Why has Chris Chan been arrested?
COMIC book creator Chris Chan has been arrested after shocking rumors began swirling online. Officers swooped on the YouTuber and she was seen being marched to a cop car in Virginia this weekend. Why has Chris Chan been arrested? Chris Chan was arrested on Sunday, August 1, 2021 amid claims she sexually assaulted a family […]
COMIC book creator Chris Chan has been arrested after shocking rumors began swirling online.
Officers swooped on the YouTuber and she was seen being marched to a cop car in Virginia this weekend.
Why has Chris Chan been arrested?
Chris Chan was arrested on Sunday, August 1, 2021 amid claims she sexually assaulted a family member.
Officers conducted a welfare check at a home in Ruckersville, Virginia on Friday after the rumors began circulating online.
Chan is being held at Henrico County Regional Jail West after she was booked in relation to incest, according to the Henrico County Sheriff’s website.
Henrico County Sheriff Alisa Gregory told Newsweek: “Christine Weston Chandler is currently being held in our Jail West facility on one count of incest and awaiting arraignment in Greene County, Virginia.”
Sheriff Gregory was unable to provide further details relating to the arrest, but said: “the criminal charges are not for Henrico County, but Greene County.”
Does Chris Chan have a criminal record?
It has been revealed that Chan has a previous criminal record in the wake of her shock arrest.
The blogger was charged with Class 1 Misdemeanour Assault in December 2014, according to a filing from Albemarle General District Court, seen by The Sun.
This was a lesser charge after she was initially booked for a Class 6 Felony for “dangerous gas unlawful release.”
According to reports, the arrest came after she maced an employee at GameStop who had asked her to leave. She was allegedly barred for life from the store following the altercation.
Chan was given a 180 day suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay $514 in court costs, according to court records.
As well as this, in October 2011, Chan and her mother were arrested after Barbara hit a local game store manager with her car, leading them to pay a fine and undergo community service and a year of probation.
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What are the charges for incest?
Incest is a Class 1 Misdemeanour in Virginia.
Perpetrators face a fine of up to $2,500 and one year in jail.
Virginia Criminal Law can also identify the alleged assault as a Class 5 Felony which could result in up to ten years behind bars.