How to Use aggravated assault in a Sentence

aggravated assault

noun
  • 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
  • The two men were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault in May 2020.
    Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Sanchez has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault on a public servant.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2021
  • Daryl Doles, 50, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, police said.
    Wilson Wong, NBC News, 5 May 2021
  • Calvin Cartlidge, 36, is charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of felon in possession of a firearm, according to court records.
    Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Oct. 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
  • Rhoden was charged with three counts of murder, three counts of aggravated assault and two counts of kidnapping.
    Ralph Ellis, CNN, 12 July 2021
  • 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
  • The 25-year-old woman has been charged in 2nd District Court with aggravated assault and is being held without bail in the Weber County jail.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 June 2021
  • Brown has been sought since November 2020 for an aggravated assault with a handgun in Phoenix.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 27 May 2021
  • 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
  • Among the charges against Bryan are false imprisonment and aggravated assault for using his car as a deadly weapon.
    Malaika Jabali, Essence, 5 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Alexander's felony charges in Benton County include battery and aggravated assault, police said.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Marks is facing charges of capital murder, terroristic act, discharging a firearm from a vehicle and aggravated assault, the release said.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2024

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