— Call 911. What's the exact address of your emergency? — [Address provided; dispatcher works to confirm Building 12, Apartment 344.] — I'm sorry. What's the apartment number?

— 12344. — 12604. — Apartment 344. — 12344. Is it building 12?

— What's the building number? What's the building number? 12. — Okay. And what's going on?

— Apartment 344. — Okay. What's going on?

— I was downstairs asleep. He came downstairs, used a rope or cord around my neck, and got me down on the floor. I did everything I could to restrain him. He broke my TV. He punched holes in multiple walls.

— Okay. — Where is he at right now? He went upstairs. — Who is this male?

— He's mad at me because we used to work here together and we got into an incident with a resident involving roaches and um we both end up getting terminated a couple days ago. And so now he's mad. He's been mad at me ever since. And College Park police know me because we have called them out here before over problems at the property. I work in the office at Chelsea Gardens.

— So, he broke my TV. He started out breaking my flower. Then he broke my TV. Then he went up and punched two holes in the wall, screaming up against the wall. Broke his son TV and trying to blame that on me.



— And then it's multiple. It's multiple. Like I can show you everything.

— We have been dealing with this kind of fighting for three years. I don't have no criminal record. I've never been arrested. Nothing. What is your name?

— Sherry. — Yes, ma'am. — All right. And what's your call back number, Miss Sherry?

— Ma'am, what's your what's your call back number? I'm trying to get your help. What's your call back number? — [Callback number provided.]

— Does he have any weapons? — He has a 12-gauge shotgun, 1911. I don't have any other purchases anymore. — You say he has a shotgun.

— He's armed. He's armed. I'm not — Is he male? — I'm sorry. You're downstairs.

— Is he downstairs? Ma'am, where are you at? Where are you at, ma'am? — I'm downstairs.

— And he's upstairs. But earlier he put something around my neck and tried to strangle me. — You said he tried to strangle you. Do you have anything around your neck right now?

— No. No. No. With his hands earlier when he started with me and and he put an extension cord a rope or something around my neck.

— I have never tried to fight him. I was downstairs asleep, and he got mad because I would not do his hair. — He was mad because I would not do his hair. — Man, what's his name?

— Dennis B. I don't want him to get in trouble, but I just don't I like I just want — I just want it to stop. — What's his last name? — Dudley. D U D L E Y.

— I want Yes. I don't want him to get in trouble. I just want it to stop. — You got his date of birth.

— 5484. — Ma'am 84. — Ma'am, Miss Sherry, what's your last name? — Golden.

— Golden. Is it G O L D E N? Ma'am. Ma'am. Ma'am, I need you to talk to me.

— I'm sending help. Help is on the way. Is your last name Golden? G O L D E N. Miss Golden.

— Do you need paramedics?

— Ma'am, I need you to stay on the line with me. I need you to stay on the line with me, Miss Golden. Miss Golden, talk to me. Stay on the line. Do not hang up.

— Do not hang up. — Ma'am, do not hang up the phone. I have help on the way to you. — I scratched his face.

— What does he have on? He's trying to leave. What does he have on, ma'am? What does he have on?

— No, he's not trying to leave, but I scratched his face cuz I was trying to get him off of me because I have — Okay, I still need to know what does he have on? What does he have on? Miss Golden, I'm here. What does he have on? Miss Golden,

— don't hang up the phone. Miss Golden, what does he have on? Miss Golden, I'm sending a paramedic to you. — Black and white.

— Black and white. Um, — ma'am, you said he has a black and white on. Miss Golden, I need you to talk to me. I have help on the way to you.

— What does he have on? — Black and white. You said black and white. What kind of clothing is it?

— Jersey. — Jersey, — Miss Golden. — Do you see the police? Go to the

— Go to the door. Go to the door, Miss Golden. Ma'am, I need you to open the door. Open the door. The help is there.

— The police are there. Open the door so you can get help. — Miss Golden, — I need you to help me help you open the door.

