A Seminole County Sheriff's Office statement says Zimmerman was arrested Monday afternoon after deputies responded to a disturbance call at a house in Apopka, about 15 miles northwest of Orlando.
The investigation into a domestic dispute between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife will be placed on hold and no charges will be filed for the time being.
George Zimmerman's attorney says his client never threatened his estranged wife and her father with a gun even though Shellie Zimmerman reported that in a 911 call.
George Zimmerman's wife has called police to her father's house, saying the former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted of murder threatened her with a gun.
In the wake of the George Zimmerman trial, University of Pennsylvania Department of Religious Studies associate professor Anthea Butler questions the motives of 'America's racist God'.
"A neighborhood watch program is probably one of the most positive programs that we have working for us because it allows police and the neighborhoods to communicate on a regular basis, but it also reminds them to be vigilant and aware of what's going on in their neighborhood and to report that information to police," says Lafayette Police Spokesman Cpl. Paul Mouton.
The jurors considered nearly three weeks of often wildly conflicting testimony over who was the aggressor on the rainy night the 17-year-old was shot while walking through the gated townhouse community where he was staying.
A six-person jury comprised of all women in Florida found George Zimmerman not guilty in the killing of Trayvon Martin on Saturday after more than 16 hours of deliberation over two days.