April 14, 2021      6:00 AM
Former Lt. Gov. Dewhurst arrested on domestic-violence charge in Dallas, per reports
The news overnight from
the Dallas Morning News:
Former Texas Lt. Gov. David
Dewhurst was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Dallas on a domestic-violence
charge. Dallas police announced the arrest just before midnight Tuesday. According
to police, officers were called about 5:15 p.m. about a disturbance in the 3300
block of West Mockingbird Lane, near Dallas Love Field. They spoke to a woman
who said she had been assaulted by a man she knew. Police said they identified
Dewhurst as a suspect, and he was taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of
family-violence assault and booked into the Dallas County jail.
Jail records showed that
he had been booked into the facility about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. His bail had
not been set, and it was unclear whether he had an attorney. Dallas police said
the department’s public integrity unit would conduct the investigation.
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