George Zimmerman Arrested: Girlfriend alleges Zimmerman threatened her with a shotgun, police say
George Zimmerman mug shot, after his arrest following a disturbance on Nov. 18, 2013 at an Apopka, Fla. home
/ Seminole County Sheriff's Department
(CBS) - George Zimmerman is being held without bail on charges that he threatened his girlfriend with a shotgun.
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Zimmerman, 30, was taken into custody Monday afternoon following a disturbance call at a home in Apopka, Fla., about 15 miles from Orlando, according to Chief Deputy Dennis Lemma of the Seminole County Sheriff's office.
In July, Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
Lemma told reporters that Zimmerman has been charged with aggravated assault, battery, domestic violence, and criminal mischief. No injuries were incurred and Lemma said no one other that Zimmerman and his girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, were at home at the time. Lemma also said that, despite published reports to the contrary, the girlfriend told police that she is not pregnant.
"The victim indicated that she and George Zimmerman were having a verbal dispute and at that time she alleged that he had broken a table and pointed a long barrel shotgun at her," said Lemma.
Lemma said that Scheibe told police that Zimmerman pushed her out of the home and barricaded the door with furniture as she called 911.
"She's shaken up over this incident," said Lemma of Scheibe.
Lemma said that Scheibe told police that Zimmerman pushed her out of the home and barricaded the door with furniture as she called 911.
"She's shaken up over this incident," said Lemma of Scheibe.
On Feb. 26, 2012, Zimmerman shot and killed Martin, who was 17-years-old and unarmed at the time of his death. It took several weeks for police to arrest Zimmerman for the shooting, setting off waves of protests across the nation. Zimmerman, who was acting as a volunteer neighborhood watchman at the time of the shooting, claimed he shot Martin in self-defense during an altercation.
On July 13, Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder by a six-person jury.
On July 13, Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder by a six-person jury.
Since the acquittal, Zimmerman has had several run-ins with law enforcement. He was stopped for speeding in Texas about two weeks after his acquittal, and pulled over twice more in Florida (once for speeding and once for overly tinted windows and improperly displayed tags) over the next few months. And in September, police were called to the home of his estranged wife, Shellie, after she told a police dispatcher that he threatened her with a gun. No charges were filed in that incident.
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