Officers obtain warrants against masked man who assaulted ex
Lawrenceburg Police officers obtained warrants Sunday night against a Collinwood man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend while wearing a mask. Officers responded to a home on Mildred Avenue at around 8:00 to investigate an assault.
The victim, age 20, reported that she had been at a friend’s home, and when she went to her vehicle her ex-boyfriend jumped into the car while wearing a white mask. She told officers that she tried to exit, but that he began hitting her in the back of the head several times.
She said she got away, then ran inside the house to call 911. Officers walked with the victim to her car to retrieve her cell phone, but she was unable to find it. Calls to the phone were reportedly answered by the ex-boyfriend.
Officers report that they spoke with him and arranged a meeting, but that he failed to show up.Officers took out warrants against Gatlyn Ray Jones, age 21, of Collinwood on charges of domestic assault and theft of property.