George Zimmerman Arrested for Aggravated Assault
George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the 2013 Trayvon Martin case, was arrested Friday night for aggravated assault with a weapon, according to police reco...
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For the second time in just over a year, prosecutors have backed away from filing criminal charges against George Zimmerman in a domestic-violence case because a woman, initially upset and angry, has changed her story.
This time, the allegation was that Zimmerman had thrown a wine bottle at a woman who had just moved out. Last year, it was a different girlfriend who said he had pointed a shotgun at her and locked her out of the house.
Neither woman was injured.
Zimmerman, 31, is the former Sanford Neighborhood Watch volunteer acquitted of second-degree murder for shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old, on Feb. 26, 2012.
He did not return a phone call Friday.
Since his trial, he's had several encounters with the police.
Twice he's been arrested, accused by girlfriends of getting violent during breakups, and in 2013, his estranged wife accused him of threatening her and her father with a gun while they were moving out her belongings.
The most recent event was three weeks ago when he was arrested Jan. 9, accused by Lake Mary police of aggravated assault.
At 11:30 p.m. four days earlier, an officer heard breaking glass and saw 28-year-old Brittany Brunelle, Zimmerman's dental hygienist, drive away from their home without turning on her headlights.
When officers pulled her over, she told them that she and Zimmerman had argued about her decision to move out.
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George Zimmerman, the acquitted shooter in the death of Trayvon Martin, faces a Seminole circuit judge Nov. 19, 2013, in Sanford, Florida. Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images
ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities say they are dropping their aggravated assault case against George Zimmerman after his ex-girlfriend stopped cooperating with authorities.
State Attorney Phil Archer said Friday that he wouldn't file a formal charge against Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch leader who was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin.
The killing of the unarmed black teen touched off protests across the country.
Zimmerman was arrested earlier this month after his ex-girlfriend told police officers he had thrown a wine bottle at her. She later recanted her story.
Since his 2013 acquittal in the death of Martin, Zimmerman has had several run-ins with authorities:
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Story highlights A Florida opts not file a formal aggravated assault charge against George Zimmerman A girlfriend recants her claim that Zimmerman threw a bottle at her, she feared him He became a national lightning rod after being charged, acquitted in Trayvon Martin's death
State Attorney Phil Archer, whose jurisdiction includes Brevard and Seminole counties, announced Friday that his office won't file charges against Zimmerman, who first came to the world's attention for his arrest and eventual acquittal in the 2012 shooting death of African-American teenager Trayvon Martin.
Friday's announcement relates to the 31-year-old's arrest in Lake Mary, Florida, on January 9.
"While it clear that the officers had probable cause to arrest Mr. Zimmerman, which was affirmed by the circuit court judge at initial appearances, the subsequent recantation by the (alleged) victim of her initial statement along with new documents provided by the victim and her attorney precludes my office from proceeding further," Archer said.
Zimmerman attorney Don West had told reporters that his client was accused of throwing a wine bottle at a girlfriend. Police learned about it days later after coming "in contact with the (alleged) victim at a traffic stop," Lake Mary police spokeswoman Bianca Gillett said.
The woman has since denied that Zimmerman threw a bottle or that she ever feared him, according to a statement Friday from Lake Mary police.
"She also made it clear that she did not want to proceed with the case," said police, noting that Lake Mary police Chief Steve Bracknell "concurred with Archer's decision." "A lack of eyewitnesses or other corroborating evidence to dispute her version of the incident also contributed to the decision."
This is the latest instance since July 2013 -- when a jury found him not guilty of murder in Martin's death -- that Zimmerman has had a run-in with the law, only to have authorities decide not to push for a trial.
About two weeks after the verdict, he was pulled over for speeding in northern Texas. Much bigger troubles came in November 2013, when Zimmerman was taken into custody at his then-girlfriend's Apopka, Florida, home after the two allegedly had a heated fight.
He was arrested then on aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts of domestic violence battery and criminal mischief, accusations, posting $9,000 bail days later. But after the girlfriend asked that the issue be dropped, Archer announced that prosecutors would not press charges.
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