On August 20th, 2025, in Grandforks, North Dakota, officers respond to reports of a woman being beaten by a man. When they arrive, they find her visibly shaken, struggling to explain what just happened. Stop. 10-4. Get your hands out of your pockets. Yeah. Turn around. Yeah, yeah. What what happened? >> Just turn around. Just turn around. Put your hands behind your back. Can I smoke a cigarette? No. What what happened? Stop. Stop. Can I smoke a cigarette? Get Get your hand up. Just let go. We're just going to wait over here for now, all right? Ma'am, I'll be with you. Do you need an ambulance? What? Do you want an ambulance? >> No. Okay, I'll be I'll come talk to you in a second. Units responding. You can slow it down. Attention. Come on. Hold on. Hold on. Give me a second. I haven't searched him yet. Here, buddy. Can I smoke a cigarette? You can spread your feet a little bit. Left. Any weapons on you? No, I don't. No? Can I search your pockets? Yeah, you can. Can I smoke a cigarette, please? Hey, just wait, man. I got stuff I got to do that's a little bit more important. >> I'm not I don't got a cigarette. Oh, yeah, and this Pop sock, yeah. Okay. I'm not going to do anything. Okay, we're just going to put you in this car for now, okay? >> a cigarette, please? Once we figure out what's going on, okay? I know. Wait wait wait. Come on. Hey, we got stuff that's a little bit more important than you smoking a cigarette, okay? So, just be cooperative with us and maybe we can find a cigarette. >> fine. Stop. Stop. Do you want to get freaking hurt by doing that? No, bend over. Bend over. Don't you move. STOP. STOP. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. DON'T [ __ ] MOVE. STOP. STOP. YOU SEARCH HIM. After we [ __ ] t- Stop. I stop. And what did I tell you? I told you if you cooperate with us a little bit we'll find some time. And then you wanted to swing elbows. I didn't swing elbows. >> All [ __ ] >> my head. [ __ ] Shut the [ __ ] up, [ __ ] Intro. I didn't move. I moved my head. I didn't move my elbows. You You have my All right, let's go. Let's get up. Let's Are you going to relax? Yeah, I'm going to relax. Here, let me see your nose. Why'd you do that on the hood? Are you going to stand up? >> Okay. Yeah, I'm going to stand up for you. Okay. Here, roll on your right side, buddy. >> Yep. What? Roll on your right. There you go. Put your knees up to your chest a little bit. Right or left? >> Nope, you're good. Now, kick your chest. Hit. Ready? One, two, three. You can take a seat. Okay. What's up, buddy? What happened? What? What happened? Here you go. I don't understand. No, you're good. You're fine. Can I just move this here first? Yeah, just give us Just give us a minute. >> move this here first? Yeah, just let us figure out what's going on first. Look. And then we'll find some time, okay? Like we said. But you got to work with us, okay? Look. Now we got I'm going to tell you what happened. I'm going to tell you what happened. Okay, hold on. Listen. Listen. You're in handcuffs. You're in the back of the car, so we got to tell you your rights, okay? So, what what's your first name, sir? Okay, so you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can I I know I got to say this and then you can say whatever you want, okay? So, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand those rights? Okay. Are you still okay talking to us for now? Yeah. Okay. Do you want to tell us what happened? Yeah, um um I was there and um she thought I was lying and you know what? I grabbed her by the face. Yeah, that was it. Okay. Did you punch her at all? I didn't punch her. I didn't I slapped her. Okay. And that's what I did. You slapped her because Because she thinks I'm lying. Like About what? She like She like I go home. I go home. And she like messages me like she wants me to come back. Okay. I slapped her. How many times? Twice. Twice? Okay. Yes. And then her friend her friend, I don't know who her friend was, called the cops. Okay. And she told her the girl said, "Don't call the cops." Okay. But you know what? I It's it's a weird relationship. You know? How long have you guys been dating for? Uh just 2 months. 