— Miss Golden, do you have contact with the police? I need you to open the door. — I'm releasing the call. Is the police there? Miss Golden, open the door so you can get help. Ma'am,

— it's open. — It's open. Okay. — Ma'am,

— I'm releasing. The police are there. They're going to help you. Okay.

— Come out. — Step out. — Step out. — Step out.

— Step out. Drop your hands. — Drop everything in your hand.

— No. No. It's just my phone. — Okay. Hold on a moment.

— May I ask what this is for? — Hold on. We'll tell you in a minute.

— May I ask for what? I haven't done anything. Look at my face. I haven't done anything. My sister's on the phone.

— Anybody else in the house? — No, there isn't. — Look at my face. Am I the person?

— Okay, we're trying to figure everything out. — I understand it. — All right, so sit tight. — My phone is in my hand.

— Do you have any weapons on you? — Hello, ma'am. — Anybody else in the house with you? — I got you. What's up?

— What's going on, man? Officer Evans, College Park Police, how you doing? — Is anybody else in this house right now? — We going to need you to get out the phone so we can talk.

— Yeah, we need to talk. — Okay, you can hang up. You with us right now. — So, we have a curve, ma'am.

— All right. He'll give you a call back. — I got into it with the resident at 12447. — You got into it with the resident at 12447.

— Uh 1246. — You know me from the office, — right? I remember you from the office.

— I work here. — Absolutely. I remember — I was working here and

— and um he's been mad at me because he got terminated because of an incident involving roaches being dropped outside my front door. That's why all this stuff in my front door. I know he mad at me. You know what I mean? I know he mad.

— I know he mad. I'm sorry. — So, what all that happened, ma'am? — I was down here asleep when he asked me to do his hair.

— You was what? — I was down here sleeping on the bed right there. — Really have no clothes on. He was like, "Are you going to do my hair?" He just got mad.

— And what was the reason for him getting mad at you? — Mad because we got terminated.

— Y got terminated. Okay. Amazing. Y getting kicked out.

— Who's not really? Not right. Not not right now. — So what do you mean by terminated?

— So he came out here. — Those are the holes he punched in the wall. — Okay. How long he been living here, ma'am?

— April 29th. — How you say what now? — April 29th. — That's how long he been here.

— We've been here. — Okay. The call came out that he had a gun. Did he have a gun here? Did he point it at your direction?

— No. No. — At no time did he point it at you? — He didn't point a gun at you at all.

— No. Dispatch asked whether he had any weapons. He owns firearms, but he did not point one at me. — The call came out saying he had a shotgun.

— At any time did he put his hands around your — neck. Okay. Do you want to press charges?

— Do you need to get medical you need to get medical attention? Do you want to get medical attention to be sure you're okay? — Okay, that's fine. Ma'am, you mind if I can get your ID from police?

— You don't have your ID, ma'am? — If you don't have your ID, I'll just get your name and date of birth. — Don't worry about that, man. What's your What's your last name? Yo,

— go ahead. — [Background conversation is unclear.] — Come sit down. — Come sit down.

— Come sit down. — What's your What's your last name now? I am in a — ma'am. What's your last name?

— Golden. — Golden. — Golden. — I can't hear you, ma'am.

— Golden. — Golden. — What's your first name? — What y'all got?

— Sherry. — Sherry. What's your date of birth? — [Date of birth provided.]

— [Date of birth provided.] — 1884. I've never been arrested either. — What's a good phone number for you, ma'am?

— Ma'am, you got to calm down for me, please. — [Callback number provided.] — You have to talk up for me, ma'am. — 470

— 590 — [Callback number provided.] — [Callback number provided.] — [Callback number provided.]

— that's okay. Yeah, — he got physical marks on him, too. So, yeah. Hey, come on.

— And she begins to — What did he What did he state? — it's the same thing. She begins to fight at every single instance, every stance, she begins to fight.

