Ben Armstrong spends night in jail with prowling, simple assault charges
cointelegraph.comCrypto influencer Ben Armstrong, formerly known as ‘BitBoy,’ reportedly spent the night in the slammer and has been hit with two charges following his conspicuous arrest.
Armstrong, who was taken into custody on Sept. 25 while livestreaming outside a former associate’s house, spent a little over 8 hours in a cell according to the Gwinnett County, Georgia, Sheriff's Office.
The crypto influencer has been released on bail but has been hit with charges of “loitering/prowling” and “simple assault by placing another in fear,” with a bond amount of $2,600 along with $40 of fees.
In Georgia, loitering or prowling generally refers to when a person is “in a place at a time or in a manner not usual for law-abiding individuals under circumstances that warrant a justifiable and reasonable alarm or immediate concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity,” according to Georgia-based law firm Lawson & Berry.
The consequences for a prowling and loitering misdemeanor include a fine of up to $1,000, or jail time of up to one year, or both, it added.
Meanwhile, simple assault can involve: “(1) attempt to commit a violent injury to the person of another, or (2) commit an act which places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving a violent injury.”
Similar to loitering, a conviction for simple assault in Georgia is treated as a misdemeanor, though there can be certain situations where this is escalated, said the law firm.
Following his release, Armstrong appeared to mock his punishment stating, “My name is Ben and I’m a loiterer. I did 8 whole hours in the slammer,”
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