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Albert Joseph DeAngelis II
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Domestic assault charge against Virginia Beach cop involves ex-wife who once plotted to kill him
By Jane Harper
jane.harper@pilotonline.com
The ex-wife of a Virginia Beach police officer charged with domestic assault says he choked her and flung her to the ground in her home, according to court documents.
It's the same woman who had served time for a failed attempt to kill him more than a decade ago, the documents show.
A criminal complaint filed in Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court lists the victim as Michelle Elling, the former wife of Master Police Officer Albert J. DeAngelis II.
The incident occurred June 18 at Elling's home, according to the complaint. The document states that DeAngelis choked Elling twice and threw her on the floor and bathtub of her house.
Police issued a news release last week announcing that DeAngelis had been charged with domestic assault but declined to provide other details. The crime is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
The complaint claims that Elling is afraid of DeAngelis because of "prior incidents involving violence" with him.
In the fall of 2006, Elling, her mother and brother were all charged with attempted murder after they tried to choke DeAngelis and smother him with a pillow while he slept. They told police they wanted to kill him because he'd been abusive with Elling and the couple's children.
DeAngelis stood by his wife during the court process, according to stories published in The Pilot at the time, and helped get a plea deal for her and her mother. Elling got 1½ years and her mother got 2½ years after both pleaded guilty to conspiracy. Her brother pleaded to attempted murder and got eight years.
Virginia Beach court records show that Michelle Elling filed for divorce in 2014, but the case was later dismissed at her request. She filed again in Norfolk and a final order was issued in 2015, according to online court records.
​Jane Harper, 757-222-5097, jane.harper@pilotonline.com
Virginia Beach police officer charged with domestic assault was once a victim of an attempted murder
Twelve years ago, the wife of Officer Albert DeAngelis, her mother and brother were all charged with attempted murder after the three attacked him while he was sleeping. Now, the officer is facing a domestic assault charge.
Virginia Beach Police Officer
Domestic Assault
Albert Deangelis
Michelle Elling
Jane Harper covers courts and crime in Virginia Beach for The Virginian-Pilot. A native of Southeast Texas, she earned her journalism degree from The University of Texas, and worked at papers in Texas and Maryland before moving to Norfolk in 1994.
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