Bone To Pick Leads to Attack

Charles Hynson was charged domestic battery.

A Holiday man was arrested over the weekend and accused of attacking a woman after finding a chicken bone in soup, according to Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. The woman told a deputy that Charles Hynson, 53, found a chicken bone in her homemade soup Friday and got angry, according to an arrest report. He flipped over the living room table. Then he grabbed her out of the chair she had been sitting in and threw her to the floor. He sat on top of her while striking her in the head. The woman sustained scratches and bruising to the chin, head and face and abrasions to her knees.  Hynson was located Saturday at Sally’s Double D Saloon in Holiday and arrested. He was charged with domestic battery and booked into the Land O’ Lakes jail but was …

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It’s Time to Define Domestic Violence

Learn what someone can be punished for. Naming it for what it is helps you to stand up and protect yourself.

“He threw me into a wall after dragging me by my hair, but he didn’t punch me with his fist.” It may not seem like it, but this anecdote is just one example of reportable domestic violence. It was given to me by Terri O’Brien of Sunrise of Pasco County, a domestic violence and sexual assault center.  Knowing what counts as domestic violence can be difficult. I thought it would be helpful to know what guidelines and definitions help police and courts punish abusers. Here is what I learned about Florida’s legal definition of domestic violence ( Fl.S.S. 741.28): “Domestic Violence” means any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment …

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