A Mossyrock man accused of assaulting a woman on Friday, March 22, is out of custody on $50,000 bail.
The man, identified as Jeremiah William Wood, 42, was charged Monday, March 25, with one count of second-degree assault, domestic violence in Lewis County Superior Court. Arraignment is scheduled for Thursday, March 28.
Wood was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail on Friday after a woman called from the Mossyrock Fire Station to report she had been assaulted during a dispute at a nearby residence.
A responding deputy with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office noted the woman had visible “redness around her chest and both sides of her neck,” according to court documents.
The woman recorded parts of the incident on her cellphone, but “part of the video was just audio,” and while “there were sounds like a scuffle occurring … it was not captured on video and nothing was directly said to allege what was happening,” according to charging documents filed in Lewis County Superior Court.
When questioned by a deputy, Wood was allegedly “not forthcoming about what had occurred” and “did not deny the allegation but seemed like he did not want to talk,” according to court documents. When he was arrested, he “initially did not say anything but later made a statement asking if he could not defend himself,” according to court documents.
Both Wood and the victim reportedly consumed alcohol the night the assault occurred, according to court documents.
Wood was booked into the Lewis County Jail on March 22 after he was medically cleared at a nearby hospital.
He posted bail on March 24, according to jail records. Judge Joely Yeager ruled Monday to allow Wood to remain out of custody on the bail he already posted.
“It’s actually pretty low bail for the allegations, but you posted, you’re here,” Yeager said, adding that Wood has no criminal history.
His conditions of release include a provision prohibiting him from consuming alcohol until his case is resolved.
A no-contact order protecting the victim is in place.
