Man Arrested After Allegedly Beating Girlfriend, Smashing Into Building

Jody Ryan Crispin [Photo courtesy Prescott Valley Police]

Prescott Valley Police arrested Jody Ryan Crispin on Monday after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and then drove his vehicle into a building in which she was hiding.

According to officials, police around 2:30 p.m. responded to several calls about a vehicle “driving erratically and doing doughnuts” in a parking lot near Prescott Highway and Second Street.

Crispin then drove the vehicle into a roll-up door of a business attempting to break into the building. Unable to make entry into the business, he fled the scene, but not before causing approximately $75,000 in damage to the building and inventory inside the building.

When police officers arrived, they learned that Crispin had physically assaulted and strangled his girlfriend in the vehicle. She was able to escape the vehicle and run to a nearby business, but he gave chase almost catching her before employees of the business locked him out. It was then that he began driving erratically and running his vehicle into the business before fleeing the location.

Several hours later a K9 officer on patrol located Crispin on foot near Pecos Drive and Robert Road. When the K9 officer deployed his K9, Crispin immediately became compliant and was taken into custody.

Crispins was booked into Yavapai County Detention Center on charges of Aggravated Assault, Felony Endangerment, Disorderly Conduct, Criminal Damage per Domestic Violence, Felony Criminal Damage, and Attempted Burglary.

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