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Warrants dropped against Portsmouth council member after arrest earlier this week. On Tuesday, police arrested Portsmouth City Council Member De’Andre Barnes for domestic assault. A citizen reported the incident. And many of you may be wondering how did this happen.
Police say they were called to a domestic dispute at Barnes’ home after witnesses reported a young girl wearing a backpack was screaming while being dragged and forced into a car by Barnes.
Barnes later told them the girl was a relative and that she was trying to take an iPad to school, and he went to the bus stop to get it back, according to police.
The report said when Barnes tried to get the iPad back, the relative went limp, falling to the ground, so he picked her up to get her in the car. In their report, police say the relative said even though she felt her hair being pulled, she did not think it was intentional or deliberate.