on April 12th 2023 at approximately 9:40
p.m. in Georgia an officer was
dispatched in response to a 911 call
reporting a domestic dispute Hollis
Cardinal stated that her husband Douglas
Cardinal was raging acting violently and
looking for her my husband is going
crazy and raging and
violent okay against you know
him please send somebody okay are you
separated right now like are you in a
different moment
I'm sorry what are you in a different
room we live in the same house ma'am I'm
asking you are you in a different
room no I'm try hiding in the utility
room okay hold on I'm hiding I'm going
to get help on to you the officer was
familiar with the residence from
previous domestic dispute calls always
reported by Hollis Cardinal however this
was the first time she hid from her
husband during one of his outbursts upon
arrival the officer made contact with
Douglas Cardinal at the front door
hey man hey just a second howang going
just a second where are you going I'm
going
hello hello 30 I'm with him hey man come
talk to me remember last time what come
talk to me you're okay you're okay let's
just
talk you're okay you're
okay what's going on
tonight just talk to me look you're
going to get sick and tired of showing
up to this
house I'm sorry I forgot your name what
was your name again
it's Doug
Doug all right Doug what's going on
tonight maybe you ought to ask my wife
that question I will but I'm not with
her right now yeah I want to talk to you
okay you know ma'am stay where you are
please ma'am stay where you are ma'am
stay where you are please Poli told me
to stay where I am he's here he told me
to stay where I am you can hang up now
you're with me I'm sorry you can hang up
the phone now you're with me told me to
hang up the
phone all right thank you thank
you Doug what's going on D talk to
me what's going on is about 20 goddamn
years of Retribution over
what I told you the last time you were
here was an affair 20 years ago did it
just get brought up again yes it did
that's exactly what's happened
officer and I'm sorry that my wife is
afraid I'm sorry I don't I haven't
touched her I yelled at her yes but I
haven't touched her what would make her
afraid just you
yelling yeah aggressive yelling yes I
did
okay all
right she doesn't seem to want to quit
talking about it I asked her politely
multiple times to stop the subject to
change the sub talk about anything else
anything else and she refuses to do it
I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry okay no
I'm not okay right now you're here I'm
not okay I'm sorry I'm sorry that
we've I'm sorry that we've had to take
you away from some real problems
this isn't okay this isn't
right how long's it already been I'm
sorry how long's the argument been going
on
tonight about 45 minutes 45 minutes
okay then did yall just start yelling at
each other you that's exactly what
happened
okay all
right what you're saying you didn't put
any hands on her you just I never
touched her okay
good
okay I wouldn't never touch her I'm
glad I'm glad cuz that would make things
a lot worse that would make things an
awful lot more difficult yes I oh God
so it just got brought up again tempers
flared you just started yelling yes okay
where where did this take
place inside that room yes what were
youall doing just just we were sitting
there listening to music and having a
glass of wi
okay you what all did she say
it just brought up from the past
and how crappy a husband I was and how I
cheated on
her and I asked her then what happened
from there I asked her over and over
again to change the subject and refuse
to do it she keeps talking about it and
I can feel
the the tension build up M and then it
just I just verbally explode
and okay when did that take place in
that room yes it took place in the room
then I went
upstairs
I continued arguing about or not arguing
I I just was it just it doesn't go away
yeah I I don't know what else to say did
she what Happ what did she do after I
don't know I went
upstairs and and
okay so she went upstairs or you she
went
upstairs
I did she wouldn't stop talking about it
I came down here for a
while there were loud words and I raised
my voice I to say that I screamed at her
is probably appropriate
yeah okay never touched her did you do
anything after that to start your coping
mechanisms yeah I tried to get away from
her just to sit down
and and was she was she following you
or no she didn't follow me but when I
thought I had calmed down enough I came
down and it just started over again it
just continued and I understand that
she's angry I understand that
she can't get over the past I I I get it
I just there's nothing I can do about it
yeah I just I
I I I I don't know what to do anymore I
I I can't I this is not right for you
guys to be wasting your
time trying to deal with us and I I
understand well I would rather come deal
with you come deal with you guys than
than something happened that you
understand I look I get it I understand
you're saying you're being very you're
being very polite kind and appropriate I
get it I I really and I'm sorry I'm not
looking at you right now okay okay
whatever you need to do to to focus on
your breathing and calm down I'm good
with yeah that's what I am trying to do
right now that's perfectly fine have
y'all had anything else um go on that
upset you no just that no just that just
that just that yeah I get I get
so this is information she just said
that they had a couple of
drinks um
um um and they started having a
conversation they started talking about
Affairs we're good thank you um but she
said they have physical contact there's
no damage of property I think they like
a water bottle right there just do a
couple things and that it can I talk
this
