I just returned from Dallas after an auto repair, and I have some celebrity news. Actor Charlie Sheen arrested in Colorado, read the headline in an Associated Press article published on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, in the Denver Post. Sheen was released in the late afternoon after posting $8,500 bond. Officers answered a call to 911 from a house in Aspen. The upscale ski resort town lies about 200 miles west of Denver. Officers arrested the 44-year-old actor, Charlie Sheen Friday morning on criminal charges. For his part, Sheen sat in jail in Colorado for most of Christmas Day. He was held on domestic violence allegations. I am sure he has good criminal defense lawyers. Did he ever get a dwi or dui? An ambulance was sent to the house, but the accuser was not transported to the hospital. His attorney did not leave a statement as of yet. The actor’s wife asserted that he threatened to kill her. She told police that Sheen pinned her on a bed and held a knife to her throat. Allegedly the assault began on Christmas Day when she told him she wanted to see a divorce attorney.
According to the warrant affidavit, Brooke Mueller Sheen was quoted as saying that her husband straddled her on a bed with one hand grasping her neck and the other holding the knife. She said he told her: “You better be in fear. If you tell anybody, I’ll kill you. Your mother’s money means nothing…..”
Last Wednesday lawyers for the Sheens said the couple want to reconcile, despite the incident. Brooke Sheen’s attorney, Yale Galanter, told The Associated Press, “They’re very much in love. They want to try to work it out…..”Charlie Sheen’s attorney, Richard Cummins confirmed that his client wants to reconcil with his wife despite the domestic violence incident. Cummins filed a court motion on Wednesday asking a judge to dismiss a restraining order that prevents the couple from having contact.
Prosecutors say they likely won’t make a decision until February on whether to file charges against Sheen in the alleged domestic violence case in Aspen, under suspicion of menacing, second-degree assault and criminal mischief. Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin was quoted last Monday as saying the menacing charge is the most serious. The charge usually carries a sentence of two to eight years in prison and a fine of $2,000 to $500,000. As an aside if you are looking for a Dallas DUI lawyers then you may wish to look at this firm for DWI and dui related cases. They can help with a wide array of criminal defense relatted cases including drunk driving dui and related criminal defense cases, and not just the aforementioned domestic violence related cases.
Sheen stars in “Two and a Half Men,” a television show on CBS. After being taken to the Pitkin County jail, he was booked for investigation of second-degree assault and menacing. Aspen police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro said the charges are felonies, except the charge of criminal mischief, which is a misdemeanor. Did he not have an incident in an auto a while back? I guess he needs to repair his image at this point.