APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman was charged with assault Monday after his girlfriend called deputies to the home where they were living and claimed he pointed a shotgun at her during an argument, authorities said.
The girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, called 911 in the early afternoon to say that Zimmerman had smashed a glass table, threatened her with the shotgun and ultimately pushed her out of the house, according to an arrest report. After pushing her out, Zimmerman barricaded the door with furniture and refused to leave, saying that he would talk to police by phone, authorities said.
Deputies used a key provided by Scheibe to unlock the door and they were able to push through the barricade of items, Chief Deputy Dennis Lemma said at a news conference hours after the arrest.
“She was very concerned for her own safety especially having the weapon pointed at her and then being pushed out,” Lemma said.
Lemma says Zimmerman was compliant and unarmed when deputies came to the house.
“The easiest way to describe it is rather passive. Clearly, he’s had the opportunity to encounter situations similar to this in the past,” he said of the former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted earlier this year on criminal charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman was charged with domestic aggravated assault with a weapon, domestic battery and criminal mischief. His first appearance was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. He will be housed in a single-person cell and guards will check on him hourly, Lemma added.
Here we go again. First there was in incident with his wife. That led to no arrests because nothing could be proven. Now he breaks up furniture and points a shotgun at his girlfriend? In the first place, any woman stupid enough to go out with him is little on the questionable side. I guess he really didn’t learn his lesson at all. He has shown us all who he really is. I believed him.
The young man needs to check himself in and get some professional help before he kills someone else. He obviously has some angery management issues. Perhaps he is just nuts. At any rate, he should not be allowed to have a gun. Is there a “too stupid” clause in Florida?
Meanwhile, I can’t wait to hear how some of our readers defend him this time. Mr. Howler is already not being spoken too. His defense obviously wasn’t slick enough for Moon-Howler. The correct answer is simply not defending this toad. He sure lost no time finding a replacement woman either. He loses points for that one also.
Standing his ground?
Oh he was standing his ground, all right. See new thread.
George Zimmerman is now on his own. He makes his own bed, he sleeps in it.
I’ve always said Zimmerman was a jerk, but I still think the jury was correct in the Trayvon Martin shooting. There was no evidence to support the prosecution’s case and some witnesses to support Zimmerman’s story. Both Zimmerman and Martin acted stupidly but Zimmerman should never have been tried. There was no chance of the evidence showing man slaughter beyond a reasonable doubt.
The good news is that like OJ, people with behavioral problems eventually will make the same mistakes again. If this report is true (and it sounds believable) Zimmerman should be go to jail over this. (I’d assume he’d lose his right to carry firearms after he’s convicted but I guess that depends if its a felony or not.)
I did a lot of talking back a while about how Zimmerman might not be crazy. But, I take it back. The guy’s crazy.
Furby is right – it’s definitely time that Zimmerman should lose his right to carry firearms.
I cannot believe that conservatives consider this wife-beating bum a hero.
@Starryflights
I can’t believe that you think that conservatives consider him a hero. Please….. provide evidence of that.
Generalizations can be a bitch.