Rodney Pettit, 27, was charged Nov. 29 with child abuse by injury, first-degree burglary, domestic assault and battery in the presence of a minor and malicious injury to property.
According to court records, at about 6 a.m. Nov. 27 Sequoyah County Sheriff's Deputy Shane McHale received a call about a domestic dispute. The victim reported that she and her ex-boyfriend, Pettit, got into an argument on the phone. The victim told McHale that she and Pettit had been separated for two years.
Pettit allegedly showed up at the victim's home and let himself into the home. The victim reportedly tried to answer her ringing cell phone, but Pettit came over and grabbed her phone and threw up against the wall, breaking it. The victim told McHale that Pettit allegedly grabbed her and threw her against her computer desk and then picked her up and slammed her on the ground. The woman allegedly tried to crawl to the front door, but Pettit started kicking her and pushing her. When the victim allegedly asked Pettit if he was going to keep hitting her in front of her children, he replied yes and started hitting her again. He then allegedly turned around and hit her one-year-old daughter in the face, according to the report. The victim told McHale that Pettit then picked her up and slammed her against the wall.
