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DECATUR — Police said they ended up busting a Decatur drug dealer after the suspect got into a violent confrontation with his live-in girlfriend over his alleged infidelity to her.
A sworn affidavit filed by the Decatur Police Department quotes the 21-year-old woman as saying she had been beaten by Jordan D. Dozier after she accused her boyfriend of four years of cheating.
She also said he had dragged her by her hair out of their home in the 1300 block of East Division Street, but not before she had managed to hit the emergency button on her phone to call 911 at 3:40 a.m. on the day of the attack, June 29.
Arriving police patrols had found the woman, who had multiple injuries to her face, neck and legs, after she flagged them down in the street near her house.
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When they took her back to the residence, the affidavit said she told officers “All the (expletive) in there is his.” Police said they found more than 44 grams of crack cocaine lined up in baggies on the dining room table in the process of being “packaged ready for illegal street-level distribution.”
Officer Nicholas Stankiewicz, who signed the affidavit, said police also seized a digital scale, razor blade and other paraphernalia associated with drug preparation and dealing.
Dozier, 24, was described as having fled when police arrived but was arrested after a short foot chase and denied everything.
“Jordan denied ever possessing or knowing about any cocaine inside the residence,” Stankiewicz said. “Jordan stated he did not know who the cocaine belonged to.”
Dozier also said he was the victim of an attack by his girlfriend after she had accused him of seeing another woman. He claimed she had punched him repeatedly while they were in a car together and had bitten him on the face and right arm before he had bailed out of the vehicle and fled.
“Jordan said when he returned to the residence, he was apprehended by police,” said Stankiewicz. “Jordan claimed he did not live (at the house) but stated he was at the residence frequently.”
Dozier appeared in Macon County Circuit Court on July 24 and pleaded not guilty to charges of dealing in crack cocaine and two counts of domestic battery involving bodily harm and bodily contact. A check of his criminal history shows four previous convictions for domestic battery.
Judge Lindsey Shelton denied him pretrial release on the grounds he was too much of a flight risk. Dozier is due back in court for a pretrial hearing Sept. 10.
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Photos: Once-standout DEA agent says war on drugs is ‘unwinnable’
Jose Irizarry, a once-standout DEA agent sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel, speaks during an interview the night before going to a federal detention center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. “You can’t win an unwinnable war. DEA knows this and the agents know this,” Irizarry says. “There’s so much dope leaving Colombia. And there’s so much money. We know we’re not making a difference.” (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
This photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration shows U.S. currency confiscated in “Operation White Wash” in 2016. The long-running overseas investigation resulted in more than 100 arrests and the seizure of more than $100 million and more than a ton of cocaine. (DEA via AP)
Jose Irizarry, a once-standout DEA agent sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel, speaks during an interview the night before going to a federal detention center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. After years of portraying Irizarry as a rogue agent who acted alone, U.S. Justice Department investigators have made an abrupt shift, following his confessional roadmap to question as many as two-dozen current and former DEA agents and prosecutors accused of turning a blind eye to his flagrant abuses and sometimes joining in. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Jose Irizarry, a once-standout DEA agent sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel, speaks during an interview the night before going to a federal detention center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Irizarry says dozens of other federal agents, prosecutors, informants and in some cases cartel smugglers themselves were all in on the three-continent joyride known as “Team America” that chose cities for money laundering pick-ups mostly for party purposes or to coincide with Real Madrid soccer or Rafael Nadal tennis matches. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Jose Irizarry, a once-standout DEA agent sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel, sits during an interview the night before going to a federal detention center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Jose Irizarry, a once-standout DEA agent sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel, pauses during an interview the night before going to a federal detention center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. He was betrayed by one of his closest confidants, a Venezuelan-American informant who confessed to diverting funds from the undercover stings and making cash payments to his longtime handler. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Jose Irizarry, a once-standout DEA agent sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel, stands for a portrait during an interview the night before going to a federal detention center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Irizarry’s downfall was as sudden as it was inevitable — the outgrowth of a lavish lifestyle that raised too many eyebrows, even among colleagues willing to bend the rules themselves. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Jose Irizarry, a once-standout DEA agent sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder money with a Colombian cartel, speaks during an interview the night before going to a federal detention center, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Irizarry’s downfall was as sudden as it was inevitable — the outgrowth of a lavish lifestyle that raised too many eyebrows, even among colleagues willing to bend the rules themselves. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
FILE – