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felony

noun as in crime

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Sanchez is being charged with a level five felony of battery involving serious bodily injury and three misdemeanors — battery resulting in injury, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication.

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Los Angeles police arrested Jackson on suspicion of felony assault last month, but he was released on $50,000 bail.

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Three of the alleged attackers have been charged with felony assault and special allegations of a hate crime, prosecutors said.

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On June 8, 2023, he was indicted on 37 felony counts in federal court in Miami.

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Zavala, 23, was arrested by Pasadena police on Aug. 21 and pleaded not guilty to two counts of felony assault on Aug. 25, according to court records.

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