Sunday, 17 July 2016
Sarah Palin's Son Accepts Plea Deal In Domestic Violence Case
The Judge in the case was appointed by Sarah Palin, by the by. Also, this woman needs to take care of the thugs in her own family before criticizing anyone else.
Track Palin, son of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, reached a plea agreement in an Anchorage court this week on initial charges of punching a woman in the face at the family's home in January, the Alaska DaIly News reports.
The case was taken up this week by a special court for veterans at the request of the defendant, Track Palin's lawyer, Kevin Fitzgerald, told the newspaper on Friday.
Under the plea agreement, prosecutors dropped two of three misdemeanor charges, including domestic-violence assault and interfering with the report of a domestic-violence crime.
Fitzgerald says Track, who served with the U.S. Army in Iraq for one year from 2008, pleaded to misconduct involving weapons for being under the influence and having a firearm.
Under terms of the deal, Track Palin will have to complete an "alcohol-related" treatment program, Fitzgerald says. The weapon charge would be expunged if he completes the program. Otherwise, he could get a 180-day suspended jail sentence and be placed under informal probation for two years.
Track, 27, was arrested at the Palin family home after a woman told police that he struck and kicked her during a dispute. The woman also said, according to a police affidavit, that he threw her phone and at one point threatened to kill himself with a rifle.
Trump said this week that Palin would not be attending the Republican convention next week in Cleveland because it was too far from her home state. Cont.
Story from - USA Today
Image from - DonkeyHotey - Flickr
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Alaska,
Crime,
Domestic Abuse,
Election 2016,
Politics,
Trump,
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