A woman was in jail Monday after smashing a coffee mug against her live-in boyfriend's face Sunday night during an argument that ended in both of their arrests.
Ebony Kelley, 25, was arguing with her boyfriend, Andrew Vargas, 25, at about 10 p.m. Sunday over his sleeping with an ex-girlfriend, said Cpl. Angelina Valuri, public information officer for the Gainesville Police Department.
They were in an apartment at 1018 NW Fourth Ave.
Kelley hit Vargas in the cheekbone with a coffee mug, cutting his face, Valuri said.
Vargas then "pinned her down, choked her, slammed her head into a door frame and ripped out some of her hair," Valuri said.
Vargas then fled to the Kangaroo gas station at 926 W University Ave., where he called 911 to get help for his injuries.
Gainesville Police Department officers found Vargas covered in blood at the gas station, Valuri said.
He was taken to Shands at UF, where shards of the coffee mug were removed from his face.
Vargas was arrested and later taken to Alachua County Jail, as was Kelley, who was arrested back at the apartment, she said.
While Vargas was charged with felony domestic battery by strangulation, Kelley was charged with domestic aggravated battery.
Vargas was released without having to pay bond by order of the judge, according to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office Department of the Jail.
Kelley is being held in lieu of a $10,000 bond.
