Florida
Recently I had family in from out of town unfortunately there was a physical altercation where I was mildly assaulted by my senior citizen father. this happened in his vehicle after we had been out. as we arrived at my house I was furious at his behavior wanted him out of my house and have been told that I struck him. part of the problem was that I had been drinking and lost my temper but I do not remember hitting him. he left and went back to his state and now my sister wants to file charges against me. I have no criminal record of any kind, unfortunately had too much to drink and when that happens and someone becomes aggressive with me I return the favor. I have never done anything like this before as far as what they "say" I did. My daughter says that she saw me raise my hand but didn't see me hit him. given his age any slight anything would appear worse than it is. first I heard he was swollen then I heard he was bloody and I think my sister is just over exaggerating. My daughter is still upset about seeing him slap me and "pull my leg". I plan to never have a drop of hard liquor again as apparently it is no good for me. I do know myself however and if someone assaulted me, I would tend to want to strike back. My question is can they file charges from a different state after the fact? It is primarily he said she said. my niece and my daughter were there for part of it but both have different perspectives on what happened. my daughter will say he started it but my niece would say I finished it after the fact.
Recently I had family in from out of town unfortunately there was a physical altercation where I was mildly assaulted by my senior citizen father. this happened in his vehicle after we had been out. as we arrived at my house I was furious at his behavior wanted him out of my house and have been told that I struck him. part of the problem was that I had been drinking and lost my temper but I do not remember hitting him. he left and went back to his state and now my sister wants to file charges against me. I have no criminal record of any kind, unfortunately had too much to drink and when that happens and someone becomes aggressive with me I return the favor. I have never done anything like this before as far as what they "say" I did. My daughter says that she saw me raise my hand but didn't see me hit him. given his age any slight anything would appear worse than it is. first I heard he was swollen then I heard he was bloody and I think my sister is just over exaggerating. My daughter is still upset about seeing him slap me and "pull my leg". I plan to never have a drop of hard liquor again as apparently it is no good for me. I do know myself however and if someone assaulted me, I would tend to want to strike back. My question is can they file charges from a different state after the fact? It is primarily he said she said. my niece and my daughter were there for part of it but both have different perspectives on what happened. my daughter will say he started it but my niece would say I finished it after the fact.