Cyberstalking and Assault and Battery Charges Dismissed

A Browning & Long, PLLC client was charged with cyberstalking in violation of North Carolina General Statute 14 – 196.3 and misdemeanor assault and battery in violation of North Carolina General Statute 14 – 33. Cyberstalking is a class 2 misdemeanor that carries a maximum punishment of 60 days in jail. Misdemeanor simple assault is also a class 2 misdemeanor that carries a maximum punishment of 60 days in jail. Specifically, our client was alleged to have used various forms of communication to threaten, harass and annoy an individual who was dating the father of our client’s children. Additionally, our client was alleged to have physically assaulted this same individual. The attorneys of Browning & Long, PLLC gathered evidence which demonstrated that our client was the one who was actually harassed and threatened and only used physical force in self-defense. Our attorneys presented this evidence to the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office and obtained outright dismissals for both the cyberstalking and assault and battery charges. Accordingly, our client avoided all punishment associated with cyberstalking and misdemeanor assault and battery and can now have her charges completely expunged from her criminal record so no one will ever be able to see that she was ever charged with cyberstalking and assault and battery.