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BRIEF: Dukes Charged With Violating Order.
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Tampa Tribune (Tampa, FL)
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August 3, 2007
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Byline: Thomas W. Krause and Howard Altman
Aug. 3--TAMPA -- The Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office on Thursday charged beleaguered baseball player Elijah Dukes with a single count of violating a domestic violence injunction.
If convicted on the misdemeanor, Dukes faces a maximum punishment of a year in jail.
Assistant State Attorney Douglas Covington said Dukes will get a subpoena and a court date but likely will not be formally arrested and booked into jail on the charge.
Dukes' criminal attorney, Ronald Hanes, did not return a call for comment.
On July 23, Dukes' estranged wife, NiShea Dukes, called the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office to ...