Former officer accused of assaulting woman given new court date

HICKORY, N.C. — A former Hickory police officer accused of slamming a woman to the ground was supposed to make his first court appearance Friday.

Instead, a judge moved Robery George's new court date to June 2.

Investigators said George attacked Chelsea Doolittle during a fight about how she parked her car.

He is charged with assault.

The police department fired him after the accusations in January.

Doolittle is charged with resisting arrest.

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