This incident took place a little over a year ago. I was reminded of it tonight because we were dispatched to a call in the same building. We were dispatched to a family violence assault call with injury in a very nice high rise residential building in the Midtown area. We made our way inside the building and into the elevator. At the correct residence, our knock on the door was answered by a cute blonde female, C, who was about the size of Jen. Which is to say, she was not a very large person. I looked beyond her into the residence and I noticed that the furniture was in disarray. A glass coffee table had been shattered. the couch had been knocked over backwards and a bookcase had been tumbled over. I also heard some moaning coming from inside the residence. I asked C who else was inside and she said that her boyfriend, T, was home and injured. I entered and found T on the ground and in a great deal of pain. T was a large man, about the size of your average NFL linebacker. He said that he thought that his arm was broken and that he needed medical attention. We summoned HFD to take care of him. While we were waiting for the paramedics, I spoke with C in another room and my rookie spoke with T. C stated that they had been dating for a few years and had lived together for a year. She said that T was verbally and emotionally abusive to her. She said that on this night, T had pushed her over the edge. They were upstairs in the bedroom and T started his verbal abuse. She got fed up with it, and noticed that T was standing near the top o the stairs. She got off the bed, ran towards him and pushed him down the stairs. He tumbled down, knocked over the couch and shattered the table at the bottom. According to T, his girlfriend just flipped out and pushed him down the stairs. T had done nothing to cause the attack, according to him at least. About that time, HFD arrived and after accessing him, thought that T had a broken arm and possibly a concussion. In these situations, we call the District Attorney's office and explain the situation to an on-call assistant District Attorney. We tell them both sides of the story along with any impressions that we have on the scene. In this case, we had a family violence assault with serious bodily injury. C admitted to me that she had pushed him down the stairs. The ADA thought that we had a good 2nd degree felony case against C. C was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. T continued to moan and complain and HFD transported him to the hospital. As we were leaving the residence, a neighbor's door opened. I looked over and the resident, S, asked if she could speak with us. S bore a striking resemblance to Carmen Electra, but with blond hair. We had another unit with us to watch our prisoner, so we followed S inside of her residence. Inside, we met her husband. We then asked S how we could be of service. S stated that she is the one that called the police. She said that she always hears T yelling and threatening C. On this night, she heard the yelling start and then heard a loud thumping noise that actually shook her residence. She was scared that C had been hurt so she called the police. My probationary continued to ask her questions about the incident, and then started collecting her contact information for the report. He asked S for her business address, and she rattled off an Austin address. She lives in Houston, and has an Austin business address, that piqued my curiosity. So, I asked her what she did for a living. She said that she was an actress. Ok, cool. I asked if she had been in any films that we might have seen? She looked at me and said, "That depends, do you watch porn?" That was not the answer that I was expecting. Even better, the rookie pipes up with, "That is where I recognize you from." I expected the rookie to then ask her for an autograph. Thankfully, he did not. Outstanding. You just never know what each new shift will bring.
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