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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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