Assault and battery crimes have the same evidence issues as domestic violence, however, they usually have much different dynamics in that often they involve a stranger to the defendant or someone that, although related or known, is certainly not the intimate partner residing with the defendant.  Barroom brawls, road rage, sporting events, parties are just some of the places where many assault and battery cases can arise from.

In recent years, simple drug possession cases have become much less serious than they were in the past although people are still arrested for such crimes. Law enforcement and the courts, however, still treat drug crimes related to possession for sale as well as pharmaceutical drugs as serious crimes.