2 months, okay. Are you guys living together currently? No, I have my own apartment. You have your own place, okay. And I already got I already got a domestic Okay. So But I don't want to go to jail. So, you think she's lying so then you slapped her in the face a couple times. Did you shove her on the ground at all? Um I don't know. I don't remember. Okay. Was she standing when you slapped her? Um No, she was laying in front of my face. Okay. Well, like she was on her two feet or she was on her back? >> You know what? I don't know. Okay. Did she hit you at all? Yeah, she hit me. Where'd she hit you? In my face. Where in your face? Like on this side. Your left or right? Cuz she's in the right hand, she hit me on this side. All right, let me see. Here, stand still. Okay, do you know where in your face? Cuz The thing is we you started hitting your head on the hood of the car like five times, so It's not like nothing. You know what? I don't want to press the charges on her. If I'm going to go to jail, just press the charges on me. I don't want nothing to do with her. Like I don't want no charges against her. Okay. Well, we'll go talk to her and we'll figure it out. Are you hurting anywhere, buddy? What? You hurting anywhere? No. >> And nothing hurts? No, you know what? I don't want no charges against her. Like she has two kids. Like and that's it. Like I don't want nothing to do with I don't want no charges against her. What What's your first name? What the [ __ ] What's your name? My name? Yeah. You know my name. I I don't know your name. R E N E What's his last name? Rene Science. Right? I remember you. I know you a few times. How do you spell his last name? I say N E Z. Rene, you had anything to drink tonight? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah? How much? Just a little bit. Just a little bit. So, I'm going to jail, mate? Well, I don't know yet. That's why we're talking to her. That's why we wanted to get you get you sitting down, but then you started hitting your head. So. Can I get Can I get a Can I please have a cigarette my last cigarette? Where is it at? I had it in my pocket. I don't know if we I don't know if we found it. Yeah. Look, bro. I'm going to jail. See? Can I Can I have my last cigarette? What's your birthday? 9 24 88 Stay in the car right now. All right. What is it? 9 24? Nope. Stay in the car right there. >> have my last cigarette then? >> No. Stay in the car. Stop. Put your foot in the car. Why can't I have Why can't I have my cigarette, [ __ ] What's What's going on? Nothing. I was I was standing outside with my friend Leah. She was here. And he started He was drinking drinking like straight vodka. And then he started yelling at her, telling her to stop. And I was telling him to calm down. And he wouldn't. And then until he he left or she left. And then she left, he started [ __ ] hitting me. Are you his wife, girlfriend? No, I'm his girlfriend, but like still he hit me. He was pushing me on the ground and pulling my hair down. Are you sure you don't want an ambulance? Look. Yeah, I see it. Are you sure? I think we should I think we should give you a ride to the hospital. And then my tongue. Okay. All right. I do have Alter coming. Just the ambulance? No, I don't want them to. I'm okay. You're not okay. >> Yes, I am. I'm okay. I don't want to >> tongue? No. You could have broken bones. >> I'm okay. I'm okay. I don't think you're okay. >> I'm okay. I'm okay. So, he your Who's your friend, Leah? She left. >> Yes. Cuz he started yelling at her. Yeah, he threw a can of soda at her car and he kept like yelling at her to leave. So I was like just go, just go. And then she wouldn't, she was smoking a cigarette first and then he kept saying go you and then she got in the car and she left and as soon as she left he started he started hitting me. Where were you guys at when this all happened? In the backyard. In the backyard? Yeah, he grabbed my head and he pushed it down and he started like he pushed you down. Yeah, you it's pretty it's pretty small. And that's your boyfriend? You guys you guys both live here? No, he lives over there. Okay, how long have you guys been dating? Like 2 months but just like about a couple weeks ago he broke my car window. Oh. There was already a I don't know. I I I I I know this sounds silly but I assume you guys are intimate. Yep. Okay, all right. No kids together? No. But he chugged the whole bottle of vodka. I tried dumping some of it out when he went around the corner but yeah. Okay, and so he started he started hitting you with his fists? Yeah, he like pushed me on the ground. Right out here? Yeah, and he slapped me in front of Leah when she was here. And he threw you to the ground and then he slapped you and then he started punching you? Yeah, he kept What what hand did he With his right hand. Was he holding you down? Where was he holding you down? In my hair. He was holding you down with his left hand? Yeah. And he started punching you with his right hand? He's getting so violent, too. Is