{"id":8087,"date":"2017-12-25T16:36:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T21:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/host1.thenewmasteringanger.com\/?p=8087"},"modified":"2022-06-15T04:58:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T08:58:02","slug":"pennsylvania-man-charged-with-assault-sentenced-to-anger-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/blog\/pennsylvania-man-charged-with-assault-sentenced-to-anger-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania man charged with assault sentenced to anger management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gregg Alan Harvey, a 43-year-old resident of Montgomery County in suburban Philadelphia, was sentenced last Wednesday, May 29, for assaulting his girlfriend last year. Harvey pleaded guilty to a simple assault misdemeanor and summary charge of harassment. The plea agreement had him\u00a0receive 20 months of probation. Additionally, Montgomery County Court Judge Steve O&#8217;Neill ordered Harvey to complete an\u00a0<a class=\"dnautolink\" href=\"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">anger management course<\/a>\u00a0with an approved psychologist, as well as a domestic violence counseling program.<\/p>\n<p>The initial incident occurred on\u00a0June 16,\u00a02012, when Harvey shoved his girlfriend and &#8220;physically forced her down a flight of stairs causing her to fall and sustain injuries,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesherald.com\/article\/20130530\/NEWS01\/130539966\/gilbertsville-man-to-complete-probation-anger-counseling-for-domestic-related-assault#1\">according to the arrest affidavit<\/a>\u00a0police filed at the time. His plea of guilty to the assault charge confirms Harvey&#8217;s intent to harm her at the time.<\/p>\n<p>On June 17, the pair &#8212; who, according to court documents, had been dating for eight months by this time &#8212; reportedly spent most of the day arguing, either at Harvey&#8217;s house or at a New Hanover restaurant. The following day, local police responded to an early morning call about a domestic argument, where they found the woman &#8220;visibly upset&#8221; and distraught over Harvey&#8217;s &#8220;attempts to control every aspect of her life,&#8221; according to the same affidavit. Police noted contusions to the woman&#8217;s hips, lower and upper legs, and lower back and arms as a result of the June 16 assault.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the court supervision and mandated anger management counseling, Harvey has also been ordered to pay $1,200 in restitution to the victim and cut off all contact with her and her family.<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know must take court-ordered anger management, consider the online\u00a0<a class=\"dnautolink\" href=\"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">anger management classes<\/a>\u00a0we offer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/\">Conflict Coaching &amp; Consulting<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gregg Alan Harvey, a 43-year-old resident of Montgomery County in suburban Philadelphia, was sentenced last Wednesday, May 29, for assaulting his girlfriend last year. Harvey&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog",""],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44473,"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087\/revisions\/44473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masteringanger.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}