Beaufort man charged with assault after police say he attacked his girlfriend, another man
A Beaufort man faces felony charges after police accused him of attacking his girlfriend and another man over the weekend, according to the Port Royal Police Department.
Gerardo Laurido Jordan, 31, was charged with one count of first-degree assault and battery.
Officers were called to a home on Combahee Way in the Shadow Moss neighborhood around 11:17 p.m. Saturday after a woman reported she was driving herself to the hospital. The woman told police she had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend but did not want to press charges. Officers later responded to Beaufort Memorial Hospital where the woman and a man were both suffering from injuries.
The woman, who was not named in the report, told police that the three of them had been at Station 300, a bowling alley and arcade in Bluffton, and were “having a good time.” The boyfriend, identified as Laurido, began yelling at her. The person in the backseat, who was also not named in the report, said he defended her and that he and Laurido started fighting while the woman was driving.
When she got home, the woman said she shoved Laurido several times “because of what happened in the car.” She told police that Laurido then attacked her. Doctors told her she had a small amount of bleeding on the brain, according to the report.
Laurido bonded out of the detention center in Beaufort on Monday.
If you or someone you know has been affected by domestic violence, help can be found by calling Hopeful Horizons at (843) 770-1070.
