Bowling Green Police Division arrested a man the day after Christmas for allegedly punching his girlfriend in the eye. Darrell W. Perry Jr., 59, was charged with domestic violence and taken to the Wood County jail.
Police responded Saturday just after 6 p.m. to an apartment in the 700 block of Manville Avenue for a report of an assault.
According to dispatch records, Perry called to report that his girlfriend had been struck by another female. When police arrived, the victim told an officer that another woman present had punched her in the eye. That woman, however, gestured to the officer that it was actually Perry who hit the victim.
One officer spoke with Perry, while another talked with the two women. As soon as the women were out of Perry’s view, they both stated that Perry had punched the victim and told her to lie.
