Columbia man charged with first-degree domestic assault
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man was charged with first-degree domestic assault on Monday.
A court date has not been scheduled for Jesse Jones. He was listed on the Boone County Jail roster on Tuesday evening and is being held without bond. Police wrote in a press release that his address was Centralia.
The Columbia Police Department wrote in a Tuesday evening press release that Jones, 38, was arrested in Hallsville.
According to the probable cause statement, multiple people called first responders on Sunday after seeing the victim walking near Ash Street and Ash Court looking “distressed, panicked and grunting with blood” on their shirt.
Police spoke with the victim near West Broadway and Greenwood Avenue. The victim had a broken jaw, had trouble talking and was bleeding, the statement says. The woman was brought to Boone Hospital for surgery, the statement says. The victim was able to identify Jones as the assailant, court documents say.
While at the hospital, the victim allegedly referred to other assaults, but did not disclose more details out of fear for their safety, the statement says.
The victim couldn’t remember all of the details of the most-recent assault, but told police she was hit by Jones while they were in a car with him, the statement says. She lost consciousness after the hit, but woke up with a broken jaw and was bleeding, the statement says.