing? I live over 2.5 hours away from Indy btw. Is it possible to write the court and ask for the suspension to be dropped since there is no reason that I would be ineligible for the permit? Has anyone ever gone before the judge? How was your experience? If you don't feel like sharing in public please feel free to message if you are more comfortable with that. Thanks for all the help!!!

I would first call the ISP and ask them if this can be handled without a hearing since the charges were dropped. If they were dropped then they no longer have a reason to suspend your license and should immediately reinstate it as you would be qualified and Indiana is a shall issue state so they have to honor that. Beyond that I would either try to make the hearing or contact a lawyer.

 

[singlesix]

Get a lawyer.

^^^^^This^^^^^. IMHO the system is designed to keep lawyer employed, on the surface it seems like a simple thing right? You didn't do it so you should not get your LTCH suspended, well my experience in a civil matter tells me nothing in the legal area is simple.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

You could approach the agency that originally brought the charge for advice.

I doubt that would work out in his favor.

 

[stephen87]

Lawyer up. As much as I hate to say it, this is where the lawyer would be you best option.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Get a lawyer.

FWIW, this is what I think I'd do first. How much help you'll need from them, I don't know but it would be worth a few bucks to at least consult with one that is familiar with Indiana's LTCH laws. There are a couple here on INGO that would be my first choices.

 

[Bunnykid68]

Guy Relford

 

[councilman]

Guy Relford

^^^^^ This. Call Guy Relford!

 

[CathyInBlue]

Send a certified letter to Lt. Wood, ISP Firearms Div. Include any and all information about your case you have, arresting officers (agency, name, badge nos.), prosecuting attorneys (name, contact info), case/cause numbers, and if the charges were dispensed with by a judge, his name and contact info. Inform him of the fact that the charges were dropped and give him all of the information he could possibly need to confirm that for himself. Request that the LTCH hearing be cancelled and your LTCH be reinstated. Inform him that if the hearing is not cancelled with the prompt reinstatement of your LTCH, you are requesting a continuance to another date to give you time to retain an attorney. Give him any any and all information on what dates and times you will be available for him to schedule that hearing appropriately.

And then, of course, as mentioned, get an LTCH savvy attorney.

 

[tonybia]

Thanks everyone for your opinions and advice!!! At this point I am going to try to contact them myself and see if they are willing to reinstate my license, then if not I will see what a specialized attorney has to say. Thanks so much and I will update this thread as things unfold or resolve so it may help others too.

 

[STEEL CORE]

I agree with Spark, first call ISP and ask them for info, since this cannot be the first time this situation has happened to someone. Proceed from there.

 

[IndyGunSafety]

Get an attorney! Just because charges were dropped does not mean the arresting agency cannot go forward with a complaint that you are not a proper person. These complaints may be filed without criminal charge, and as we have seen before, may be used when "they" can't get you on anything else. You don't have to break the law to lose your LTCH.

 

[remauto1187]

Thanks everyone for your opinions and advice!!! At this point I am going to try to contact them myself and see if they are willing to reinstate my license, then if not I will see what a specialized attorney has to say. Thanks so much and I will update this thread as things unfold or resolve so it may help others too.

Just remember....If it aint in writing it never was said or didnt happen!

 

[Bill B]

I've been through this. Get a lawyer.

 

[seedubs1]

Get a lawyer. It's ridiculous that you should have to for something like this. But you need one.

 

[singlesix]

Get a lawyer. It's ridiculous that you should have to for something like this. But you need one.

Lawyers gotta to eat too

 

[Vigilant]

Lawyers gotta to eat too

I thought they ate their young?

 

[Dim Mak]

It's in your VERY BEST INTEREST to Lawyer up! Lawyer up!