Man on parole arrested for allegedly attacking ex-girlfriend, stealing car

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A local man on parole was charged Thursday with felony warrants for allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend earlier this month and stealing her car.

Savonne Dashawn Nutt, 23, was already in custody on unrelated drug charges when he was served with the warrants shortly after 6 p.m. for theft of property more than $5,000, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and aggravated assault on a family or household member, punishable by up to six years.

Nutt, who was also charged with a parole violation, is being held on zero bond and appeared Friday in Garland County District Court for arraignment on the new charges.

According to the probable cause affidavit, on Jan. 8, shortly before 2:30 a.m., a woman reported she was attacked by her ex-boyfriend, identified as Nutt, at her residence in the 2300 block of Lakeshore Drive and that he stole her white 2013 Nissan Sentra.

She told Hot Springs police Nutt, who is the father of her child, was homeless and didn't have a place to sleep for the night so she let him stay even though they had not been in a relationship for a couple of months.

She said she was trying to sleep but he kept walking around and appeared to be high on meth. She said she told him to go to bed because he was keeping her up and he became agitated and punched her in the mouth, cutting her lower lip.

She said she tried to flee out a sliding door, but he struck her in the face again, knocking her to the floor. She said he then began choking her from behind and dragged her into her children's bedroom and threw her on the bed while still choking her.

She said she lost consciousness at one point, but was finally able to kick him off and run to a neighbor's apartment where she called 911. She got in her car to leave and Nutt came out of her residence and jumped in the passenger window. She got out to run away and he drove off in her car. She noted he did not have permission to drive her car.

Local on 01/27/2018

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