Teh One Who Knocks
12-26-2012, 12:48 PM
By Joe Johnson - Athens Banner-Herald
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A naked man who Athens-Clarke police say assaulted his girlfriend in Athens this week told officers he was stripped of his clothing because he lost a game of beer pong.
Officers said they were called to an apartment at The Lodge of Athens on North Street about 1:20 a.m. Tuesday when a woman complained her roommate was assaulted by her boyfriend.
The first officer to arrive heard sounds of a struggle and a woman crying loudly in the apartment. After knocking on the door, the officer said a woman with a bloody lip answered.
The officer said he saw naked man in the living room, a milk jug with something in it on a table, along with several plastic cups. One of the cups had two ping pong balls in it.
The naked man, 19-year-old Jamar Darnell Thomas, explained he wasn’t wearing any clothes as a consequence of losing a game of beer pong, police said.
Beer pong is a drinking game, and Thomas apparently was playing a version that requires the removal of clothing.
Either during or after the game, he and his girlfriend got into some kind of political argument, “talking about Democrats and Republicans,” according to police. The woman then used Thomas’ phone to send a text message to her roommate. When Thomas tried to see it, the girlfriend snatched away the phone and slapped Thomas in the face, according to police.
Thomas then grabbed the woman by the shoulders and dragged her to her bedroom, but he let her go after they crashed into a mirrored door, breaking it, police said.
The woman told officers Thomas threw her into the door and that her head hit the door.
Officers saw the broken glass door, holes in a wall that the victim said were made by Thomas punching it, and also damage to the bedroom door near the lock, police said.
The 22-year-old victim locked herself in the bedroom, and Thomas told officers he was still naked while kneeling at the door, begging to be let in, according to police.
Police arrested Thomas on charges of battery and criminal damage to property.
The charges fall under the Family Violence Act because Thomas and the victim occasionally live together at the Athens apartment complex, according to police.
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A naked man who Athens-Clarke police say assaulted his girlfriend in Athens this week told officers he was stripped of his clothing because he lost a game of beer pong.
Officers said they were called to an apartment at The Lodge of Athens on North Street about 1:20 a.m. Tuesday when a woman complained her roommate was assaulted by her boyfriend.
The first officer to arrive heard sounds of a struggle and a woman crying loudly in the apartment. After knocking on the door, the officer said a woman with a bloody lip answered.
The officer said he saw naked man in the living room, a milk jug with something in it on a table, along with several plastic cups. One of the cups had two ping pong balls in it.
The naked man, 19-year-old Jamar Darnell Thomas, explained he wasn’t wearing any clothes as a consequence of losing a game of beer pong, police said.
Beer pong is a drinking game, and Thomas apparently was playing a version that requires the removal of clothing.
Either during or after the game, he and his girlfriend got into some kind of political argument, “talking about Democrats and Republicans,” according to police. The woman then used Thomas’ phone to send a text message to her roommate. When Thomas tried to see it, the girlfriend snatched away the phone and slapped Thomas in the face, according to police.
Thomas then grabbed the woman by the shoulders and dragged her to her bedroom, but he let her go after they crashed into a mirrored door, breaking it, police said.
The woman told officers Thomas threw her into the door and that her head hit the door.
Officers saw the broken glass door, holes in a wall that the victim said were made by Thomas punching it, and also damage to the bedroom door near the lock, police said.
The 22-year-old victim locked herself in the bedroom, and Thomas told officers he was still naked while kneeling at the door, begging to be let in, according to police.
Police arrested Thomas on charges of battery and criminal damage to property.
The charges fall under the Family Violence Act because Thomas and the victim occasionally live together at the Athens apartment complex, according to police.