Zimmerman won’t face domestic-violence charges

Associated Press

MIAMI

George Zimmerman will not face domestic-violence charges because his girlfriend did not wish to pursue the case and there was scant evidence of a crime, a state prosecutor said Wednesday.

Samantha Scheibe’s decision not to cooperate and the lack of other corroborating evidence would have made the case difficult to prove, State Attorney Phil Archer in Seminole County said in a statement.

“There is no reasonable likelihood of a successful prosecution,” Archer said.

Zimmerman, 30, had faced charges of aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief after a Nov. 18 confrontation at the central Florida house he shared with Scheibe. She initially told police Zimmerman pointed a shotgun at her face during an argument, smashed her coffee table and pushed her out of the house.

She recanted much of that in an affidavit filed this week in which she referred to Zimmerman as “my boyfriend” and said she wanted him back.

If convicted of the felony assault charge, Zimmerman could have gotten a maximum of five years in prison.