How to Use aggravated assault in a Sentence

aggravated assault

noun
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  • 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
  • Smith was charged with a count of armed robbery, a count of kidnapping and a count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
    — Connor Van Ligten, azcentral, 22 Apr. 2020
  • Baker was charged with four counts each of armed robbery and aggravated assault with a firearm.
    — oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2020
  • She was charged two felony counts of burglary and aggravated assault.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • The McMichael’s are both facing charges of felony murder and aggravated assault for their role in Arbery’s death.
    — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 4 June 2020
  • 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
  • Wilcox said the charge added five months to her son’s prison stay; Gleave had been serving time for a November 2017 aggravated assault.
    — Sara Tabin, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021
  • 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 McMichaels have been charged with felony malice murder and aggravated assault charges.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The two men were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault in May 2020.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The suspect, Eddy Roche, 37, was booked with aggravated assault with a gun, a police spokesman said.
    — Bryn Stole, NOLA.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • About two days later, the father and son were charged with murder and aggravated assault.
    — Richard Fausset, New York Times, 11 May 2020
  • 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
  • Ronald Robinson was charged with five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2021
  • McMichael and his father were charged with murder and aggravated assault this month.
    — Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2020
  • The man survived and Shaver went on trial for aggravated assault.
    — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • They were charged with both felony murder and aggravated assault.
    — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Rhoden was charged with three counts of murder, three counts of aggravated assault and two counts of kidnapping.
    — Ralph Ellis, CNN, 12 July 2021
  • Clark, 43, was jailed and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault.
    — Richard Morin, azcentral, 2 May 2020
  • Haslett was charged in 2022 with nine counts, including rape, kidnapping and aggravated assault, after a woman said she’d been beaten and held against her will at his house.
    — Kelsey Baker, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • He was also found guilty of two counts each of child abuse, kidnapping and aggravated assault on law enforcement officers, according to online court records.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024

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