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Police: Florida man assaults girlfriend over urine test

A Cape Coral man is facing multiple battery charges after he got angry at his girlfriend for refusing to help him detoxify his urine.
Derek Charles Jeunegens

A Cape Coral man is facing multiple battery charges after he got angry at his girlfriend for refusing to help him detoxify his urine and tried to choke her, slapped her, threatened to kill himself and then threw bananas and a metal comb at her.

The Cape Coral Police Department said they were called to the NW 9th Street address Tuesday morning on a report of an assault.

A woman who said she was the girlfriend of Derek Charles Jeunegens, 18, told police that he had come home intoxicated Monday morning and told her to buy him "detox" because he was on probation and wanted his urine to test clean.

When the girlfriend refused, the report said Jeunegens began yelling at her, bruised her arms by grabbing her and tossing her on the bed, caused her to cut her tongue when he shoved her mouth closed when she screamed for help, and then choked her five times.

The woman said Jeunegens also slapped her, pulled her hair and slammed the back of her head against a wall.

The report said that Jeunegens then started crying, got a knife from the kitchen and said he would kill himself. A friend at the home was able to stop him from harming himself and also started to record the incident on a cell phone.

Police said the cellphone video recorded Jeunegens telling the girlfriend "you needed to be choked," that she deserved it and threatening her family if she snitched on him.

The report said that Jeunegens continued being aggressive and started throwing bananas at his girlfriend, which hit the woman, and also threw a metal comb at her twice, narrowly missing her.

The woman then left the home. Police said digital photos taken of the woman show multiple bruises and a cut on her tongue.

Jeunegens was arrested at 3:38 a.m. Tuesday at his home and is currently in Lee County jail. He is scheduled for a hearing on Dec. 21.

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