Dez Bryant arrested (911 Call-Post 847) **closed**
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CooterBrown
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Califan007;4621893 said:
A class A misdemeanor is defined by the level of possible punishment, not the trype of offense. 365 days in Jail, and/or $4000 fine is the maximum punishment for a Class A.
Assault with bodily injury is a Class A misdemeanor. "Bodily injury" basically means, "did it hurt?"
The family violence aspect of it means that it was charged as an assault against a relative, or someone with whom the accused had a dating relationship. "family violence" often provides specific bond conditions and possible protective orders. It also provides that a second family violence charge will be a felony if the first was a conviction or even a deferred adjudication probation.
I have seen thousands of A-FV charges, some of them are legitimate and some of them are anger induced lies, or a question of who hit whom first.
Generally, whenever police respond to a report of domestic violence they will attempt to insure that the involved parties do not spend that night together. One of them has to at least go somewhere else.
In this case, since Dez turned himself in the next day, he was not arrested on the scene meaning that the police had to go to a magistrate and present a probable cause affidavit and ask for an arrest warrant. The magistrate makes the decision, not the police officer. (in theory anyway. Often times magistrates simply rubber-stamp police requests for warrants.)
Don't have any idea what happened, but the police believe Dez committed an assault and that it involved bodily injury to another family member.
And, just so you know, the "victim" cannot "drop the charges" in Texas. That is strictly up to the prosecutor.
"Where there's smoke, there's fire", may not hold up in this case until the case runs its course, but in this case there is a least a spark.
(I could go on at length about some police officers who arrest famous people just so they can tell the story a gazillion times.)
This stuff is not speculation about Texas law. I will gladly answer any questions you may have. (about Texas assault law anyway.)
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iceberg;4621954 said:
buh bye
BourbonBalz
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If this turns out to be something with a girl, then he needs to do himself and everyone else a favor and stay far away from the girl. It doesn't matter if it was his fault, her fault, or if both were at fault. You can't have stuff like this happening. If an argument, fight, whatever, results in an arrest, you should stay away from that person from that point forward. It's not rocket science. I've been married for 24 years and I have never even remotely been in an argument that would merit the police getting involved. Not even remotely. It's not that hard. Act like an adult and not an idiot, or simply get out of the situation causing the problem.
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I hope this turns out to be a mistake or something very minor, but when things keep following people, it's normally not a coincidence. Regardless, I hope Dez gets his head on straight and has a fantastic season. He needs to concentrate on football at this stage of his life and drop the nonesense.
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Star4Ever;4621962 said:
This.
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Hopefully Dez learns from this but who knows. For the record the same happened to Larry Fitzgerald and he is still considered a saint. Yes, I know there is a huge difference in the level of intelligence between Fitz and Dez but we still have to wait and see.
