Man charged with domestic assault after officers swarm Jefferson City neighborhood
Matthew Sanders
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 21-year-old man was charged Tuesday with six felonies and jailed without bond after his arrest during a Jefferson City police response that included long guns and an armored vehicle.
Danaun C. Washington of Jefferson City remained in the Cole County Jail on no bond Tuesday after his arrest at a large police scene the previous afternoon. Multiple Jefferson City Police Department cruisers and an armored car converged on Olive Street. Officers with body armor and long guns were at the scene.
A woman had called 911, reporting that a man had hit her in the face and tried to pistol-whip her, but she blocked the blow, according to a probable cause statement. The man then ran to his house at 215 Olive St., the statement says.
Police used a loudspeaker to talk to Washington and coax him out of the house, but he would not leave the building, the statement says. Officers found him in the attic after they obtained a search warrant and entered the house.
Washington denied hitting the victim or having a gun, according to the statement. Police allegedly found a pistol magazine near the attic access.
No hearings have been set.