DUI & Criminal Defense Lawyer in Media, PA

Getting arrested in Media

Arrests inside Media Borough are handled by the Media Borough Police Department. Many of the people who end up in the Media courthouse were actually stopped somewhere else in Delaware County, such as on Baltimore Pike, the Route 1 bypass, or Providence Road. All of those cases converge here.

State Street has a busy restaurant and bar scene. That means a fair number of DUI stops happen within a few blocks of the courthouse itself, along with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges that can feel minor but still leave a record.

What happens next

A Delaware County criminal case usually starts with a preliminary arraignment, where bail is set, and then a preliminary hearing at the magisterial district court. That hearing is the first real chance to test the evidence. Sometimes charges are withdrawn or reduced there. If not, the case is listed at the Court of Common Pleas in Media.

For DUI, we look at why you were pulled over, how the field tests were run, and whether the breath or blood testing followed the rules. For first offenses, we also work on ARD applications, which can keep a conviction off your record entirely.

You work directly with attorney John Gentry from the first call to the last court date. Your case is not handed off to someone you have never met.