JONESBORO, Ark. — A man faces a felony charge after a woman told police he hit her in the head with a tequila bottle and choked her at a home on Nov. 8.
David Lajuan Hightower is charged with second-degree domestic battering, a Class B felony. Bond was set at $75,000 on Nov. 9 by District Judge Tommy Fowler, who ordered Hightower to wear a GPS ankle monitor and comply with a no-contact order if released.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the woman told officers she asked Hightower, her boyfriend, to leave after he became upset about a social media post. She said he returned and struck her as she turned toward the kitchen. The bottle shattered, cutting the left side of her head, the affidavit said.
The woman said Hightower got on top of her and held her down by the neck. She told police she feared he would kill her and began apologizing to get him to let go. An officer observed that the cut was still bleeding.
The affidavit said officers stopped a white Ford Crown Victoria registered to Hightower and took him into custody. He was booked into the Craighead County Detention Center.
The affidavit cited Hightower’s 2021 conviction for third-degree domestic battering as the basis for elevating the new charge to a Class B felony.
Fowler appointed a public defender to represent Hightower. His next court appearance is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Dec. 16 in Craighead County Circuit Court.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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