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He could be sentenced to a year in jail if convicted.

Dickenson was arrested July 11 after a woman reported the vice mayor had grabbed her purse and swung her to the ground about 4:30 p.m. at Redwood City Underground, 2650 Broadway, Redwood City, police said. Dickenson was taken into custody that afternoon but released on $10,000 bail that night.

The charges were announced Tuesday morning by San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Those charges include two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence and one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment. Dickenson will be arraigned Wednesday morning.

“We had heard the victim’s description of what had occurred and we had his description of what had occurred,” Wagstaffe told the San Jose Mercury News.

“We did some follow-up investigation … our ultimate conclusion was that we think that there are additional facts that corroborate her description of what occurred and not his.”

The woman reportedly told police that Dickenson was trying to keep her at the restaurant. When officers arrived, she had an abrasion to her left arm and armpit area and an abrasion to her right shoulder, Redwood City police Capt. Chris Cesena told the Mercury News.

Dickenson reportedly told police that she hit him in the head with her purse during a disagreement about their joint ownership of the  restaurant where the incident occurred. He and the alleged victim reportedly had been dating.

Dickenson’s initial appearance in San Mateo County Superior Court is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 13.