FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – Mark Walton, the Miami Dolphins’ suspended running back, was released on Tuesday, just hours after he was arrested on charges of punching his pregnant girlfriend in the head.
According to a police report, officers went to a home in the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Davie at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, where Walton’s girlfriend told them he pushed her against the wall and punched her several times in the face and head, leaving her with a swollen left eye.
Officers were informed by the woman that she is five weeks pregnant with the couple’s child and had informed Walton about the pregnancy on Sunday. Walton, 22, was charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant person, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. He was arrested for the fourth time.
Officers were informed by the woman that she is five weeks pregnant with the couple’s child and had informed Walton about the pregnancy on Sunday. Walton, 22, was charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant person, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. He’d been arrested four times in less than a year.
Walton will have to appear before a judge before he can be released because this is a domestic violence charge, and he was not on the court’s Tuesday afternoon calendar.
Michael A. Gottlieb, his defense attorney, declined to comment, and his contract representatives, First Round Management, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Officers were informed by the woman that she is five weeks pregnant with the couple’s child and had informed Walton about the pregnancy on Sunday. Walton, 22, was charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant person, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. He’d been arrested four times in less than a year.
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