Officers Arrest Man in Texas After Alleged Domestic Assault with Pregnant Victim in Jonesboro

JONESBORO, Ark. — A disturbing report of an alleged domestic violence incident with a pregnant victim has resulted in the arrest of a Jonesboro man in Forth Worth, Texas.

On July 23, 2024, officers with the Jonesboro Police Department responded to the 1700-block of West Nettleton Avenue to an apartment unit, with the call referencing a domestic assault that had just occurred, according to the probable cause affidavit. The alleged victim stood at the top of the stairs, crying hysterically and holding the right side of her face. She told officers her son’s father had punched her in the head.

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Officers noted the woman’s head to be red and swollen near her right temple. She told police she was eight weeks pregnant and that the suspect believed he was not the father. She went on to say they had gotten into an altercation and she went to the bedroom to get away. Once there, the suspect came into the bedroom, pulled the blanket off of her, and began hitting her in the head with his fist multiple times, she said.

The alleged victim ran next door to the neighbor’s apartment but the suspect followed her, saying he would hit her again if she didn’t give him the car keys. The woman threw the keys at him and he left.

The woman told police she wanted her car back. Apparently, the suspect also took her phone. Police found the location of the phone to be in Fort Worth, Texas. On July 24, the Fort Worth Police Department arrested the suspect. He was extradited to Craighead County Detention Center on August 21.

Darryll Dewayne Holloway, 31, of Jonesboro, is facing a charge of third-degree domestic battery involving a pregnant woman. On August 23, Judge David Boling found probable cause to charge Holloway and set his bond at $100,000 cash or surety. A GPS ankle monitor was also ordered to be used by Holloway upon his release.

Third-degree domestic battery is a Class D felony punishable by up to six years in prison.

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.