George Zimmerman posts $9,000 bail in domestic violence case
A Florida judge on Tuesday set bail for George Zimmerman at $9,000
and ordered a number of conditions for his freedom -- including that he
not possess weapons -- while he awaits trial on charges he pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend
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He was released from the
John E. Polk Correctional Facility on Tuesday afternoon. He didn't speak
with the media. It was unclear where he was headed.
Zimmerman was arrested
Monday at his girlfriend's Apopka home, four months after he was
acquitted of murdering teenager Trayvon Martin.
Earlier, Zimmerman said
little as a judge, during Zimmerman's first appearance Tuesday afternoon
in Seminole County court, said he found probable cause for Zimmerman's
arrest on a felony charge of aggravated assault and misdemeanor counts
of domestic violence battery and criminal mischief. Zimmerman's
arraignment has been scheduled for January 7.
A prosecutor revealed a
new allegation against Zimmerman while trying to argue for a higher bail
-- that Zimmerman tried to choke his girlfriend a week and a half
before Monday's alleged shotgun incident, and that Zimmerman had talked
about suicide.
Assistant State Attorney
Lymary Munoz argued for $50,000 bail, saying that new information should
heighten concern for the accuser's safety, though the alleged incident
hadn't been reported to police.
The new allegation is not
reflected in the preliminary charges. But Judge Fred Schott cited the
choking accusation when he put the bail at $9,000, saying it prompted
him to set it higher than the $4,900 requested by the defense.
Jeff Dowdy and Daniel
Megaro, the public defenders representing Zimmerman, told reporters
afterward that they hadn't known of the choking allegation previously.
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