WALTHAM, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) – Boston Celtics forward Jared Sullinger was arrested following a domestic situation over the weekend with his girlfriend.
Police said Sullinger arrived at the police station 6 a.m. Tuesday to turn himself in.
Sullinger is charged with assault and battery, malicious destruction of property and witness intimidation.
According to police, the incident happened early Saturday evening.
Sullinger is due in Waltham District Court Tuesday.
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/23323181/celtics-sullinger-arrested-following-domestic-situation-with-girlfriend
I'm curious to see the details, and whether there are any injuries. At least in my jurisdiction, DV is the most over-charged crime there is; it's the one crime I see where the cops don't get it right a lot of the time.
Injuries shouldn't be required for this to be a real crime. My WAG about destruction of property is going to be a cell phone, but A&B and witness intimidation are both significant.
Wait and see without rush to judgment is absolutely fair, but casting preemptive doubt on the police isn't really fair either.
Who "cast preemptive doubt"?
In most crimes, you know a defendant is probably guilty the vast majority of the time. The one area where that's not necessarily the case, in my experience, is domestic violence. I think a lot of times people are arrested and charged in those cases based upon "he said, she said" allegations.
That's why I asked to see the details. And yes, physical injuries are a piece of evidence that needs to be examined before rushing to judgment. (I had a client who was arrested for felony domestic violence, along with six other charges, for allegedly hitting his ex-girlfriend in the knee with a sledgehammer. This, despite no physical injuries. When the words "domestic violence" are uttered, a lot of normally sane LEOs and prosecutors go temporarily insane.)
Sully very well may be guilty here. Until I see more, though, I'd say it's a coin flip situation, whereas in other cases I'd be assuming that there was most likely guilty just because he was arrested.)
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