Posted: 12:13 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2013  49ers release
statement on Ahmad Brooks assault case  By David Fucillo
Tuesday evening, reports came out that the Santa Clara District
Attorney's Office was considering filing assault charges against
49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks. The police report indicated
Brooks had hit teammate Lamar Divens with a beer bottle. The San
Francisco 49ers have released a statement as we continue to
await word from the DA's office on potential charges:   Matt
Barrows is reporting the DA's office indicated they were close
to a decision on what to do with the Ahmad Brooks case. An
arrest warrant application was submitted and signed, but the
DA's office is now saying that was an "internal error". My
personal guess is that "internal error" was someone going ahead
with the charges without asking someone higher up the food
chain.  The application was for felony assault, which carries a
sentence ranging from a fine up to four years in prison. There
are reports some in the DA's office view t