Sad Story about Donte Womack
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:55 pmhttp://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/181115/
Donte Womack of Little Rock, a former running back for Southern Methodist University who found success running against the University of Arkansas teams of the mid-1990 s, was arrested late last month after he was accused of beating his girlfriend and threatening to kill her.
The 31-year-old was arrested Jan. 31 on charges of aggravated assault, domestic battery and kidnapping and remains in the Pulaski County jail in lieu of $ 250, 000 bond.
According to an affidavit for his arrest, his girlfriend, Sabria Patterson, 21, said he reacted violently when she tried to move out of their home on 6712 Marguerite Lane on New Year’s Day.
Patterson told officers that Womack threatened her with a pistol and said he would kill her if she tried to leave him. He then made her disrobe and struck her legs with a baseball bat, hit her with a belt, and knocked her unconscious after hitting her in the head with the pistol, according to the affidavit.
She also told police that he cut her wrist, tried to drown her in the bathroom of the residence, then threw her on a piece of carpet and told her that “this is where you are going to die,†according to the affidavit.
He later locked her in a closet for “a couple hours,†then released her and demanded she lie in bed with him, she said. When he fell asleep, she escaped to a neighbor’s house, according to the affidavit.
Patterson was hospitalized for several contusions and “other injuries,†according to the affidavit.
Womack’s attorney, Mark Jesse of Little Rock, said he felt confident that Patterson’s story would change. The facts in domestic abuse cases are “often subject to significant change†between when they are reported and when defendants appear in court, Jesse said.
Womack was a star running back for SMU between 1993 and 1997, Jesse said. Womack led the Mustangs to wins over the Arkansas Razorbacks in 1995, 1996, and 1997.
That included a 212-yard performance in 1997, when SMU beat Arkansas 31-9. Womack was also a graduate of Pulaski Academy in 1993.
Donte Womack of Little Rock, a former running back for Southern Methodist University who found success running against the University of Arkansas teams of the mid-1990 s, was arrested late last month after he was accused of beating his girlfriend and threatening to kill her.
The 31-year-old was arrested Jan. 31 on charges of aggravated assault, domestic battery and kidnapping and remains in the Pulaski County jail in lieu of $ 250, 000 bond.
According to an affidavit for his arrest, his girlfriend, Sabria Patterson, 21, said he reacted violently when she tried to move out of their home on 6712 Marguerite Lane on New Year’s Day.
Patterson told officers that Womack threatened her with a pistol and said he would kill her if she tried to leave him. He then made her disrobe and struck her legs with a baseball bat, hit her with a belt, and knocked her unconscious after hitting her in the head with the pistol, according to the affidavit.
She also told police that he cut her wrist, tried to drown her in the bathroom of the residence, then threw her on a piece of carpet and told her that “this is where you are going to die,†according to the affidavit.
He later locked her in a closet for “a couple hours,†then released her and demanded she lie in bed with him, she said. When he fell asleep, she escaped to a neighbor’s house, according to the affidavit.
Patterson was hospitalized for several contusions and “other injuries,†according to the affidavit.
Womack’s attorney, Mark Jesse of Little Rock, said he felt confident that Patterson’s story would change. The facts in domestic abuse cases are “often subject to significant change†between when they are reported and when defendants appear in court, Jesse said.
Womack was a star running back for SMU between 1993 and 1997, Jesse said. Womack led the Mustangs to wins over the Arkansas Razorbacks in 1995, 1996, and 1997.
That included a 212-yard performance in 1997, when SMU beat Arkansas 31-9. Womack was also a graduate of Pulaski Academy in 1993.