— What happened to your face, man? — She did this to my face. Look at her fingernails. I bet you'll find my skin under them. Look at me.

— I didn't do that. Look at my nails. — Okay. I got her side of the story. Now I'm going to hear yours.

— Go ahead. Go ahead, ma'am. Take a seat.

— Take a seat for me, please. Take a seat for me, please. Take a seat for me.

— How did everything happen? I asked, this is how it started. I asked her to twist my hair. Just like I was telling the gentleman here at LTN about a year and a half ago, I had cheated on her. I had admitted to her that I cheated on her. every single last instance within the mix.

— If I take a shower, if I twist my hair, if I brush my teeth, no matter what turn I make, it's because I'm going to go and sleep with another woman I took a shower today and asked her if she could help me twist my hair. That's how everything started. everything that was sitting at the top of the stairs. I position I purposely positioned right there because I knew at a point in time she was going to be chasing me up them steps so I would have enough time to get up there, get in the room, close the door, lock the door.

— She says you put a rope or something around her neck. Did you do that at any point? — What rope? — I'm asking you.

— Negative. — At no point did you put your hands on her? Only defensively? — So, how does she get marks on herself?

— Defensively.

— Okay. I'm not going I'm not I'm not going to sit there and lie to you. I understand pressure points and I know where to actually squeeze a person to make them let you go. But I was being grabbed. I was being choked.

— I was being scratched. Everything like that. What am I supposed to do? Just sit there and be like, "Hey." Okay. And so while you were while you were trying to go upstairs, that's when she started put placing hands on you and everything.

— She came after me upstairs — and that's when she started placing hands on you. — Yes. That's where everything occurred upstairs.

— You want to press charges on her? — But if you — What's a What's a good phone number for you, man? — 404.

— 404. Work at boss — right now. I'm not I'm not work. Yeah. I used to work here.

— You're about to say you're a security, right? — No, I used to work in in in a leasing office. Guess why I lost my job? Because she had an indiv she had a problem with an individual in 12446.

— What's a good social for you? — [Social Security digits provided.] — [Social Security digits provided.] — It's in my wallet.

— Okay. I mean, I don't want to go through your wallet. You get what I'm saying? — I got you, Blue.

— All right. But I have never been handcuffed in my entire life. I only got a noise infraction and a seat belt ticket in my entire life. I'm military. I'm security.

— I used to work at a gun range. All right. What's going on, Blue?

— Hey, man. Another day in paradise. How about you? — Hey, living a dream.

— Where's the rope? — Where's the rope? — Where is the rope she says you choked her with? — I don't have a rope.

— So at no point did you use a rope? Come on, man. Be straight with me. Where is it?

— I don't have a rope. Any rope in the apartment would be downstairs. — He threw me against this wall while I was right here.

— Okay. I'm I'm not concerned about any of that. I want to find this rope. I don't know. know what he did with it, but he took it and wrapped around my throat. That's why the picture is down like that.

— You mind if I can see your neck real fast, ma'am? — There are no visible marks on your neck. — Yeah, I was fighting him off. I was feeling a little scratch right here. I could feel.

— And how long you said this gentleman been living with you? — For over three years. — Over three years together, but not all at this apartment? — Y'all been together for three years.

— That like I say, people can break their own property. It's his stuff. So that I'm not concerned with that.

— Okay. Like I say, I'm not concerned about that. I'm concerned about injuries to each other. Like I said, like I said, like I keep saying, Blue, look at — I'm sorry.

— After that, she did come at you. — Sit down for me for a moment. — He um I told dispatch to confirm it for me.

— How did she come at you? Take him out of these handcuffs. I want him to be able to show me what happened. Let's take him out of these handcuffs. There

— You're not going to do anything crazy on me, are you? The only thing I really want to do is smoke a cigarette. — Tell you what, I'm going to let you smoke. You got cigarettes?

— Like this here. — Oh, such and such. — Okay. And you did that?

