CLEVELAND, Ga. — White County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Hixon Rainer Jordan Sunday morning and charged him with aggravated assault and battery on his girlfriend Jennifer King.

Deputies responded to a 9-1-1 call in reference to a vehicle in the ditch call and found Jordan who said he couldn’t remember what happened. Deputies contacted Georgia State Patrol and turned the scene over to them. After GSP completed its investigation, White County dispatch informed deputies that King wanted to file an assault charge against Jordan.

King told deputies she and Jordan spent Saturday night drinking at a bar in Helen shooting pool and watching a football game before returning to their campsite near Poplar Stump Road.

King said once they arrived they got into an argument and he pushed her, knocking over the tent they had set up. When she attempted to get up he shoved her again and she punched him in the face. Jordan then allegedly grabbed her around the throat and started choking her until she delivered a kick, causing him to relinquish his grip.

King said Jordan got into his truck and left. When he didn’t come back, she walked to a restaurant in Helen where she called her mother to come pick her up. She went to her mother’s house and went to sleep then reported to the Helen Police Department shortly after noon where she filed a complaint.

According to the report King had visible bruises that were photographed.

Jordan was charged with aggravated assault and battery and transported to the White County Detention Center where he is being held without bond.

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