This article is published in partnership with El Paso Herald Post.
As El Paso Herald Post reported on Saturday, community activist Max Grossman was arrested late last week on a family violence charge. According to one of Grossman’s attorneys, Brian Kennedy, an indictment has not been filed against Grossman charging him with a crime. An arrest is made based on the belief that a crime has been committed. It is the affidavit that charges the alleged crime. As of now, there is no indictment against Grossman formally charging him with a crime.
However, we have obtained a copy of the complaint affidavit that led to his arrest. We have also learned additional details about the arrest that have not been previously reported.
According to jail records, Grossman was booked into the downtown jail early morning Friday. He posted a $2,500 bond later in the morning and was released. However, Grossman was arrested the night before. He was arrested on Thursday, September 4 at around 9:00 in the evening. He wasn’t transported to the downtown jail until shortly after midnight where he was booked on family violence charges that allegedly occurred on August 27, according to the complaint affidavit. He bonded out of jail at around 3:00 in the morning the day after his arrest.
The affidavit was filed on September 3 after an unnamed individual walked into a police station to report an “assault family violence.” According to the affidavit, the unnamed complainant reported to the police officer that Grossman allegedly “assaulted her by pushing her” with both hands on her chest, “causing her pain.” The reason for the alleged assault, according to the affidavit, is that “she had suspicion that defendant [Grossman] was cheating on her with other woman.” After asking him if he was cheating, Grossman allegedly “got irate” pushing her with his hands.
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The affidavit adds that the couple had been having problems for “sometime” and that although they had “broken-up,” they continued to live together. According to the complainant, she had breast surgery in July and was still sore, leading to pain on her chest after Grossman allegedly pushed her with “open hands” against her chest. She told the officer that she took Tylenol for the pain. She added that after she went to an urgent care center, she returned on September 1 to her Juárez doctor who had performed her breast surgery in July. She said that her doctor told her that she had “sustained a hematoma” on the left side of her chest.
According to USAToday, the difference between a hematoma and a bruise is that although both can occur from injury, the hematoma, like a bruise, is a collection of blood outside of the blood vessels, but the hematoma can result in more swelling and larger blood pooling.
Grossman was arrested the following evening on the complaint. However, Grossman had met with two El Paso police officers the day before.
Grossman Sought Police Help In Locating Daughter
El Paso News also learned that on the day that Grossman’s partner was filing the complaint affidavit, Grossman had called police asking for help in finding his daughter. According to an El Paso Police Department Incident Information Card obtained by El Paso News, two police officers, F. Chavez, Jr., and O. Meiga met with Grossman on August 3 at 10:28 in the evening.
Grossman had asked police for help in locating his daughter that day.
About an hour after Grossman met with the two police officers asking for help in locating his daughter, the complaint affidavit against Grossman that led to his arrest the next evening, was filed with District Clerk’s office at 11:26 in the evening.
We asked Grossman about the arrest. He told us that “on the advice of my attorney I cannot comment at the moment.” Kennedy, Grossman’s attorney, told us yesterday afternoon that he has yet to receive the arrest affidavit. He had requested it on Friday.
We have filed an open records request asking for a copy of any police reports about the daughter’s whereabouts but have not received a response as of the publication time. We will follow up once the city releases any additional information regarding this call and the arrest.
Stay with El Paso News for the latest developments as we continue to track this story.