The eldest son of former Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has pleaded not guilty after being arrested on domestic violence-related charges for the third time since 2016, according to local media.
Track Palin, 29, pleaded not guilty in a Palmer, Alaska, court on Saturday to four charges, including fourth-degree assault and resisting arrest, NBC affiliate KTUU-TV reported.
State troopers responded to a disturbance late Friday at Palin’s house in Wasilla, Alaska, where he had allegedly assaulted a female “acquaintance,” an initial police dispatch said.
“When the acquaintance attempted to call authorities, he prevented her by taking away her phone,” the online post stated.
Palin was being held at Alaska’s Mat-Su Pretrial Facility on a $500 unsecured bond, KTUU-TV reported Saturday.
Palin was previously detained in December after breaking into his parents’ home in Wasilla and punching his father, Todd Palin, in the head during a fight over a truck, according to the Los Angeles Times. That matter is still pending before Alaska’s Anchorage Veterans Court. Track Palin is an Army veteran who served in Iraq.
Palin was also arrested in January 2016 following an alleged attack on his then-girlfriend in which he hit and kicked her before threatening to kill himself with a gun. He pleaded guilty to weapons charges, but the domestic violence-associated charges were later dismissed by prosecutors.
