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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 2 OcTOber 2018

Sarah Palin’s son, Track, accused of hitting woman in head

By RACHEL D’ORO but wouldn’t explain fur- with his shoulder.” He threw ber. He was accused of to deal with how the new
Associated Press ther or let troopers examine his head back toward a breaking in to his parents’ allegations will affect his
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) him, the document says. trooper’s face, who moved home and leaving Todd participation in Alaska Vet-
— Former Alaska Gov. Sar- Authorities said a trooper to avoid getting hit, lost his Palin bleeding from cuts on erans Court, which gives el-
ah Palin’s oldest son, Track, igible former service mem-
hit a woman in the head bers the option of enrolling
after telling her that she in mental health treatment
couldn’t leave his house instead of a traditional sen-
and resisted as authorities tence.
arrested him, court docu- Palin’s arrest could get him
ments said. thrown out of program, An-
Track Palin, 29, is in jail fac- chorage District Attorney
ing misdemeanor charges Richard Allen said Monday.
including assault, resisting If that happens, he would
arrest and disorderly con- get jail time instead. The
duct less than a year after judge will make that deci-
being accused of attack- sion. Palin’s arrangement
ing his father at his parents’ in veterans court called for
home. him to serve 10 days in jail
A female acquaintance if he completed the pro-
said Palin blocked the gram. If he didn’t, he would
doorway when she tried to serve a year.
leave his house in the city of Patrick Bergt, Palin’s law-
Wasilla on Friday night, ac- yer in the earlier case, said
cording to an affidavit writ- he hasn’t been contacted
ten by Alaska State Trooper to represent Palin again.
Jason Somerville. She told Palin family attorney John
authorities that he took her Tiemessen said he had no
phone when she said she firsthand knowledge of the
would call the police if she new allegations.
didn’t let her leave. Palin also was accused of
She said she made it to punching his then-girlfriend
her car in the driveway but in 2016, court documents
that Palin followed her and said. He pleaded guilty to
“was on top of her, hitting possessing a firearm while
her in the head,” the docu- intoxicated, and the other
ment said. This Sept. 3, 2008, file photo shows Track Palin, son of Sarah Palin during the Republican National charges were dismissed.
They wrestled over the Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Sarah Palin indicated that
phone and he let her leave Associated Press post-traumatic stress dis-
after she screamed for order might have been a
help, the affidavit said. Her told Palin he was under ar- balance and they both fell his head, authorities have factor in that case.q
arm had small scratches rest and tried to put his arm down, the documents say. said.
and the back of her head behind his back, but he Palin appeared in court Track Palin, an Army vet-
and neck were red, Somer- tried to pull it forward. When Saturday, where a judge eran who served one year
ville wrote. two troopers tried to pull his set a $500 unsecured bond in Iraq, was accepted into
Troopers went to Palin’s arms back, he kicked over with the condition of wear- a therapeutic program in-
house and said he told a coffee table, the docu- ing a monitoring device if tended to rehabilitate vet-
them that the two were ar- ment says. A trooper pulled released. erans and pleaded guilty
guing over how they said him to the ground. Palin, whose mother was to misdemeanor criminal
goodbye and that any inju- After Palin was cuffed, the 2008 Republican vice trespassing in a plea agree-
ries the woman had she did troopers say they tried to presidential nominee, was ment.
to herself. put him in a vehicle but he arrested in an assault on his A judge in that case set a
Palin said he was injured “was pulling and shoving father, Todd, last Decem- hearing for Wednesday