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Officials: George Zimmerman arrested after disturbance call at house

File photo of George Zimmerman. Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images

APOPKA, Fla. – Officials say George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch volunteer acquitted earlier this year in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, has been arrested following a disturbance call from a house in Florida.

A sheriff’s office statement says Zimmerman was arrested Monday afternoon after deputies responded to a disturbance call at a house in Apopka, northwest of Orlando.Zimmerman will be transported and booked into jail.

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The statement provided few other details, and it was not immediately known what charges he faced.

READ MORE: George Zimmerman’s wife says he threatened her with gun: police

Zimmerman and his estranged wife were involved in a domestic dispute in September. Police said no charges were filed against either of them because of a lack of evidence.

That dispute took place just days after Shellie Zimmerman filed divorce papers.

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