On her birthday, a wife came home late, only to be thrown to the ground and punched in the face during a violent outburst by her husband. >> [snorts] >> Yes, sir. Hey, what's going on? Okay. Can you Can you stay out here with us for a second? Okay. Um Can you say Okay. He's in tights. He's in tights right now. Can you go and talk with one of them for a second while we get to talk with him? Where is she at? Um Yeah. Yeah. So, what all happened? Um I came home and we were just arguing and he like he hit me in the face. Okay. And then he like pulled me off the bed on my shirt. Yeah. Okay. Um where are all the marks on her face? Did he hit you? He hit me in the face. He hit you in the face. All right. Yeah, that's the one right there. That's the one. That's the one. I'll take a picture. Did he hit you anywhere else or was it just right there? No, he was just like grabbing. And could you turn your cheek the other way? He hit me here and then he broke the door. Okay. And that was all today? Yeah, and my glasses fell off. Okay. All right. Has anything like this happened before? It has, but in that like that intensity. So, we were arguing and he was breaking stuff, but he's never like put his hands on me. Okay. Have you ever called the police or anything like this in the past? Yeah. I got you. And can you tell me what started the argument? Um I don't remember. This isn't working. So, we were trying to talk about it, but then it got really escalated. And then he just broke in there and then he like took my house key and was saying that I had to be out by tomorrow. Oh, he took your house key? Yeah, but he didn't leave. Hey, I'm so sorry to interrupt you. He's got the black Nike shorts, right? Yeah. Okay. Thank you, ma'am. Sorry to interrupt you. Um So, I just didn't want to like I don't want to escalate more and like tomorrow he was like putting his stuff outside. I saw you had your kid out there on the couch, right? That's my cousin. Your cousin. Okay. Sorry. I couldn't see it. Okay. I got you. Yeah, well, if you want to keep talking about the argument, what led up to the argument, anything like that. I was like give my phone. Yeah. I gave him my phone and he just Okay. I told him it's not working. It's not working. It's not working. He was just grabbing. Okay. Um What's a good phone number for you? 678 So, just kind of recap, y'all were arguing about the marriage and stuff and he hit you and how did he hit you? A slap? Yes. He slapped me in the face and then like he dragged me off the bed on my shirt, so it's like ripped. Okay. And then when I got him to the floor, he like got on top of me and he just started like yelling at me. Mhm. But then like later he asked for my phone and I was like well, I was already like shut down at that point. Yeah. So, when I didn't give him like my phone, he just like kept hitting like he hit me in the face like two more times. Okay. Like closed fist, open fist? Just like a slap. A slap. Okay. And then he broke the door or something. Like the door got ripped off the hinges. Okay. And is that that happened in the room that he's currently in right now? No, it's the army bedroom. The bedroom. Okay. Is it the one that has the door that's messed up? Yeah. Okay. Um So, I understand there was some property damage to the door and he has your keys. Yeah, he took my house key and told me to leave by tomorrow. Okay. Um And and you got struck in the face, right? Did an officer photograph that evidence? Okay. Um do you know if anything else in the house is broken or tampered with? Um Not from tonight. Okay. Um The incident with the with how he has your phone, did he forcibly take that from you? Yeah. Okay. How did that go down, ma'am? I'm sorry. Sorry, I didn't mean to be so far away. He took me He was going to use it because his phone was broken to call his mom to come get me and Okay. And then when I walked up to him to call his mom, he like snatched it and then like locked himself in Okay. And then he wouldn't let me back. So, I used my cousin's phone. Okay. So, let me make it clear. He you did He took your phone without you wanting to. Same with the keys. Yeah, and he asked me where the keys were and I said well, I don't know and then he went down there. And he took like my house keys off the ring. And you have been living here with him? Yeah. Okay. And you said he put his hands on the keys? Yeah. Okay. All right. Got you. Hey, police department. Yo, what's up, man? What's going on? Huh? What's going on tonight? Hm? Nothing? That's cool. What happened to your hand? Why did you punch the door? Bro, no disrespect. I'm respectful as ever. Mhm. She called y'all for a reason. Just come on, baby. Well, we're trying to figure out what happened. Man, we just got to argue. She got to argue? All right. Which door did you punch? This one here? This bedroom door? I got you, man. You been drinking? Earlier. Yeah? Earlier. Earlier? What did you get mad for? Me and my girl were arguing. What y'all arguing What y'all arguing about? Just We got no communication now. Okay. Did you kick the door down or how did the door fall off the hinges? I punched the door. You punched the door and it came off? Ooh. All right. You want I ain't dropping nothing, bro. Yeah, is that that bump on your hand, has that been there already or is that from punching the door? >> Already been there. It's already been there. Just the bloody knuckles? Yes, sir. All right. And the injury on your leg is old as well? Yeah, everybody asks me. Okay. So, what were y'all arguing about? She came home late. It was her birthday. It's her birthday. Okay. I got mad. Sorry, bro. That was bad. Smoking a little bit of weed? Yeah, earlier, bro. Earlier? >> [clears throat] >> I got you. So, it's her birthday, she came home late, you got mad about that? Just communication been off, bro. It's all good, bro. All right, man. Right now, I need you to stand up, all right? I got the white tee on. The white tee? Where's the white tee at? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, you got it. You got You got some slides, some some shoes to slip on real quick. You can take that with you, too, if you want to. Hm? All right. It's good. What's up? Are you shooting? Yeah, go ahead. And uh just real quick, so she said she's missing her keys. Do you know where her keys are at? When she called the police. I'm asking where where keys are, man. Keys it off. They're somewhere around here, bro. I don't know. I ain't seen keys around here. I'm going to get your phone in a second. Going to put your hands behind your back, all right? I'm going to read this to you. You got to answer a question at the end. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to talk to a lawyer. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish. Even if you don't want a lawyer now and talk with us, you can at any time change your mind and ask for a lawyer to stop talking with us. Do you have the Do understand each of these rights as I have explained them to you? You want to talk with me? I just got a couple couple questions for you. Um you said sure. All right. Um So, I understand the fight was about marriage. She went to a party, uh came home, you weren't too happy about that. Y'all got to arguing. Um She's saying that you threw her on the floor, jumped on top of her, started hitting her. Is that what's going on tonight? You don't know? All right. Um Was that door broken before you guys started arguing? During? Yeah, was that after? Okay. All righty. Um you have ID any anywhere in there? So, right now, uh current trespass, damage to property, and battery. Criminal trespass, damage to property. Damage to property is the part there. Cuz you broke the door. Damage to property. It doesn't matter. It's a shared asset. And battery cuz she's got marks all over her face. So, you got ID anywhere in there? No? All right. No? All right, what's your name, man? Where were you born at? You born here in Georgia? Yeah? All right. Here in Athens? All right, Mr. Do your charges? Okay. Do you mind if I call my folks first? That's going to be completely up to this officer up here. Um We're going to be taking this. I'm not going to charge you with it. I'm just going to destroy it. Oh. It's going to be no big deal. Why are you going to be back here? What's that? Why are you going to be back over here? The husband was arrested and charged with battery, family violence, and criminal trespass damage to property.