[NV] DV charge against Deputy Ames dropped for unknown reasons, PLUS sheriff's department chose NOT to investigate

 ...At the time of Ames’ arrest the sheriff’s office could still do its own internal investigation if he was found not guilty. However, the sheriff’s office has decided not to investigate...

THERE IS NO MENTION OF THE VICTIM OR HER WELL-BEING. NO HINT OF HER MATTERING AT ALL.

JUDGE DISMISSES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE AGAINST DEPUTY
Elko Daily Free Press
By Ali Helgoth- Staff Writer
Thursday, November 5, 2009
[Excerpts] A charge of domestic violence against an Elko County sheriff’s deputy was dismissed last month during a trial. Acting Justice of the Peace Terri Feasel dismissed a charge of battery constituting domestic violence or, in the alternative, battery, against Jon Ames during his Oct. 2 trial. District Attorney Gary Woodbury argued the case because the defendant is a member of law enforcement. He said Tuesday he could not comment on Feasel’s decision to dismiss the charge against Ames after hearing the prosecution’s case because “I did not understand the dismissal myself”... At the time of Ames’ arrest, Gailey said the sheriff’s office could still do its own internal investigation if he was found not guilty. However, the sheriff’s office has decided not to investigate. Ames was accused of pushing his live-in girlfriend into closet doors when she attempted to leave the home... he was accused of calling her names, breaking objects and pushing her, then trying to take the license plates from her car before she could leave... [Full article here]

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