Woman alerts employee at Walmart of domestic violence, boyfriend arrested
By KAKE News
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GAGE COUNTY, Nebraska (KAKE) — A man was arrested at a truck stop in Nebraska last week after authorities say he strangled his Hutchinson girlfriend and kept her from leaving.
The Gage County Sheriff’s Office says on Oct. 28, at approximately 5:45 p.m., deputies responded to the Diamond T Truck Stop Camper Row on US HWY 77 just north of Beatrice for an assault that had occurred in the afternoon hours.
When deputies arrived, they made contact with 47-year-old Hollie Carver, from Hutchinson, Kansas, who advised deputies that her boyfriend, 31-year-old Justis Barnhouse, had previously strangled her 5 to 6 times that afternoon.
The sheriff’s office says Barnhouse took Carver’s cellphone, preventing her from reporting the incident to law enforcement.
Barnhouse, according to the sheriff’s office, did not let Carver leave for two days while she was trying to get her belongings from the camper and leave to go back home to Kansas.
Barnhouse and Carver went to a Walmart in Beatrice, Nebraska, where Carver got the attention of a Walmart employee. The Gage County Sheriff’s Office says Carver asked the employee to follow her to the bathroom, where Carver was able to give the employee information about what had happened earlier regarding the strangulation. The employee then notified law enforcement.
Barnhouse was also on scene when deputies arrived. Barnhouse was arrested for assault by strangulation as well as 3rd degree domestic assault with two priors, according to the sheriff’s office.
Barnhouse was lodged at the Gage County Detention on his charges.
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