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Ray Rice Domestic Violence Charges Dismissed

MAYS LANDING, N.J. — A judge in New Jersey has dismissed domestic violence charges against Ray Rice, who was captured by a surveillance camera knocking his fiancée unconscious in a hotel elevator.

Judge Michael Donio dismissed the charges Thursday after the Atlantic County prosecutor told him Rice, a former Baltimore Ravens running back, had completed the terms of his pretrial intervention.

Under terms of the program, Rice paid $125 in fines and received anger management counseling.

Rice was charged with third-degree aggravated assault. His lawyer described what happened in February 2014 as “little more than a misunderstanding.