and then that's what she called so
she the last time I was here oh sorry
I'm sorry this is no sorry you know what
we had Al we had a drink and we can't
have wine he can't have
wine if he in a a couple drinks before
dinner you know so we just won't anymore
that's just
it when I'm sorry when y'all began
arguing yes then what
happened
um I you know what you're asking a 78y
old lady to remember things that I don't
I have what did you do after the
argument
well
um we hit a sensitive subject of his
Affairs mhm when we were younger and MH
I don't I don't I'm trying to remember
um I don't know uh he he raged he gets
really angry and I don't remember
exactly it just blew up he blows up and
he gets he came up and the bonus room
start throwing things but he never hit
me but the bonus room is it down there
at the end of the hole okay he didn't
break anything but he throws things that
he raes so hard what about that bottle
I'm sorry what that water bottle yeah he
threw that that's one of them he throws
water bottles he just threw it down the
hall yeah he threw
some no no and that's the thing but it's
frightening his head
he you know how did it how did it make
you feel makes me feel
scared of what that he might turn on me
but he never has but I never know when
he never has I mean look I get scared
you're not a woman you don't know what
it's like to be a woman with a man who's
raging as big as he is MHM is scary as
hell let me tell you and and he he never
touched me but he's throwing things and
I don't know where it's going to go okay
you know what I mean so you so you hid
in the closet well Toco I hid in the
utility room right up call to call you
what were you what were you fearful of
well I didn't know what was going to
happen I know I just wanted I didn't
know I just want
to I mean you never know he never hit me
look he never has but you never
know if somebody is Raging out of
control and You're
vulnerable and you have no place to hide
really cuz I hadn't hid until I called
you all because if he knew I was calling
you I don't know what he'd do but now
he's never hit me
yet but what if he does I'll be dead is
that what you were fearful of of
course okay of course but he
hasn't but how do you
know okay how do you
know when
when you were fearful was he right here
or was he in another room a good
question in the same room same room
throwing things okay that weren't big
or but see it's disheveled here this is
always neat he hasn't broken anything
yet okay but he picked up something
through
it something he threw something
well I just look at this see the dog pee
you know what that means they're upset I
just stepped in it he's going to tell
you if he's
honest what he
did I don't know what he threw he threw
something this way
look I'm in I'm 78 years old and I'm
afraid I don't remember what happens
because I am so
afraid and we we just can't drink
alcohol officer that's it it's something
we enjoy once in a while every time I've
been out here it's been it's been that
alcohol and it's been the same you got
it you got it you got it and I agree I
agree and it's going to stop because
it's not fair to Y all it's not fair to
you it's not fair to him it's it's okay
that's going to be y'all's decisions
that you guys make together it is but
primarily it's more about your safety
yes and a man starts raging in the same
room and throwing things mhm even from
your side suppose you couldn't walk and
you're sitting in a room with a man
raging and he's angry at you because of
something you brought up from the past
you're going to feel vulnerable because
you can't get up and walk and protect
yourself I can protect myself against
himh and you know women can't protect
himself against men give me a break and
um so he was really reaching just
going there was no there there with
himed that he was going to hit you of
course you it's always a hi Doug you can
go ahead and stand up for
me need you go ahead and turn around
place your hands behind your
back your shoulders no okay you got some
shoes we can get
you what am I being detained for you're
being placed under arrest for simple
assault family
vience how can you do that when I
haven't touched her
I haven't thrown anything at her because
the code section does not specify on
physical touch that would be
battery uh
Sal shows placing someone in
fear their bodily
safety do you have any weapons on you no
I do not okay do you have anything else
on your
person no okay my glasses are sitting
right there okay you want me to go and
put your glasses on you if you want to
yeah do you have your ID in here yes I
do you want your phone to go with
us I yeah that's probably not a bad idea
do you want me to take your wallet as
well yes
please um I there's
in the back
hall in the door to the garage put some
shoes on just just a moment I'd rather
not with those shoes there's in the back
hall in the door to the garage MH uh in
the left hand there's some pantry doors
there's a pair of uh some slides SL
there's some uh yeah moccasin
there we we we haven't said he's not
decent otherwise well you know going to
do I'll never call
again tell me you know that's not okay I
can't tell you what to do I think I'm
being punished for those are the ones
I'm talking about you're pun yes you're
punishing me because I called too many
times
okay you're punishing me all of you you
can think that all you want man but
we're following the law this well what
do you think it does when you take him
away and I don't
drive there's Uber I have no family yeah
right okay
thank you all I recommend all of you
hope you feel proud of
yourselves based on the situation
Douglas Cardinal was arrested and was
charged with simple assault
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