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(CNN) -- George Zimmerman was charged Monday with felony aggravated assault after allegedly pointing a shotgun at his girlfriend, according to Dennis Lemma, chief deputy with the Seminole County, Florida, Sheriff's Office.

Zimmerman, who was acquitted earlier this year of murdering teenager Trayvon Martin, was arrested after the incident at the home of Samantha Scheibe, Lemma said. He also was charged with two misdemeanors -- domestic violence battery and criminal mischief -- in connection with the same incident, Lemma said.

Zimmerman is being held in jail without bail and will make his first appearance in front of a judge Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. ET.

According to a police report on the incident, Scheibe said that after an argument Zimmerman broke a table with a shotgun then pointed it at her "for a minute."
Scheibe called 911 at 12:30 E.T., Lemma said.

On a 911 call recording released by police, a woman can be heard telling authorities: "He's inside my house breaking all my (things) because I asked him to leave."

The woman then says to someone at the house, "I'm doing this again? You just broke my glass table. You just broke my sunglasses and you put your gun in my freaking face and told me to get the (expletive) out."

A man is heard telling her to calm down, but then she tells the dispatcher that the man just pushed her out of the house and locked the door.

On a separate 911 call, a man calls to report that his girlfriend was "for lack of a better term, going crazy on me" and throwing his things out. The caller says the woman is outside with police.

When asked why he is calling, the man says, "I just want everyone to know the truth."

He says he never pulled a firearm and that it is in a bag, locked. He claims she was the one who broke the table.

When deputies arrived at the house, Scheibe gave them a key. When they pushed open the door -- which was blocked by several small pieces of furniture -- they found Zimmerman, who was sitting and unarmed, Lemma said. He was passive and cooperative, Lemma said.

The sheriff's office was seeking a search warrant to look for two guns deputies believed were inside the home, he said. According to the police report, Zimmerman had locked up the guns before police arrived.


This is one of several brushes that Zimmerman has had with law enforcement since he was acquitted this year of murder and manslaughter in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin.

Earlier this month, police in Lake Mary, Florida, said no charges would result from an alleged domestic dispute in September between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife, Shellie Zimmerman.

Shellie Zimmerman said in September that she has doubts about his innocence in the Trayvon Martin case.

Since his acquittal in the Martin case, Zimmerman also has been stopped for speeding twice. He was pulled over the first time in Forney, Texas, in July and told the police officer he had a concealed weapon permit and a gun in his glove compartment. The officer wrote on his incident report that he gave Zimmerman a verbal warning.

Zimmerman was pulled over in early September going 60 mph in a 45-mph zone in Lake Mary and received a $256 ticket. He was not carrying a weapon at the time.
National headlines

Zimmerman fatally shot Martin in the Sanford neighborhood where Zimmerman and Martin's father lived in February 2012. Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, had a confrontation with the unarmed African-American teen after calling police to report a suspicious person, and he said he shot Martin, 17, in self-defense.

Zimmerman was acquitted by a six-person jury in July on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges.

The high-profile case sparked a heated nationwide discussion of race as well as debate over Florida's "stand your ground" law.

His attorney in the murder trial, Mark O'Mara, no longer represents him.
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only a matter of time before he kills again
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How old is this article? Isnt this like the third time this happened since the verdict?
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Joe_the_Plumber posted:

How old is this article? Isnt this like the third time this happened since the verdict?


November 19, 2013 -- Updated 1507 GMT (2307 HKT)

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Zimmerman quoted as saying "I thought she knew I was kidding, I can't imagine whyshe'd think I'd really shoot anybody"
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innocent until proven guilty. i'll let the courts decide this one.
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This might look bad on the surface but what's called for here is a close examination of the law. People are quick to jump to conclusions and think just because he killed a boy or threatened women that he's done something wrong, but in fact reasoned minds will be checking the statutes and we may find he's not legally guilty at all.
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ilmdge posted:

checking the statutes


catchphrase

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Why does he keep getting attacked? Is there something in the water near his house???? He should move definitely

EDIT: "This is one of several brushes that Zimmerman has had with law enforcement" haha a brush with law enforcement aka the murder of trayvon martin
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getfiscal posted:

innocent until proven guilty. i'll let the courts decide this one.



this but unironically

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^^^^^^^
this but ironically
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Guy can't catch a break
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sorry, but i dont think i can trust anyone who has a level of personal judgement low enough to allow them to date George Zimmerman
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its going to be pretty funny when the guy who was celebrated as a national culture hero for literally murdering an innocent black teen ends up in prison for simply scaring an attractive white woman
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he has already spent more time in jail for killing a glass coffee table than he did for killing Trayvon Martin. fuck ed up but, true
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in b4 goldsmith comes in here to unironically chide us for wanting to lock away a person of color in the prison-industrial complex.
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actually Henry he was already found White by a court of law
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Superabound posted:

actually Henry he was already found White by a court of law

i know that but tell it to goldsmith if he ever starts posting here again.

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iwc does the zimmerman is brown person thing not goldsmith
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where is golden lion tamarin i want him to post something on twitter
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swampman posted:

where is golden lion tamarin i want him to post something on twitter

hasn't posted here since January:
http://www.rhizzone.net/forum/user/GoldenLionTamarin/

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TG posted:

getfiscal posted:

innocent until proven guilty. i'll let the courts decide this one.

this but unironically



Spot on; settle down, citizens, and let the professionals handle things. Go back to making shoes or whatever it is you lot do.

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HenryKrinkle posted:

swampman posted:

where is golden lion tamarin i want him to post something on twitter

hasn't posted here since January:
http://www.rhizzone.net/forum/user/GoldenLionTamarin/

thanks i said where is he not where isn't he cause i know he's not here or i would know where he is

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swampman posted:

HenryKrinkle posted:

swampman posted:

where is golden lion tamarin i want him to post something on twitter

hasn't posted here since January:
http://www.rhizzone.net/forum/user/GoldenLionTamarin/

thanks i said where is he not where isn't he cause i know he's not here or i would know where he is


https://twitter.com/Lowenaffchen

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https://twitter.com/bazingafan80
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/warrant-zimmerman-had-5-guns-ammo-when-arrested/2013/11/26/b5364814-56b8-11e3-bdbf-097ab2a3dc2b_story.html

Relevant passage

Zimmerman is free

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swampman posted:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/warrant-zimmerman-had-5-guns-ammo-when-arrested/2013/11/26/b5364814-56b8-11e3-bdbf-097ab2a3dc2b_story.htmlRelevant passage

Zimmerman is free



Well yeah, he's a law abiding citizen. He was probably just moving his guns into the best places to fight off a 5v1 scenario (Counter-Strike fans, de_mansion or more appropriately de_groverhouse would be the ideal simulation) and she was freaking out about him putting extra clips in the cheese grater.

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poor zimmerman, if he gets a dv conviction he wont be able to own a gun for the rest of his life