What is the difference between an assault and a battery? The answer is simple. A battery involves physical contact; an assault does not. Specifically, for a battery to occur, the perpetrator must make ...

Assault and motor vehicle charges topped a routine post-Memorial Day weekend session of Nantucket District Court Tuesday.

HENRY COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) – Michael Cagle, a former Henry County Sheriff’s Office Deputy, was arrested and charged with Assault and Battery after allegedly using force against an arrestee, resulting in ...

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The Henry County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that a former Henry County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was arrested and ...

The recent arrest of the political director of the South Carolina Republican Party for assault and battery by a mob is not the first time that the charge has been used by police in Horry County. The ...

A 45-year-old Sheridan man pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated assault and battery during arraignment in 4th ...

Hutchins has been charged with domestic assault and battery. Hutchins was arraigned Wednesday morning in Newton District Court.

Patriots seventh-round linebacker Quintayvious Hutchins was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after an incident in a Boston College dorm on Tuesday night.

"Assault and battery" is a phrase that we hear often, to the point where "assault" and "battery" are used almost interchangeably, at least colloquially. But is there actually a legal difference ...