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Craig Carter found guilty of multiple assault charges

Jurors found Craig Carter, former track and field assistant coach for the University of Arizona, guilty of aggravated assault and aggravated assault with a weapon after two and a half hours of deliberation. He will be sentenced on May 14, 2018 at 11 a.m.

Carter was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly choked then-student and thrower Baillie Gibson and threatened her with a box cutter.

After the verdict was announced, Carter was handcuffed by court sheriffs and escorted out of the courtroom.

Carter was also charged with domestic-violence-related stalking and disruption of an educational institution for dragging Gibson out of a classroom.