March 7, 2007, 3:03 PM
Calls came in about a disturbance in the 1900 block of Grove. As officers approached, they could hear a loud altercation in a first floor apartment. They were met at the door by a crying 31-year-old woman. She said she had caught her boyfriend, age 29, phoning another woman ; they argued about it, then he punched her in the face, threw her to the floor and kicked her back and stomach as she lay there. When she stood up, he took a metal fruit bowl and began using it to smack her in the head. The officer could see the woman had a bloody right ring finger. When officers tried to talk to the boyfriend about the incident, he refused to discontinue a cellphone conversation he was having. He was arrested for domestic battery.
