Tre Arrow won't face domestic violence charges

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The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office won't issue charges against

as a long-shot candidate in a field of 23.

, widely known as the ledge-sitter who occupied the U.S. Forest Service's Portland headquarters in 2000, on allegations of domestic-violence-related assault in the fourth degree on Tuesday.

Reports indicate Arrow and his girlfriend were arguing over Arrow's "hoarding" on their backyard deck in Northeast Portland Tuesday. The girlfriend raised her fists. Arrow then grabbed her forearms and pushed her against a railing, leaving a four-inch red abrasion on her back.

As part of the police investigation, an officer asked Arrow whether his girlfriend might be pregnant. He said yes, "based on the moon's alignment." The girlfriend, however, said she was not pregnant.

In declining to pursue charges, the DA's office said the girlfriend would not cooperate.

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Arrow, however, was still in jail Thursday afternoon due to an issue related to his federal probation. In 2008, a federal judge sentenced Arrow to about two years in federal prison after

for setting fire to concrete-mixing trucks from Ross Island Sand and Gravel in Portland and logging trucks in Eagle Creek near Mount Hood in 2001.

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