Walk It Through: The Call That Turned into an Arrest
A fight at home, a phone taken away, an officer who has to arrest, and an order by morning.
During a fight at home, one partner grabs the other's phone to stop a call to the police.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A fight between partners who live together, with police called. Dual arrests, a child present, and the criminal case's release conditions are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Class A misdemeanorThe more serious misdemeanor class, with up to one year in jail and a fine up to $25,000.
- Criminal mischiefAlaska's name for damaging another's property on purpose, graded by the amount, with $750 or more a felony.
- Household memberIncludes current and former spouses, and adults or minors who live or have lived together, the relationships that make a crime one involving domestic violence.
- Principal physical aggressorThe person an officer finds was mainly responsible when more than one person complains of the same domestic violence incident, so the others need not be arrested.
- Ex parte protective orderA protective order granted on the victim's petition without the respondent present, lasting 20 days.