Video of beating posted on Facebook lands St. Augustine man in jail

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A video posted connected societal media Tuesday nighttime showing a antheral beating a pistillate helium knew prompted the apprehension of the 48-year-old antheral with 4 anterior convictions, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said.

According to the apprehension report, the video of the beating was posted connected Facebook via Snapchat was reported to the Sheriff’s Office. The study stated the unfortunate was continually battered by a antheral portion different idiosyncratic recorded video. The lawman who reviewed the video said the unfortunate was held down and struck aggregate times successful the look and kicked successful the tummy and caput arsenic she yelled, “Why are you hurting me?” and asked him to stop.

The study stated that erstwhile a lawman spoke with the victim, she was visibly frightened and tried to downplay what had happened to her successful the video. The lawman besides noted successful the study that she covered her injures with makeup.

According to the report, the fishy told deputies helium and the pistillate had gotten into an statement that escalated into violence. He besides told authorities helium wanted the video recorded and asked different witnesser to station the video connected societal media. But radical who saw the video complained to instrumentality enforcement.

“The Sheriff’s Office doesn’t chiefly person clip to show societal media pages, truthful they beryllium connected the nationalist to springiness them accusation specified arsenic that truthful they tin instrumentality due action,” said News4Jax transgression and information adept Ken Jefferson. “And that’s precisely what they did erstwhile they looked astatine the video.”

The suspect, who deputies identified arsenic Donald Bressette, was charged with artillery and booked into jailhouse connected a $10,000 bond.