I heard about Zimmerman's latest arrest earlier today and waiting to see if any additional details would come out before posting. So far, all we really know is Zimmerman got into an altercation of some sort with his now estranged girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, who claims she is pregnant with his child. But according Seminole County Chief Deputy Dennis Lemma, Scheibe is not pregnant.
According to the latest news as reported by the
Orlando Sentinel, Scheibe was putting Zimmerman out because she decided it was best to try and raise their child alone upon giving birth. According to her account, Zimmerman got angry, pointed a shotgun at her and then smashed the glass table top. However, according the Zimmerman's account per the 911 recording (you can hear it from the linked Orlando Sentinel article; Zimmerman called 911, btw), Ms. Scheibe was the one who went crazy and starting smashing stuff including breaking the glass table top.
Frankly, I find the entire episode odd. First off, why would anyone call 911 when the police were already at the scene? According to Zimmerman, he wanted to "get the truth out" ahead of any headline stories. Okay, but why was it necessary to barricade yourself inside a house especially if you didn't do anything wrong? Zimmerman eludes to how he was treated by local police the last time he had an altercation w/his estranged wife and didn't want to go through that again. Okay, fair enough. But if he didn't do anything wrong, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume all the police would do is ask him a few questions about what occurred and take his statement at best?
I don't want to paint the guy guilty (again), but he's not making life easy on himself. Of course, this could all be another trumped up story from a bitter ex-girlfriend. Who knows...