The criminal charge against a former Wicomico County state's attorney Davis Ruark was placed on the inactive docket during a District Court hearing this morning.
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that Ruark was taken into custody by Salisbury police officers in October after a former girlfriend alleged he violated the civil peace order filed against him.
But a Frederick County assistant state's attorney who is prosecuting the case asked the court to amend the charge to failure to comply with a peace order.
The charge against Ruark will remain in effect for six months before the prosecutor will request that it be removed after which his record would be expunged.
