Man faces jail for domestic assault

A Jefferson City man pleaded guilty to an amended charge in a domestic assault case from March 2015.

Raymond Brown Jr., 55, of 12 Jackson St., pled guilty to misdemeanor domestic assault. He had been charged with felony second-degree domestic assault.

He was ordered to serve 270 days in the Cole County Jail with credit for time served.

According to Jefferson City Police, the assault occurred at a residence in the 300 block of Chestnut Street.

Brown and a female victim were in an ongoing romantic relationship, police said. The victim said they had been arguing for some time and Brown had been drinking.

Brown and the victim got into a fight over the victim's keys, and Brown allegedly hit the woman with his fist in her right eye, breaking her glasses. The victim left for a time, then came back. When she did, Brown refused to let her in saying, "If I open this door, I am going to stab you." Brown had a metal screwdriver in his hand, and when he opened the door, he swiped at the victim, missing her. He then threw the screwdriver at her, and the victim ran away.

Brown was taken into custody and continued to yell obscenities about the victim as well as threatening officers saying, "I'm a street soldier," police said.