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Hirsh found guilty of assault and battery
Trooper not guilty of witness intimidation
new deh darrin hearsh mug shot
Darrin Hirsh was taken to the Barton County Jail on Tuesday afternoon, after being found guilty of one count of aggravated assault, two counts of criminal threat and one count of domestic battery, all involving an altercation on March 12, 2013, with Candice Hirsh, who was his wife at the time. The jurors also ruled that each of these crimes was an act of domestic violence.At the conclusion of his jury trial in Barton County District Court, he also was found not guilty of two counts of violation of a protective order and two counts of intimidation of a witness, which were alleged to have occurred on March 11 and 12, 2014. One of those counts was dismissed by District Judge Ron Svaty before sending the jury to deliberate, and the jury found him not guilty of the other counts.The 12 jurors were asked if they agreed with the verdict as read, and all of them responded, “yes.”