‘Better not get up’: Man chokes out pregnant woman with repeated ‘headlock’ holds, yanks her around by hair in fight ‘over noodles and her attitude,’ cops say

A Florida man was arrested last week for allegedly yanking a pregnant woman by the hair and choking her repeatedly “in a headlock fashion” after getting into an argument with the mom-to-be “over noodles and her attitude,” cops say.

Jonathan Webster, 38, is charged with aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, domestic battery by strangulation, tampering with a witness, resisting an officer without violence, and being a fugitive from justice after he attempted to flee the scene of the Aug. 14 attack on foot, according to his arrest affidavit.

The victim told cops that she and Webster — who is currently on probation for manslaughter — allegedly got into a dispute in the kitchen of a Port Charlotte residence “they just moved to last week” with several others described as their “family,” the affidavit says. The extent of their relationship is unclear.

“Victim advised this argument began over noodles and her attitude, which got heated,” the affidavit alleges. “Victim advised Jonathan began pressing his fingers against her head in an angry manner while yelling. Jonathan then grabbed her hair and began pulling it, this was on both sides of her head. The rest of the family then began trying to separate them.”

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As he was scuffling with relatives, Webster allegedly managed to break free and grabbed the victim by her hair and “dragged her” into a hallway. The woman grabbed a knife “to try and protect herself,” the affidavit says, which allegedly warded Webster off for a moment.

The victim tried getting to her bedroom, but Jonathan followed her and began choking her “in a headlock” for around 30 seconds, according to cops. “Victim advised she was unable to breathe and lost consciousness for a few seconds,” the affidavit says.

“Better not get up,” Webster allegedly told the expectant mother.

Webster left the room and “mentioned something about grabbing a gun,” the affidavit alleges. The woman told police she believed she saw Jonathan with a black handgun but was unable to describe it in further detail, saying he did not display a firearm.

“This is when Jonathan then seemingly kicked the bathroom door and victim walked outside while on the phone with 911,” the affidavit says. “Victim walked across the street, to which Jonathan walked outside while verbal with victim, grabbed her hair again, and grabbed the phone she was on 911 with and threw it on the ground, breaking it.”

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Deputies arrived and allegedly found Webster “pulling victim’s hair as if he was trying to pull her back to the other side of the street,” according to police. They yelled at him to stop what he was doing, which he allegedly did.

Interviews with the victim and family members detailed how Webster allegedly started all this by using his finger and thumb — extended in a “finger gun” — to strike the pregnant woman’s face over some noodles, cops say.

Police allegedly found Webster in the area using K-9 units and multiple deputies. He was found on foot near Emerald Avenue and Arrow Street, the affidavit says.

Webster’s manslaughter case stems from an incident in Louisiana. He is due in court on Sept. 22 for his arraignment.

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