George Zimmerman arrested over domestic violence call after incident with girlfriend
Barely four months after he was acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager that spurred demonstrations across the country, George Zimmerman has been arrested in Florida following a dispute with his girlfriend, authorities said.
Mr Zimmerman, 30, was charged with domestic aggravated assault, domestic battery and criminal mischief after he and his girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, had an argument at their home in Apopka, northwest of Orlando, said Chief Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lemma of Seminole County.
Ms Scheibe told investigators that she had asked Mr Zimmerman to leave the residence, and that he had begun packing his belongings, including two firearms, before growing agitated and turning violent.
Mr Lemma said that Mr Zimmerman had ‘‘broken a table and, at one point, pointed a long-barrelled shotgun’’ at Ms Scheibe, who said he aimed at her for about a minute. Later in the altercation, the authorities said, Mr Zimmerman forced Ms Scheibe, who was uninjured, out of the home before obstructing a doorway with furniture.
‘‘He just pushed me out of my house and locked me out,’’ Ms Scheibe told a 911 dispatcher.
Law enforcement officials arrived soon after.
‘‘The deputies were able to open the door and push away the furniture that was blocking the door, and confronted George Zimmerman as he sat there,’’ Mr Lemma said during a news conference in Sanford, Florida.
‘‘At that time, he was unarmed.’’
Mr Zimmerman was being held without bail ahead of a court appearance in Florida on Tuesday, which officials said was typical in a domestic violence case.
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