01-15-2015, 10:20 AM
It's still not clear in media reports whether Zimmerman's latest domestic dispute involves the same girlfriend who filed the complaint last year or not. Sounds more like a new ex-girlfriend, but not sure.
Anyway, here's what led to Zimmerman's arrest last week and the order to turn in all of his guns.
Officers patrolling the neighborhood where Zimmerman lives last week heard the sound of glass shattering, and then saw the former girlfriend drive out of the driveway. They pulled her over for a traffic stop a few streets over because she didn't have her lights on.
She explained that Zimmerman became angry after she told him she didn't want to take the relationship further, and they also argued over a painting she had that he wanted returned. Zimmerman made threats and threw the wine bottle, which didn't hit her, she said.
Detectives described her as "extremely emotional, crying, mad and upset" and said she became reluctant to cooperate when she realized that officers might be conducting an investigation. She called her former boyfriend "that psycho, George Zimmerman" and said several times that she should have known better than to get involved with him.
The ex-girlfriend, whose name is redacted, told investigators that she had had an "intimate relationship" with Zimmerman since the end of last year. "She indicated that this began at a time when she was emotionally vulnerable," the report said.
Zimmerman was arrested at his house on Friday, four days after the confrontation. Detectives said in the police report that he refused to come to the door for more than two hours despite their repeated knocking. They said they could hear the television on and a dog barking.
Zimmerman eventually came outside after police officers agreed to allow him to keep his attorney on his cell phone with him while he was interviewed, the report said.
Full story: http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/content...d=sb2O7UrS
Zimmerman denies throwing a wine bottle and claims he was just trying to stop the now ex-girlfriend from entering his home.
Anyway, here's what led to Zimmerman's arrest last week and the order to turn in all of his guns.
Officers patrolling the neighborhood where Zimmerman lives last week heard the sound of glass shattering, and then saw the former girlfriend drive out of the driveway. They pulled her over for a traffic stop a few streets over because she didn't have her lights on.
She explained that Zimmerman became angry after she told him she didn't want to take the relationship further, and they also argued over a painting she had that he wanted returned. Zimmerman made threats and threw the wine bottle, which didn't hit her, she said.
Detectives described her as "extremely emotional, crying, mad and upset" and said she became reluctant to cooperate when she realized that officers might be conducting an investigation. She called her former boyfriend "that psycho, George Zimmerman" and said several times that she should have known better than to get involved with him.
The ex-girlfriend, whose name is redacted, told investigators that she had had an "intimate relationship" with Zimmerman since the end of last year. "She indicated that this began at a time when she was emotionally vulnerable," the report said.
Zimmerman was arrested at his house on Friday, four days after the confrontation. Detectives said in the police report that he refused to come to the door for more than two hours despite their repeated knocking. They said they could hear the television on and a dog barking.
Zimmerman eventually came outside after police officers agreed to allow him to keep his attorney on his cell phone with him while he was interviewed, the report said.
Full story: http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/content...d=sb2O7UrS
Zimmerman denies throwing a wine bottle and claims he was just trying to stop the now ex-girlfriend from entering his home.