{"id":275,"date":"2021-02-19T11:11:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T19:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopcatchandrelease.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2021-02-19T11:55:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T19:55:09","slug":"10-days-of-living-hell-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopcatchandrelease.com\/10-days-of-living-hell-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Days of Domestic Violence Hell: Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>(Chuck Muth)<\/em> \u2013 My friend arrived at our house for Christmas dinner with a black eye that even a herculean effort to cover with makeup couldn\u2019t hide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNancy\u201d (not her real name) had been brutally punched in the face by her former live-in boyfriend \u2013 we\u2019ll call him \u201cSid\u201d \u2013 three weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p>She had to have surgery in January to repair an eyeball fracture and to this day has nerve damage and no feeling on the right side of her face.<\/p>\n<p>Sid was given a short 60-day jail sentence for the attack.\u00a0 He got out early at the end of January and that\u2019s when this story went from bad to worse \u2013 and why I\u2019m now on a full-blown crusade to fight the insanely dangerous movement to \u201cend cash bail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But before getting to \u201cthe rest of the story,\u201d let\u2019s take a quick look at Sid\u2019s criminal background\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drug possession and trafficking<\/li>\n<li>Burglary<\/li>\n<li>Grand larceny<\/li>\n<li>Auto theft<\/li>\n<li>Embezzlement<\/li>\n<li>Driving with a suspended license<\/li>\n<li>Drawing a deadly weapon in a threatening manner<\/li>\n<li>Possession of a firearm with serial number removed<\/li>\n<li>Identity theft<\/li>\n<li>Credit card and unemployment fraud<\/li>\n<li>Running a forgery lab<\/li>\n<li>Assault with a deadly weapon<\/li>\n<li>Battery<\/li>\n<li>Domestic battery (multiple incidents)<\/li>\n<li>Domestic battery by strangulation<\/li>\n<li>Coercion with force<\/li>\n<li>Aggravated stalking<\/li>\n<li>TPO (temporary protective order) violations (multiple)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, it\u2019s estimated that Sid has been arrested on more than 100 charges over the last 15 or so years.\u00a0 So we\u2019re not exactly talking about a Boy Scout here.\u00a0 Those aren\u2019t merit badges.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to be fair, he obviously wasn\u2019t convicted on every charge.\u00a0 Some charges were dropped.\u00a0 Some were dismissed.\u00a0 Some were reduced in plea bargaining.\u00a0 On the other hand, it\u2019s also fair to assume he\u2019s committed a boatload of other crimes for which he was never caught.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, again to be fair, my friend Nancy, a thirty-something young woman, isn\u2019t exactly a nun.\u00a0 She had her own brushes with the law a few years ago.\u00a0 However\u2026<\/p>\n<p>When given a \u201csecond chance\u201d by the court to get her act together, she did.\u00a0 She entered a drug diversion program, sought counseling, got a new job and went back to school.\u00a0 In fact, if all goes well, she\u2019s on track to graduate with a PhD from UNLV in May.<\/p>\n<p>Sid, on the other hand, has blown every \u201csecond chance\u201d he\u2019s ever been given.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he served time in federal prison for an earlier domestic violence incident with another woman four years ago, the details of which were eerily prescient and, as Nancy put it, \u201cincredibly haunting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More on that coming up in Part II.\u00a0 Don\u2019t touch that dial!.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mr. Muth is president Citizen Outreach a non-profit grassroots advocacy organization.\u00a0 You can get free updates and breaking news on this issue by going to: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/stopcatchandrelease.com\/\"><em>stopcatchandrelease.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (Chuck Muth) \u2013 My friend arrived at our house for Christmas dinner with a black eye that even a herculean effort to cover with makeup couldn\u2019t hide. \u201cNancy\u201d (not her real name) had been brutally punched in the face by her former live-in boyfriend \u2013 we\u2019ll call him \u201cSid\u201d \u2013 three weeks earlier. 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