Recently I was physically attacted by a guy I did know. I was struck in the face several times by him. He ended up braking my nose,cheek bone,suffered a concussion, and have some hearing loss to one ear. I filed for the Victims Assistance in my area where I live. The Victims Assistance is supposed to help pay for doctor bills and compensation for missing work due to injuries. Well they denied me saying that "they could not find a occurence of a criminal act". I want to know what that means. If anyone knows please fill me in.

Correction I did not know the man who attacked me.

Yes. That is assault in that he struck you. I'd have gone to the police and filed a criminal report on that guy. If you know his name or where he lives give them the info. If he did that much damage in breaking your nose, cheekbone and a concussion, then he should go to jail for this. Go now and then go back to the Victim people with the police report. Whoever told you this at that victim place is an idiot.

When you called the police and filed out a police report, this would have started the criminal action.

Then if they found the person he would have went to trial.

If you did not file a police report, then you normally can't try and collect as a victim since there is no proof you were one.

In addition to the above, you should have called the police immediately after the incident and made a report. If you haven't, you need to do so now if it is not too late. This puts the crime on record and initiates steps to arrest the perpetrator. The only reason I would think that you can't get anything from Victim Assistance is the same as described above-you didn't file a report.

In the common law, what you are describing is a battery, which is defined as "harmful or offensive contact." Many states have laws that apply this definition to assault. However, what you are describing is more likely an aggravated assault, depending how the statute is worked in your state. Get the ball rolling to catch this creep and get some compensation. Such a thing is a serious offense.

Yea it says they could find a report of the incident!

I wrote a letter earlier about an incodent where I was struck in the face several times by another person. Well I finally got some information about the case. I found out today that he was being charged with a "tumultuous act on another person." I don't have a clue what that means or what it intails. I want to know what the law in Wyoming says about it. I have looked through Google but have yet to find anything for it in Wyoming. Its confusing to me because they always use it in the aspect of it being more than one person involved such as in a riot. I don't have a clue the severity of it. If someone could help I would much appriciate it. One thing I don't know is law.

Here is a statute that uses the word:

§ 11-45-1 Disorderly conduct: A person commits disorderly conduct if he or she intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:
(1) Engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior.

And the definition of tumultuous: full of tumult or riotousness, marked by disturbance and uproar, raising a great
Clatter and commotion, disorderly or noisy, highly agitated, turbulent.

With the person caught and the crime reported, you should have no more trouble with victim compensation. Though I can't be sure, I sounds like it is the equivalent of aggravated assault as I mentioned in the other post.

I've merged your threads. Please do not start a new thread for a follow-up. Use the Answer This Question iptions instead.

As Jim pointed out the definition of tumultuous sort of fits. Why not go back to the prosecutor or DA to ask?