Update: The misdemeanor charge was later dismissed, and expunged by a judge.

A Jefferson County assistant district attorney was arrested over the weekend in Shelby County.

Holly Jessica Clemente, 32, was arrested Sunday by the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, according to court and jail records. Clemente, who formerly worked for the county's public defender's office, now prosecutes violent crimes among other cases.

Deputies were called to the family's home on Sunday, where Clemente was arrested on a charge of third-degree assault, which is a misdemeanor. Records say she "did commit the crime of assault third degree...with intent to cause physical injury to another person, Guisseppe Eduardo Clemente, by scratching him multiple times.''

She was booked into the Shelby County Jail on Sunday with bond set at $2,000. She was released on Monday, jail records show. Shelby County sheriff's Capt. Jeff Hartley said he couldn't release additional information beyond what's posted on their website.

Clemente's attorney, Chris Daniel, issued this statement to Al.com: "On Sunday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Clemente got into a disagreement that turned into a dispute. Mrs. Clemente herself requested that the police come to her home to help calm the situation. Nine times out of ten when the police are called for a domestic situation one of the two parties is taken to jail. The police do this out of an abundance of caution for both parties and to prevent the situation from getting worse when passions run high. That was not the case here as Mr. Clemente asked the police on multiple occasions not to arrest Mrs. Clemente but the officers on the scene chose to follow their standard procedure and she happened to be the person arrested."

"Once all the facts come to light it will be obvious that no crime was committed and Mrs. Clemente should not have been arrested. Situations just like this cause people to hesitate before they call the police for fear of being arrested when they've done nothing wrong."

No court dates have yet been set in the case.