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Post by Logan on Jul 8, 2016 3:44:06 GMT -6
Alaska House majority spokesman fired after domestic violence charges filedA former spokesman for the Alaska House of Representatives facing assault charges after he allegedly hit his girlfriend has been terminated. Alaska House press secretary William Oliver Vandergriff struck his girlfriend, a legislative aide, multiple times on her head while holding her by her throat, according to a charging document filed by Anchorage District Attorney Clint Campion. “(He) got on top of her on the bed, pinning her arms down while she was lying down,” the victim told police of the June 12 incident. She said Vandergriff, 37, would not let her leave and he struck her head several times. Vandergriff was arrested in Anchorage after a neighbor called 911, telling police he was outside smoking when he heard what sounded like a woman screaming. He walked closer to the where the sound was coming from and said he heard slapping sounds, according to the charging document. The neighbor then heard a woman say she was going to call the police, and then a man said no she wasn’t. Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-07-07/alaska-house-majority-spokesman-fired-after-domestic-violence-charges-filed
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