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"George Zimmerman will not face domestic violence charges
because his girlfriend did not wish to pursue the case and there
was scant evidence of a crime, a state prosecutor said Wednesday.
"Samantha Scheibe's decision not to cooperate and the lack of
other corroborating evidence would have made the case difficult
to prove, State Attorney Phil Archer in Seminole County said in
a statement.
"Zimmerman, 30, had faced charges of aggravated assault,
battery and criminal mischief following a Nov.18 confrontation
at the central Florida house he shared with Scheibe. She
initially told police Zimmerman pointed a shotgun at her face
during an argument, smashed her coffee table and pushed her out
of the house.
"She recanted much of that in an affidavit filed this week in
which she referred to Zimmerman as 'my boyfriend' and said she
wanted him back.
"If convicted of the felony assault charge, Zimmerman could have gotten a maxi-
mum of five years in prison. He had been free on $9,000 bail prior to Archer's
announcement and had been ordered to stay away from Scheibe's house in Apopka.
"Zimmerman's attorney, Jayne Weintraub, filed a motion earlier this week asking
that the no-contact order be lifted. That motion included Scheibe's affidavit
stating she did not want the prosecution to go forward.