PANAMA CITY — Panama City Police Thursday announced the arrest of a man suspected of beating his girlfriend with a metal rod.
Michael Tyson, 31, was arrested Wednesday on charges of domestic battery by strangulation and aggravated battery stemming from allegations he choked his girlfriend and hit her in the face with a metal rod.
The victim called police to a residence on the 3100 block of West 20th Court on Aug. 19. She was bleeding badly from a severe gash and damage to her nasal cartilage that resulted from the alleged beating.
She told police she and Tyson had been arguing when he threw her on a bed and choked her until she couldn't breathe. She escaped, but he pursued her into the living room where he smashed her face with a metal rod from the bathroom, according to PCPD.
Detectives called him later that day, and Tyson agreed to speak with them, but he didn't show up and police obtained warrants for his arrest.
Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies tracked Tyson down Wednesday at a home on the 1600 block of Fountain Avenue.