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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — New developments this afternoon involve the arrest of a judge in connection with an altercation at a lounge.
Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson was arrested after police say she punched an off-duty officer at the Red Martini Lounge around 3 a.m. Thursday.
On Friday, her lawyer, Marvin Arrington Jr., held a news conference and called for the charges against her to be dropped. He also requested that police release all videos of the incident. Arrington also urged the arrest of the man who witnesses say attacked a woman.
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A witness also spoke at the news conference and said that Peterson accidentally hit the officer while she was trying to stop a man from beating Love.
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Peterson didn’t talk at the news conference, but Alexandria Love, the woman she tried to help, defended her actions.
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