How much of a concern is an arrest for assault and battery?

[Anonymous]

10 years ago when person was in there 20s. Can’t find further charges?

[Anonymous]

Depends on the circumstances. If by some small chance it was the felony flavor (like on a cop) and not the more common class 1 misdemeanor than I would be very concerned. But if it was the later I'd still want to know the circumstances before passing judgment. Example, was he a pimp? or was he drunk and got into a fight with some guy that grabbed his GF's butt. Context matters.

[Anonymous]

I agree context matters, but pay for the full background check. What I was initially told was a youthful misdemeanor drug arrest of my ex’s then fiancée turned out to be a decade of arrests for hard drugs and prostitution. He didn’t even know himself.

[Anonymous]

Probably a bar fight

[Anonymous]

Concern for what? You are hiring this person as an employee? You are dating this person? You are this person and you plan to apply for a clearance? More context!

[Anonymous]

If it was A&B towards a woman, ANY woman, I'd leave and never return.

If it was a bar fight as mentioned above - get an explanation.

[Anonymous]

Huge concern. Huge.

[Anonymous]

It depends if it was just an arrest or an actual conviction.

[Anonymous]

You need more information. What state is the conviction in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it was A&B towards a woman, ANY woman, I'd leave and never return.

If it was a bar fight as mentioned above - get an explanation.

This. Bar fight? Men. DV? Hard pass.

[Anonymous]

"Meh", not "men"". Although that's probably accurate as well.

[Anonymous]

If you had to find this out by digging as opposed to him telling you, it's a pretty bad sign.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it was A&B towards a woman, ANY woman, I'd leave and never return.

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Arrest but no conviction could well indicate a false accusation. It happens.

[Anonymous]

OP here. It was an arrest . No conviction. I have no further details. He didn’t tell me. I did some research on my own. Should I ask him directly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you had to find this out by digging as opposed to him telling you, it's a pretty bad sign.

If it was 10 years ago and wasn’t domestic violence, get over it. Shall we dredge up every stupid thing we all did in college? Are you a saint yourself?