— We went over the bed as soon as our bodies made contact. — I'm standing here, and the momentum carried us over the bed.

— That's what I'm saying. The momentum of you, the only reason we moved was because of the momentum. If I'm standing perfectly still, we went over bed. We came back up. She's sitting with her back against the wall.

— I will not lie to you. I'm totally furious. Bang. Put a hole in this wall.

— Put a hole in that wall on either side. Like man like like — what's going on? — After everything I've been through — Would you mind stepping downstairs for a minute? I'll be with you shortly.

— I want to sit here and tell me. — Yeah, he's fine. Just trust me. Just step down for

— Just give us a few minutes. All right. So, so the conversation basically happened all upstairs that you just trying to get your hair done. — The conversation started downstairs, went upstairs, came downstairs, went back upstairs, came back downstairs.

— The only thing you asked for, you were just trying to get your hair done. — That's all I was trying to do in the beginning. — And then I just after you asked her, you trying to get your hair done. What did she stated after?

— She's sitting there accusing me of trying to sleep with another woman, the same way she always does. — So she stated, "No, I'm not doing your hair." — No, she started it. That's that's that's where this end.

— So that is where it started — on this little section right here. — Why she accused you for messing with another female? Because every time I sit there and take a shower, every time I ask to get my hair done, it's because I'm trying to look good or smell good for another woman I done went like damn near a week or two. Yeah.

— Without taking a shower just so I do not have to hear the accusation — I got you. I never asked you to as well. Do you need need any medical attention? Anything?

— Negative. — Do you mind doing a victim statement for me?

— No, I don't. But I don't want to because I'm not a victim. I don't want her seen as the aggressor. I don't want to press charges or anything like that.

— Here is how this works, boss. How long have you been living here? — Since the early parts of May.

— Y'all been living together and y'all been with each other for the last 3 years. So, that's family violence. Either way, you saying that you don't want to prosecute her and everything too as well. She still have to take that ride.

— Is there anything whatsoever that I could do public and or period for her not to? — If the law requires an arrest, that is not something you can stop. — At this point, can I invoke the Fifth? — Can you do what?

— Invoke the fifth. I don't — I don't

— Well, see here's the issue. Okay, one of the issues. If y'all were fighting and and either both of your primary aggressors or one of his primary aggressor, I don't have to have a victim. It's family violence.

— That means the state's bringing that charge. Okay. — So, that's why I'm being real real careful here. — Even if I left the property?

— Well, yeah. That doesn't have anything to do with it. If if y'all are living together and you have a physical confrontation, that's family violence. And I And at that point, I don't need anyone to say I'm pressing charges. The state is pressing charges.

— I don't want anything to happen to her. Well, I understand that. I appreciate that. But — ultimately, that doesn't matter. Um,

— what he's getting at is the state takes that away from us. We don't have any choice. — Like sometimes, — hey, you're smoking on the blanket, talking,

— I don't think he got enough for either one of them. He was up there. She pursued him up there. They were they went scrapping, you know. I think he punched the wall.

— He admitted to that. It's pretty violent, you know, could be threatening. — Um but she's told a couple different stories about being strangled. — We cannot find any rope.

— I think we should document it in a report. — Isn't a 39? — Yeah. I mean I mean I get really I guess I guess it needs to be a battery.

— Yeah. That's the thing. It's just like, God forbid when this situation ever occurred again. Yeah. We are

— Well, 39 would cover us there. — She's intoxicated. — Yeah. Highly. And you can smell it.

— Yeah. I just — I just don't think there's enough to do either one of them. Ultimately, I think the argument probably did start over the hair. — He went upstairs.

— She followed him up there. She followed him upstairs and they ended up crashing into the wall during the struggle. — The only reason I was thinking about pursuing for that battery because she got physical got physical marks. That's the only thing.

— Yeah. He's got visible.