he off his meds? Yeah. And obviously drinking probably doesn't help that either. Okay. All right. We're going to hobble him if he's going to do and then we're just going to go right to GFI. We're not going to wait. Hey, stop. Rene, stop. What the [ __ ] Stop. Stop, Rene. What am I doing? You're hitting your head. I don't give a [ __ ] I know you don't give a [ __ ] >> NOTHING WRONG. JUST STOP. That's not going to help. Okay. Do you want to be hobbled, which means your feet get tied, and then you won't be able to Let me smoke my cigarette. Let me smoke a cigarette. For God's sakes, but why should we give you a cigarette when every time we come out here you try to jump out, you're banging your head on [ __ ] Like why would that make us want to give you a cigarette? Can I please have a cigarette? Okay. >> cigarette. It's not your last cigarette. Okay. Can I please Hold on, since you're banging your head, we've got to have paramedics just check out your head quick. There's nothing wrong. I know, but we just have to do our due diligence to check it out. There's nothing wrong. There's nothing wrong. >> a cigarette? Hold on, just sit right here. >> Come on, can I have a cigarette? Just sit right here. You obviously don't have any cigarettes on you. I have a cigarette on me. Where? In my pocket. Which pocket? I don't know, let me [ __ ] look. >> No, I can look. Just sit back. Sit. Just stop. I literally searched you, and I didn't find a single cigarette. Okay, check Let me check the other side. Sit back. Yeah, I don't feel a single cigarette on you. There was a cigarette on me. Okay, just just just sit here for a second. Hey, Rene, they Paramedics just need to look at your head quick, okay? For what? Just to make sure there's nothing actually like serious. I'm good. You're going to be fine? Yeah, I'm good. Okay. I'm good. Okay. Well, if we don't have a cigarette, we can't give you a cigarette, okay? Just take some deep breaths. Everything will be just fine. Stop, Renee. Stop, Renee. Stop. Just making sure you don't do anything dumb to me or anything, okay? Renee, stop. Stop. He's just making sure you don't hurt me, okay? I'm not going to hurt you. Well, then I know you won't, but you're making it seem like you will, okay? So, just relax. Okay? Hey, Renee. Stop. No, he's nice. Has he ever threatened to kill you or your children? Um, no. Do you think he might try and kill you? I don't know. Has he ever Has he ever tried to choke you? >> Yes. How many times? Um, twice. And including tonight? Um, no, not tonight. No. Is he violent, constantly jealous, or try to control most of your daily activities? >> Yes to all of them? >> Yes. Yeah, let's hobble him. Open the door. Stop. You're going to stop. Stop. We're going to hobble you now so you can't hit your head. Yep, that's going to happen. Let me smoke a cigarette, THEN. NOPE. ALL RIGHT. STOP, RENEE. All right. >> [snorts] >> You you put that [ __ ] my my [ __ ] face. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LISTEN. NO, WE'RE DONE. ALL RIGHT. LISTEN. WE'RE PAST THAT POINT. ALL RIGHT. LISTEN. All right. Listen. All right. Listen. Sorry. All right. Listen. Just breathe, brother. Okay. All right. Listen. We just got to wrap [clears throat] this around your head a little bit so you don't hurt your head. All right. Listen. Okay. All right. Listen. I know you said you would relax, but now we're kind of at the point where we can't have to do it. >> So, just relax. Listen. No. No. I can't relax. Just breathe, brother. I can't breathe. You can breathe. I promise. Oh. No one's on your neck. No one's on your back. No one's on your chest. Okay? Just Here. Tuck your head in a little bit. I don't want You can rest it against the door. Okay? Hey, Kim. Breathe. [ __ ] >> [screaming] >> COME ON. I WON'T DO NOTHING. JUST [ __ ] get these [ __ ] off me. I want to sleep. Come on, man. We're waiting them. I'm waiting on who? We're waiting on the jail staff. They're going to come out and get you. For what? I didn't do nothing. And they're going to come bring you in. For what? I didn't do nothing. What am I going to jail for? You're going to jail for domestic violence and resisting arrest. Jesus. Oh, [ __ ] Hold on, man. All right, so you know where you're at? You're going to be like that? You're not going to cooperate? I know where I'm at. Okay, just making sure. You going to be cool with us? I want I want I want to I want my lawyer. There you go. All right. All right. The suspect now faces serious charges, including aggravated assault and resisting arrest. 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