Overview
- Prosecutors say Orlando Jermaine Thomas Jr. first assaulted his 26-year-old girlfriend on a DDOT bus, allegedly spitting on her and pushing her into the windshield until it cracked on June 7.
- The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office says the alleged violence continued at a Potbelly on Woodward where Thomas threw tables and chairs and hit and kicked the victim.
- Witnesses flagged officers to Thomas walking near Congress and Griswold, he ran from police, and was arrested near Griswold and North Larned after the restaurant attack.
- Thomas was arraigned on June 9 on charges including assault to do great bodily harm, felonious assault, domestic violence and two counts of malicious destruction of property and was ordered held on a $100,000 cash/surety bond with a GPS tether and house arrest; a bond redetermination hearing is set for June 11.
- The 26-year-old was taken to a local hospital for treatment and Prosecutor Kym Worthy directed people experiencing domestic violence to Wayne County resources for shelters, hotlines and support services.