Man, 35, Accused of Scalding Girlfriend, 64, with Sizzling Soup for ‘Speaking Too A lot’: Police

In response to court docket docket paperwork obtained by WFAA, Everman Fireplace Division Deputy Chief Joel Jones, 53, goes by means of one rely of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of felony solicitation of a felony – one for aggravated sexual assault and one different for aggravated kidnapping. He’s at current locked up on the Lon Evans Corrections Center with a $300,000 bond, after Fort Worth police cuffed him on March 26.

Moreover implicated inside the alleged crimes is 30-year-old Tobasia Griffiths, who was the first to be arrested on March 21. Griffiths is charged with one rely of aggravated sexual assault, nonetheless has since posted his $25,000 bond and is no longer in custody.

In response to the arrest warrants obtained by the outlet, Jones allegedly conspired with Griffiths to sexually assault a Fort Worth girl on February 21, whereas moreover plotting a follow-up assault involving a kidnapping.

Per the affidavit, the sufferer was asleep in her mattress when Griffiths allegedly appeared in her doorway, threatening to rape her. A bodily wrestle ensued, all through which the sufferer said she verbally protested. No matter her lack of consent, Griffiths allegedly proceeded with the sexual assault. She escaped by saying she wished to utilize the bathroom, then fleeing the residence.

Griffiths later found the half-dressed sufferer on the highway, per the docs, pulled up in his vehicle, and allegedly “threatened her that he would return and finish the job and kill her if she known as police” — primarily based on FOX 4. She then allegedly known as Jones, who known as police and took her to the hospital.

Detectives reportedly acknowledged Griffiths after the sufferer — who allegedly took pay attention to his license plate — equipped an overview of every the suspect and his vehicle.

All through questioning after his arrest, Griffiths allegedly knowledgeable detectives he met an individual later acknowledged as Jones on the hookup app Sniffies.

“Jones approached Griffiths on the app and requested if he might be ready to have a sexual assault operate play experience with [the victim],” reads the affidavit. “Griffiths acknowledged that Jones said [the victim] was into it, and wanted to do this, so he agreed.”

Griffiths allegedly claimed Jones knowledgeable him the sufferer had consented to the act and was open to it, no matter any resistance she would possibly current. He said Jones moreover equipped him with the sufferer’s sort out, storage code, day and time she’d be alone and the state of affairs of her mattress room.

He moreover claimed he believed “it was all part of the act and the fantasy,” until Jones allegedly knowledgeable him police have been involved. The sufferer however, knowledgeable police she didn’t know one thing a number of “sexual assault operate play experience” and denied giving consent.

The arrest warrant moreover reportedly states that Jones allegedly despatched Griffiths $100 by the use of Zelle for his participation inside the assault.

Alleged messages between the two males included inside the arrest warrant counsel that following the preliminary assault, a second assault was deliberate for February 25, doubtlessly involving totally different of us. One message allegedly talked about that the “subsequent plan is to have her kidnapped.”

On the twenty fifth, neighbors reportedly known as 911 after recognizing an unidentified explicit particular person showing suspiciously throughout the sufferer’s residence and following her.

Arrest warrants for every Jones and Griffiths have been issued on March 26. Police arrested Jones the an identical day, whereas Griffiths was apprehended on March 29.

Following Jones’ arrest, Everman Fireplace Chief Landon Whatley confirmed that Jones was immediately positioned on administrative go away pending the outcomes of an internal investigation, which is able to possible be separate from the Fort Worth Police Division’s investigation.

“The character of the allegations and bills are deeply concerning,” Whatley said in an announcement. “Division command staff is completely cooperating with the Fort Worth Police Division as they study this incident… We want to assure most people that we take points similar to this terribly considerably.”

Jones’ arrest moreover comes as a shock to his Forth Worth neighbors, who say the suspect had simply these days gone door-to-door warning a number of sexual predator on the unfastened — this after the preliminary incident.

“We have now been knowledgeable it was one other particular person scoping the neighborhood,” said neighbor James Martinez per WFAA.

“Mr. Jones and some woman acquired right here knocking on my door, talked to my partner saying there’s a vehicle out, preserve your children inside,” he added, telling the outlet that he and his partner in the mean time are upgrading their security system to essentially really feel safe.

“You hear anyone is inside the fireplace division, you might need a extreme stage of respect,” Martinez said. “Merely to see that he’s doing this stuff makes you marvel, in case you can’t perception the fireside division?”

“That’s your property. That’s your bubble. You want to be cosy and to have that popped, it’s a rude awakening,” he added.

The Nationwide Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline — 800.656.HOPE (4673) — offers free, 24/7 assist for these in need.