A Centralia man accused of striking a woman on the head during an argument on Tuesday is facing one count of second-degree assault, domestic violence, in Lewis County Superior Court.
Jimmie Carl Gertson III, 45, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail after Centralia officers responded to a dispute in the 1000 block of Grand Avenue just after 2:15 p.m. on April 23, according to the Centralia Police Department.
The reporting party advised “she saw a female come to the back of the main residence with blood all over her face” and “asked (the reporting party) to call someone to pick her up,” according to court documents.
When questioned by officers, the woman reported she and Gertson started arguing about 20 minutes before officers arrived. According to the woman, “Mr. Gertson got mad and told her to get out of the room,” allowing her to take a cigarette with her but refusing to allow her back into the room to get her phone.
She reported “the argument continued into the living room, where she tripped on something and fell.”
Gertson allegedly “stood over her, yelling at her” while she was on the ground, “so she kicked him with her feet to get him away,” according to court documents. Gertson then allegedly “continued to yell and punched her in the face.”
Gertson allegedly told officers “they were arguing, and that (the woman) was breaking things and hitting him, so he punched her,” according to court documents.
The responding Centralia officers noted the woman “had an approximately 1-and-a-half inch gash in her head that appeared to need stitches.”
Gertson was booked into the Lewis County Jail at 3:05 p.m. on April 23, according to court documents.
His preliminary hearing was initially scheduled for April 24 but has since been rescheduled to May 2. A no-contact order protecting the victim is in place.
