State Rep. From San Antonio Arrested For Family Violence
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SAN ANTONIO (CBSDFW.COM) - State Rep. Laura Thompson, an independent from San Antonio, was arrested Thursday on a family violence charge stemming from a past incident, according to online jail records the San Antonio Express News is reporting.
The article states:
Thompson, who represents Texas House District 120, was taken into custody Thursday morning on a Class A misdemeanor charge of assault with bodily injury to a family member. She bonded out less than an hour later, according to Bexar County Jail records.
Thompson, 59, won a special election earlier this year and is up for re-election on November 8.
She is the first independent to serve in the Texas Legislature in more than 50 years.
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