— Yeah. And then she told me she only called the police cuz she thought that he was on the phone with the police. So then she asked him was he on the phone with police? He said no. But she was like why you playing too much that she would never have police.

— She thought that he was already on the phone with police. So she picked up the phone too. You can do it as a battery and just put in there. We could not determine any primary aggressor.

— Could not determine any primary aggressor. — Yeah. We'll have to see about his board. — Yeah. I'm seeing

— I'm going to call fields real quick. — Hang on. She has some tiny marks that could have happened during the tussle. That's what I'm thinking.

— Yeah. Just hold on for a minute. I got you now. 33 to radio.

— Any confirmation? All right, guys. Listen, — we're going to do a report, but nobody's going on this. Both of y'all — calm your asses down.

— Understood.

— Reasonable. Both of you need to just punching the wall and stuff. Believe me, that doesn't help your side. Okay? The fact that the account about where the rope was used has changed does not help either side.

— That doesn't help your side. Okay? We can't determine who did what really. But both of you need to calm your butts down. Okay?

— Hey, go ahead. Stand up for me, man. — Now, sir, — face away from me.

— Now, sir, you do have a warrant out of Clayton County. — I don't know. We're going to confirm it. If they don't confirm it, they don't. It's already confirmed.

— Oh, they do confirm. — We don't have any charges on you, — but can I ask you what? — I don't know. They don't tell us.

— Okay. So, I want you to understand we are not charging you with anything. — Copy that. — Yeah. You're not under arrest for

— You have an outstanding warrant for your arrest. That is all this arrest is for. — Copy that. It's It's more than likely just um it's more than likely child support — and I've been trying to get everything together. I even told the people that I was ma'am you have any shoes for tried to get child support.

— Does he have any shoes? — [Background radio traffic is unclear.] — [An officer radios that one male is in custody on the outstanding warrant.]

— Hold on, boss. Do you have anything in your pockets that can poke, stick, or stab me? — Negative.

— You will go to College Park first, and then Clayton County will pick you up on the warrant. — Let me see if Clayton County can meet us nearby to make the transfer easier.

— They have been saying no, but it is worth asking. — I can call dispatch.

— Call dispatch and see. — Ma'am, does he have any shoes? Sneakers, slides, or flip-flops are fine.

— I believe the warrant is based on child support. At the office where I was working, I had been asking how to make the payments come out automatically. — He can wear these slides. — Those will be easier for him.

— Before you leave, she wants to speak with him. — You want to speak to him? — Yes.

— Ma'am, just bring me these slides. You do not need to worry about socks.

— [Brief administrative conversation.] — Thank you, sir. — No worries, man.

— So, I want both of y'all to hear we're doing a report on this. We have to come back out again. That report's going to be pulled up and you know, Officer Evans writes good detailed reports. — Good to go.

— All right, man. You ready? The patrol car has the air conditioning running for you.

— Why do you have a warrant in Clayton County? — More than likely because of child support. When I moved here from Jackson County,

— Jackson County had everything set up so child support came directly out of my paycheck. After I moved, I kept asking how to get the payments deducted automatically here too. I appreciate it, bro.

— Can I talk to him? — There you go. — Do you know he's military? — I love you.

— I love him. — I will lock the door. — Come on, bro.

— Everything happens for a reason. — He is going to be transferred to the Clayton County Sheriff's Office, ma'am.

— There is nothing wrong with showing emotion. — Call when you get there, okay? — [A security employee approaches as officers prepare to leave.]

— Hey, how are y'all doing? — How are you, ma'am? — I'm with security. We just got here.

— It was a domestic call. — I'm just going to say this to y'all before y'all leave. They already had an altercation before. — She is already supposed to be off the property in about five more days because she was terminated.

— Yes. She told us she had been terminated after a problem with another resident. — [The security employee describes a prior dispute involving other residents; part of the statement is unclear.] — She may not tell you the whole story because she is angry about that earlier dispute. I do not have anything to do with it; I just have to do my job.