Hopkinsville Police arrested 30-year-old Elijah Boodoosingh after he allegedly assaulted a victim and fled from police on Thursday.
Officers made contact with Boodoosingh at his residence on West Second Street. He reportedly told officers that that everything was okay, but they noticed a person behind him sitting on a couch.
The person was questioned by officers and reportedly revealed that they wanted to go home but Boodoosingh took their phone. When they tried to get the phone back, Boodoosingh allegedly hit them with a belt multiple times resulting in bruising all over their body.
Then Boodoosingh reportedly went on to repeatedly strangle the victim and would slap them when they lost consciousness. After hearing the victim’s claims officers attempted to arrest Boodoosingh but he allegedly closed the front door of the home and fled through the back door.
Officers pursued him and ordered him to stop which he ignored. The chase concluded when officers tased him.
Boodoosingh is charged with first-degree fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest, second-degree unlawful imprisonment, first-degree strangulation, fourth-degree assault and intimidating a participant in the legal process.