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Man arrested on battery, confinement charges

Victim alerted trouble by activating emergency alarm

Bloomington police arrested a man after his girlfriend reported that he grabbed her arm and hair and would not let her leave a bedroom.\nDallas D. Gose, 30, faces preliminary charges of battery and confinement, but denied committing any crime to police.\nPolice responded to the 3100 block of South Walnut Street Pike Wednesday night after a property manager called them because someone had activated an emergency alarm, Sgt. Jeff Canada said.\nPolice found the 25-year-old victim at a pay phone in the lobby, where she had also called the police.\nAccording to the report, the woman had a black eye, was extremely upset and had been crying.\nShe told officers that she was talking to her son’s father when Gose became angry, grabbing the phone and throwing it against the wall, Canada said.\nShe then told officers Gose grabbed her and dragged her into the bedroom, and would not let her leave.\nWhile in the bedroom the woman reportedly used the emergency alarm several times and said Gose hit her in the left eye.\nThe woman also reported that she was yelling for help and tried to call 911, but Gose grabbed the phone and threw it against the wall again, Canada said.\nReports indicate the woman was finally able to exit the apartment and went downstairs to call police.\nGose told officers it was a verbal argument and he did not hurt her physically.

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