After being released from jail, many folks want to eat some good food and make up for lost time with loved ones. But, when one Maryland man who was jailed for a brutal domestic-related assault was released from behind bars, authorities say it took him all of one hour of freedom to do the unthinkable to the same alleged victim.
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It was Friday (Nov. 8), when James Bowman, III was arrested for domestic violence in Waldorf, a Washington, D.C. suburb. According to local D.C. news station Fox 5, a woman claims the 40-year-old punched her in the face and bit her hand. He was subsequently arrested, taken to jail, and released on personal recognizance.
Fast forward to one hour after he walked free, police say he returned back to the woman’s home and assaulted her… again. This time, per the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, it was around 1 a.m. the next morning when Bowman allegedly forced her door open on the 4200 block of Drake Court and attacked her as she was holding a toddler. The kid was also reportedly hit by Bowman in the forehead.
The woman, who managed to break away from the offender and lock herself in a room to call 911, was reportedly covered in blood and had visible injuries when police arrived during the alleged second assault. The kid also sustained injuries and they both were treated by EMS.
Now, Bowman was again taken into custody and was slapped with assault and child abuse charges. A judge ordered for him to be held without bond.
Judge Steven Platt, a retired Maryland judge, spoke to Fox 5 about how he handled similar cases after some folks wondered how could something like this occur back-to-back.
“I’ve had everything from somebody who was crying, saying ‘I’m sorry to—’, [and] ‘She deserved it and she’ll get it again.’ And well, that one would make your job easy,” Platt said. “Would just say it’s been nice knowing you.”
He added: “My attitude was, if you are a danger to anyone, then I’m going to err on the side of caution and if I’m wrong — meaning it wasn’t necessary to incarcerate you, to keep you incarcerated — I’m sorry about that, but that’s part of my job to make those decisions with inadequate many times information.”
According to the outlet, experts say with the state of the economy, the fallout of a the longest federal government shutdown in history and the winter season approaching, an increase in intimate partner violence could occur.
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