A Lakeside Landings man was arrested after a brawl with his girlfriend over his suspicion that she had been cheating on him.
Officers were called Sunday night to the development in Oxford where 36-year-old Joshua Alonzo Stephens was taken into custody on a charge of battery, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department.
Stephens, his girlfriend and their five-year-old child had returned home from a day trip. They were still in a black GMC Yukon in the driveway when an argument broke out over infidelity. The argument soon turned violent.
When police arrived on the scene, they found that the girlfriend had suffered an “obvious injury to her face.” It was swollen and she was “crying profusely.”
The child confirmed for police that an altercation had taken place and said that Stephens, who stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds, was the primary aggressor. The child indicated that the violence was common between her parents.
“I see it all the time,” the child told police.
Stephens, who is a native of Texas, was taken into custody and booked at the Sumter County Detention Center where he was initially held without bond.