Man Charged With Violent Attack on Girlfriend

CLEVELAND, Ga. – A Murrayville man accused of beating his girlfriend, damaging her car and leaving her battered and bruised at her home in Cleveland has been arrested again nearly 10 months after the incident took place.

Michael Allison, 34, was initially arrested in Jan. 2017 but made bond and disappeared before his court date. He was arrested by Hall County on unrelated charges this month and served with a White County warrant for assault, battery and failure to appear in court. He is currently being held on $10,000 bond.

According to the incident report, deputies responded to a call at 156 Brookwood Lane in Cleveland on Jan. 19 where they found the victim, Nichole Martin, on the front porch with a large knot on her forehead and blood coming from her nose.

Martin told White County Sheriff’s Office deputies she and Allison had been arguing about his drug use and when she tried to leave, he disabled her car, came back inside and punched her in the face. She added that when she ran outside, he followed her and head butted her, punched her several more times then began trying to bust out the front windshield of the car, hitting the front and side of the car and leaving dents in it before leaving the home on foot.

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