How to Use aggravated assault in a Sentence

aggravated assault

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  • Jones was charged with two counts of aggravated assault in that case.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The chief said an aggravated assault charge was filed for each person who was in the car – the teenager in the driver’s seat and a passenger.
    — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Rowe had been serving a sentence of up to life in prison for armed robbery and aggravated assault in a 2001 case.
    — Tina Burnside, CNN, 27 June 2022
  • Both boys, 14 and 15 years old, face charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
    — Michelle Del Rey, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2022
  • She was charged two felony counts of burglary and aggravated assault.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Police also received a call on March 14 about an aggravated assault with a firearm at the home.
    — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Williams has been charged with one count of felony murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The 32-year-old man was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on suspicion of felony discharge of a firearm and aggravated assault.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Jeremy Theron Smith, who is Black, was charged with seven felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
    — Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2022
  • He was fired after the shooting, then arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault on Oct. 11.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The charges against the six others are misdemeanors; five with aggravated assault and one with assault and battery.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Reiter was charged with three counts each of unlawful display of a weapon and aggravated assault with a weapon.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Three state appeals court judges agreed last week that Gilbert, 55, deserves a new trial on counts of aggravated assault and other charges.
    — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Kane’s own father was in prison for aggravated assault.
    — Reginald Dwayne Betts, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The offense was aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a class E felony that could have landed Lavigne in prison for years, but as usual, he wasn’t charged with a crime.
    — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Jaryn Ware, 18, was taken into custody Thursday in Barnesville and is charged with murder and three counts of aggravated assault in the kil ...
    — Caroline Silva, ajc, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The aggravated assault counts are the most serious, carrying up to life in prison if he is convicted.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Fulton County jail records confirm Stephanie Agee is being held on no bond on charges of murder and four counts of aggravated assault.
    — Greg Hanlon, PEOPLE.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • In June 2021, a grand jury declined to indict him for murder and aggravated assault.
    — Fox News, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Arrest warrant were obtained for the three suspects for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of murder.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • She was arrested on an aggravated assault charge and taken to the Dallas County Jail, records show.
    — al, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Jeremy Smith, 37, is charged with seven counts of aggravated assault, each with a hate-crime enhancement and punishable by five years to life in prison.
    — Amanda Su, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The indictment charges Smith with seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, each with a hate-crime enhancement.
    — Chron, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Kelly had been released from prison in March after serving 11 months of a three-year sentence for aggravated assault.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 8 Sep. 2022
  • All three suspects face charges of felony murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault.
    — Henri Hollis, ajc, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The 27-year-old rookie officer was fired and charged with two counts of aggravated assault by a public official.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The suspect, Ezekiel Kelly, had been sentenced to three years in prison for aggravated assault but was released in March after serving just 11 months of his sentence.
    — Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Thompson was charged with felony murder and aggravated assault, but a grand jury declined to indict him.
    — Amy Simonson and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Kelly was released from prison in March after serving 11 months of a three-year sentence for aggravated assault.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Crime numbers from the first months of 2022 indicate a slight decline in incidents of aggravated assault.
    — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022

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