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The former Washington, D.C.,<\/a>\u00a0deputy mayor for public safety and justice was cleared of an assault and battery charge stemming from a caught-on-video incident in a parking lot last month.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors in Arlington, Virginia, dropped the charge against Christopher Geldart, 53, after they played video in the courtroom that showed a witness claiming that Geldart was not the aggressor, FOX5 DC<\/a> reported. The judge agreed to throw out the case.<\/p>\n

“The Judge made the right decision. No criminal offense happened. Therefore, the charges were dropped and justice is served,” Geldart’s attorney Karin Porter told the station.<\/p>\n

Geldart was\u00a0charged with assault\u00a0after he allegedly grabbed the neck of Dustin Woodward, a trainer at a Gold\u2019s Gym in Arlington, on Oct. 1. Geldart had allegedly hit Woodward\u2019s girlfriend’s car with his car door while opening it, which led to an argument.<\/p>\n

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Video of the incident was obtained by FOX5, which attempted to show the video to Mayor Muriel Bowser.<\/a><\/p>\n

Geldart was placed on leave while an investigation took place and later resigned from his position.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Following the judge\u2019s decision, Geldart told the station: “The way I presented myself that day is not who I am. However, I don’t think any of that ever rose to the level of where we are today.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Woodward said he is unhappy with the outcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Y\u2019all did a poor job. There’s no excuse for what you did. Period,” Woodward said in a message to the Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/a> “It wasn’t justified. There’s plenty of evidence to pursue that. You just chose not to. This is another situation where the judicial system fails. That’s all this is.”<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Adam Sabes and Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-dc-deputy-mayor-cleared-assault-charge <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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