BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Bradford deputies arrested an 18-year-old Starke man after his girlfriend claimed he smashed her cell phone, broke her key fob, restrained her by laying on top of her, and trapped her within her vehicle.
Cody Alex Drew was arrested for battery and three counts of criminal mischief with property damage.
The victim told deputies that while she was sitting in her vehicle, Drew began questioning her about her allegedly kissing another man at an area bar and that during the talk, he grabbed her phone and smashed it against her car tires.
“(The victim) stated that Cody then started laying on top of her with his arms crossed, yelling at her,” wrote Deputy Paul Moody Jr. in an arrest report. “(She) stated that Cody was getting so mad that when he was yelling, spit was coming from his mouth.”
The woman said that the defendant took her keys from the ignition and damaged her key fob, then prevented her from closing her car door.
“Cody then got back on top of her, and she took his phone from his back pocket and hid it behind her back,” wrote Moody in the report. “(She) was eventually able to get him out of the vehicle and was able to call 911 from Cody’s cellphone.”
The victim added that before deputies arrived, Drew used a metal object to strike the victim’s car window.
Drew told deputies that he found out the woman was cheating on him, and after the pair got into an argument, she grabbed his throat. Drew admitted to breaking the woman’s cell phone and key fob and added that he struck her car with the metal object in an attempt to get his own phone back.
Moody wrote that since he saw no marks on the defendant’s neck and since the injuries to Drew’s knuckles and the damage to the victim’s vehicle appeared to back up the victim’s story, he arrested Drew and transported him to jail.
