It was the alleged victim that had a criminal record. The defendant in this case apparently was charged with assault in 1993, but the charges were dropped. One must conclude that those charges were not valid, so the defendant in this case does not appear to have any criminal record.
I was the subject of a criminal referral for intimidating a judge and prosecutor about 18 months ago, but the prosecutor decided it would not be a very good idea to file charges with the court. Probably had something to do with the fact that I would have defended myself and called about 10-15 judges and prosecutors as witnesses and had them asserting their 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination within about five minutes each.
I know how easily charges can be levied. As I stated earlier I almost got nicked on an assault charge last year for defending myself against an irate renter who came over my counter to "engage". Likewise in Fla, my ex-wife got a restraining order when she dumped me for the gazillionaire right from the getgo. I was served divorce papers in the morning and got "restrained" later that day on no grounds whatsoever other than conjecture. I made it thru that without killing anybody....I must be a pacifist actually8>)