HOUSTON – Prosecutors dismissed an assault charge against the biological mother of Samuel Olson Friday, court documents confirmed.
Sarah Olson had been charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, accused of hitting Samuel’s father, Dalton Olson, with her car in May 2020 in Galveston County.
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Those charges have been dropped.
Olson’s attorney on the case told KPRC2 the decision has stirred mixed feelings.
“It’s bittersweet because our argument the entire time has been, ‘hey this so-called complaining witness is committing a crime himself,’ a crime of kidnapping but we’re happy they have dropped this case sooner rather than later,” said Christopher Henderson, who represents Olson on the assault charge.
Henderson said the charge stems from an ongoing custody battle between his client, and Samuel’s father, Dalton Olson.
Sarah’s son, Samuel Olson, was reported missing on May 27. On Tuesday night, police recovered the child’s body from a motel room in Jasper, TX.
His father’s girlfriend, Theresa Raye Balboa, was charged with evidence tampering in connection with the boy’s death.
More charges could be pending, following the release of an autopsy report from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
Sarah Olson’s attorney on the assault charge said prosecutors in Galveston County did the right thing.
“She’s relieved with that but she’s just heartbroken over the death of her son and honestly a little angry because she felt the system let her down,” Henderson said.
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