A heated argument over a missed baby appointment turned violent Tuesday when a Marion County man allegedly shattered his pregnant girlfriend’s car window, then pushed her to the ground outside her home.
Deputies say Jashaun Yarrel, upset after an earlier phone spat, told his girlfriend he was “coming to break her window” after she refused to pick him up from a nearby Burger King. True to his word, Yarrel reportedly showed up, wrapped his shirt around his fist, and punched the window of her Ford SUV three times—shattering it on the third swing and cutting his own arm in the process.
But the situation escalated from property damage to physical violence when Yarrel allegedly demanded a ride to the hospital, then shoved his five-months-pregnant girlfriend to the ground after she refused. She later told deputies the two began to “tussle,” and officers noted visible injuries and blood on her clothes.
Yarrel was located at the Maricamp ER with cuts stretching from his knuckles to his elbow. He was arrested on charges of battery on a pregnant person and criminal mischief and transported to the Marion County Jail.
The broken window was valued at $487. The trust? A bit harder to fix.
