Fight Over Online Porn Leads To Domestic Charge

What started out as an argument between a man and woman over computer pornography turned into a domestic battery charge, Pasco County Sheriff’s officials say.

According to a Pasco County complaint affidavit, the suspect and his girlfriend got into a fight around 9:30 p.m. July 19 over the man’s “porn activity on the computer.”

The girlfriend, deputies said, was yelling at the suspect when he asked where his gun was. The woman, the affidavit said, had hidden the weapon in the bedroom earlier in the day. At this point, the man got up, went into the bedroom and shut the door. The women then became afraid the man would hurt himself so she tried to break down the bedroom door with a hammer.

The man held the door while the woman was hitting it, the report said. He then opened the door and grabbed the hammer as the woman fell to the ground. While the woman was on the ground, the man stomped on her right hand three or four times, the report said. Realizing the woman had a cell phone, the man also stomped on it.

The woman was able to get out of the home, find another cell phone and call 9-1-1, the affidavit said.

Arrested was James E. Bass, 43, of 11754 Purdue St. He was charged with domestic battery and tampering with a witness. He remained in the Land O’ Lakes Jail yesterday on $6,500 bond.