Jefferson City man accused of assaulting elderly woman on bus
Steven Lambson
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man has been charged after police said he hit a woman on a city bus on Friday morning.
Demetrius Jamason, 39, of Jefferson City, was charged on Friday in Cole County with third-degree assault and misdemeanor elderly abuse. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set.
According to the probable cause statement, the victim allegedly told police Jamason had been sitting a row away from her on the bus, and that without and conversation or argument, he hit her in the face and the side of the head.
A witness allegedly told police they turned around after the victim screamed and saw Jamason hit her on the back of the head, the statement says.
During questioning, police said Jamason allegedly told them he had an injury to his right shoulder, and that it frequently has spasms, court documents say. Jamason claimed he had a spasm that caused him to hit the victim, court documents allege. When asked to show evidence of the shoulder injury, police wrote that Jamason showed his shoulder, but officers couldn’t see any indication of an injury.
The probable cause statement says video showed Jamason stand up “aggressively with his arm ‘reared back'” and hit the victim in the face and then the back of her head.
Jamason is currently on probation and parole for a domestic assault conviction.