BPD arrest man for domestic battery

Fredric Hays Jr., 25, was arrested Sunday after confining his wife in a bedroom and beating her.\nThe Bloomington Police Department responded to a call from a woman in the 1300 block of East Matlock Road who said she had been beaten, BPD Detective Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nOfficers discovered the woman had injuries to her face and arm, Canada said. The victim told police she began arguing with her husband. She gave him a blanket and a pillow and told him to sleep on the couch.\nHer husband then became verbally abusive. The victim tried to leave to go to her parents, but he wouldn’t let her, Canada said. He shoved her into the bedroom and threw a shoe at her, hitting her in the arm. He grabbed her by the tank top she was wearing and ripped it, then threw her on the floor and held her down with one arm, applying pressure to her neck and cutting off her air supply, Canada said.\nThe victim was able to hit and pinch her husband in the face to get him off and call police. Canada said Fredric Hays Jr. was uncooperative with officers when they arrived.\nHays was arrested for strangulation and criminal confinement, both Class D felonies, and domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor, Canada said.