Culpeper resident Rebecca Tate was charged Friday with violating a temporary protective order filed by Mitch Sneed, former publisher of the Star-Exponent.
Tate, 42, was arrested about 10:30 a.m. Friday and released on a $2,000 bond, town spokesman Wally Bunker said.
On Wednesday, Sneed was arrested and charged with a similar violation.
These arrests are the latest episodes in a dispute over domestic and financial issues between the two.
Last week, Tate, Sneed’s former girlfriend and owner of Spirits restaurant, filed paperwork charging him with stalking and using profane or threatening language over the telephone.
Sneed also filed paperwork charging Tate with using profane or threatening language over the telephone, and he filed a civil case in General District Court alleging she owes him “funds for items purchased for business, utility bills (residential), unpaid wages (236 hours) and rental car fees.”
Each obtained temporary protective orders against the other, and each has been arrested for violating those orders. Violating a protective order is a class 1 misdemeanor, punishable by up to 12 months in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.
On Friday, the two appeared in Culpeper Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court for a hearing to make the temporary orders permanent, but a judge denied the requests.
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