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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MISDEMENOR, FIRST OFFENSE

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barklle

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I LIVE IN WEST VIRGINIA, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE FIGHTING, THE ONLY PHYSICAL CONTACT THAT OCCURED, WAS HIM GRABBING MY ARM TO PREVENT ME FROM TAKING OUR SON AND LEAVING, HE THEN PUT HIS ARM THROUGH A WINDOW, HE WAS SEVERLY INJURED, AND SO I CALLED 911, THEY SENT THE POLICE AS WELL AS THE AMBULANCE, I KEPT TELLING THE POLICE OFFICER THAT I DID NOT WANT ANYTHING TO COME OF THIS, HE HAD NOT HIT ME, THE OFFICER STATED THAT IT WAS HIS JOB TO ARREST HIM, BUT IF I DID NOT WANT CHARGES BROUGHT I COULD DROP THE WHOLE THING, MY HUSBAND HAD TO BE LIFE FLIGHTED TO HAVE EMERGENCY SURGERY ON HIS ARM, WHEN WE GOT BACK HOME THAT WEEK I CALLED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS DROPPED, AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT DROP IT HE HAD TO BE ARRESTED, THAT IS WHERE WE ARE NOW HE WENT BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE, VOULNTARILY, WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY ARRESTED, AND IS NOW WAITING FOR TRIAL. THE ONLY EVIDENCE THEY HAVE IS THE STATEMENT THAT THE POLICE OFFICER TOLD ME I HAD TO MAKE DETAILING THE EVENTS OF THAT NIGHT, I DID NOT WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT, HE SAID I HAD TO, I AM REFUSING TO BE A WITNESS, BUT THEY ARE USING MY STATEMENT TO PROSECUTE HIM, HE HAS NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE BEFORE, FOR ANYTHING, IS THERE A WAY OF GETTING THIS DROPPED, OR THROWN OUT, BASED ON THEM GETTING THE STATEMENT WITHOUT ME WANTING ANYTHING TO HAPPEN? HE HAS A COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEY, BUT WILL NOT GET TO SEE HIM UNTIL MAY 15TH.
 



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