George Zimmerman Arrested--Again
George Zimmerman, made infamous after he was acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin under Florida's Stand Your Ground Law, has been arrested for the second time since the Martin trial.
The Associated Press reports that Zimmerman was arrested around 10 p.m. Friday night in Lake Mary, FL. He is currently being housed in the John E. Polk correctional facility.
Zimmerman appeared in court Saturday morning for his bond hearing. His bond was placed at $5,000 and Judge John Galluzzo also ordered that Zimmerman surrender all of his guns to the state.
The judge did not go into the details of Zimmerman's arrest, but said the incident occurred in Zimmerman's home between himself and a woman, suggesting that the charges may be related to domestic violence.
The judge also ordered that Zimmerman stay out of Volusia County, FL where the woman lives. Zimmerman must also collect and put together all of the woman's possessions that may be in his house so that his lawyer can deliver them to the victim.
Zimmerman seems to have grown used to appearing in court, as the AP reports he joked with a corrections officer at one point in the proceedings.
The AP also notes that since the lengthy trial in the Martin case, Zimmerman has been arrested for aggravated assault. In that case, a woman he was seeing claimed that he shattered a glass tabled, pointed a gun at her, and threw her out of the house. The woman chose not to pursue charges and the case was dropped.
Zimmerman also nearly faced charges after his ex wife said Zimmerman had broken her tablet computer and pointed a gun at her face during an argument just days after she had filed for divorce from Zimmerman. Because of a lack of evidence in this incident beyond he said, she said, no charges were filed.
