What is the name of your state? Virginia
My boyfriend is being charged with 2 felonies, one for felonious assault, or as they call it malicious wounding, i dont know which it is, the magistrate told me that felonious assault was a lesser crime than malicious wounding...and the other is felony domestic assault. i will be putting this in both forums, but they kinda go together. My boyfriends dad passed away after dealing with lung cancer, four months ago. when his dad passed, he turned to drinking alot more to the point of blacking out and doin things he doesnt remember. Well, this night he was just being a jerk, and i called the cops thinking that he would snap out of it and calm down somewhere else. Well, after the cops left, he came back and kicked in my door and came after me, but he only pulled my hair. His cousin was here and pulled him off of me and was sitting on top of him. He kept telling his cousin to get off of him, and told him that he couldnt breathe, so he punched his cousin. His cousin went across the street to his uncles house and called the paramedics. He was taken to the hospital because they thought he had a broken nose, turns out he didnt. There is no damage, nose was back to normal the next day. The felony domestic assault is because he has 2 priors, one was a juvenile offense, 14 years ago, and one was just 5 years ago. He was never violent with me or abusive in anyway before this night. The offense from 5 years ago was because his g/f at the time and him were both at a bar, got into a disagreement, he was walking away from her, and she hit him about 7-8 times with a beer bottle, and he finally snapped back at her, only hit her once. (i personally think she deserved it). I didnt want him arrested, and after a few days of being in jail, he tried to hang himself. I want to work on getting him out, he has already told the judge he wanted help with the alcohol, and i was wondering if i could get him into a detox program, it is possible for the charges to be dismissed? The cousin doesnt want to press charges either. who do we talk to about getting these charges dismissed, it was a big misunderstanding. we are not married, but we do have a child in common. i didnt have any injuries, i did write up a statement, but at this point in time, i do not remember what was written. i know what happened that night, and when i wrote up the statement, i dont believe i signed it, and i was really shaken up from having them fighting, and never seeing my boyfriend act like that. I am not scared of him, and have been in front of the judge for a bond hearing, but because of the attempted suicide, obviously he was not given one. Thanks in advance, and sorry it was so long.
My boyfriend is being charged with 2 felonies, one for felonious assault, or as they call it malicious wounding, i dont know which it is, the magistrate told me that felonious assault was a lesser crime than malicious wounding...and the other is felony domestic assault. i will be putting this in both forums, but they kinda go together. My boyfriends dad passed away after dealing with lung cancer, four months ago. when his dad passed, he turned to drinking alot more to the point of blacking out and doin things he doesnt remember. Well, this night he was just being a jerk, and i called the cops thinking that he would snap out of it and calm down somewhere else. Well, after the cops left, he came back and kicked in my door and came after me, but he only pulled my hair. His cousin was here and pulled him off of me and was sitting on top of him. He kept telling his cousin to get off of him, and told him that he couldnt breathe, so he punched his cousin. His cousin went across the street to his uncles house and called the paramedics. He was taken to the hospital because they thought he had a broken nose, turns out he didnt. There is no damage, nose was back to normal the next day. The felony domestic assault is because he has 2 priors, one was a juvenile offense, 14 years ago, and one was just 5 years ago. He was never violent with me or abusive in anyway before this night. The offense from 5 years ago was because his g/f at the time and him were both at a bar, got into a disagreement, he was walking away from her, and she hit him about 7-8 times with a beer bottle, and he finally snapped back at her, only hit her once. (i personally think she deserved it). I didnt want him arrested, and after a few days of being in jail, he tried to hang himself. I want to work on getting him out, he has already told the judge he wanted help with the alcohol, and i was wondering if i could get him into a detox program, it is possible for the charges to be dismissed? The cousin doesnt want to press charges either. who do we talk to about getting these charges dismissed, it was a big misunderstanding. we are not married, but we do have a child in common. i didnt have any injuries, i did write up a statement, but at this point in time, i do not remember what was written. i know what happened that night, and when i wrote up the statement, i dont believe i signed it, and i was really shaken up from having them fighting, and never seeing my boyfriend act like that. I am not scared of him, and have been in front of the judge for a bond hearing, but because of the attempted suicide, obviously he was not given one. Thanks in advance, and sorry it was so long.