Sarah Palins son avoids jail for assaulting girlfriend

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Sarah Palin's son Track has avoided jail after being charged with punching his girlfriend in the face and drunkenly threatening to shoot himself with an AR-15 assault rifle.

The oldest son of the former Alaska Governor was arrested in a domestic violence case in January.

The 27-year-old Palin was charged with assault, interfering with the report of a domestic violence crime and possessing a weapon while intoxicated after the incident at the Wasilla home of his parents, where he lives.

But on Friday, Palin's attorney Kevin Fitzgerald said his client had come to an agreement the state in a special court for veterans, the Alaska Dispatch News reports.

The agreement involved the state dropping two of the three misdemeanor charges against Track: assault and the interfering with the report of a domestic violence crime.