How to Use aggravated assault in a Sentence

aggravated assault

noun
  • They were charged with felony murder and aggravated assault.
    Fox News, 15 May 2020
  • McMichael and his father were charged with murder and aggravated assault this month.
    Rick Rojas, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2020
  • Sauls is also charged with one count each of aggravated assault and criminal damage.
    NBC News, 31 May 2020
  • Lonnie Hood faces two counts of aggravated assault for using his Taser and one count of simple battery.
    Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 3 June 2020
  • Both father and son were arrested May 7 and charged with murder and aggravated assault.
    al, 1 June 2020
  • 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
  • The McMichaels were arrested in early May on murder and aggravated assault charges.
    Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 4 June 2020
  • Rolfe was fired over the weekend and was met with 11 charges on Wednesday, including felony murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
    Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 17 June 2020
  • Graves said the driver will be charged with DUI, aggravated assault and leaving the scene of a serious collision.
    Helen Wieffering, azcentral, 15 June 2020
  • Meanwhile, Arbery's killers were charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in May, more than two months after Arbery's death.
    Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 4 June 2020
  • The McMichaels were both charged with felony murder and aggravated assault earlier this month after the footage led to widespread public disturbance and outrage.
    Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 28 May 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The man survived and Shaver went on trial for aggravated assault.
    Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 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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