KFDM COOP Posted March 21, 2007 Report Posted March 21, 2007 Artest charged with four misdemeanors for assaultSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest faces four misdemeanor charges stemming from a domestic dispute at his home earlier this month.The charges were filed late Tuesday night, Placer County Deputy District Attorney Dan Quick said. Artest will be arraigned Thursday on charges of battery and corporal injury to a spouse, false imprisonment, and dissuading a witness from reporting a crime. Each carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison.Artest was arrested March 5 at his estate in Loomis, 25 miles northeast of Sacramento, on suspicion of domestic violence and using force or violence to prevent a woman from reporting a crime. He was released from custody after posting a $50,000 bond.Artest allegedly grabbed a woman whom he later identified at a news conference as his wife, and pushed her down, then slapped her face during an argument, according to a Placer County sheriff's deputy's report.The report said Artest took a phone from the woman the first time she tried to call 911.When she reached 911, the woman at first complained that Artest was taking a vehicle from the home, according to a recording of the call released by the sheriff's department. The woman then told a dispatcher that her finger was cut and leg scratched, and that she broke the windshield of the vehicle.Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
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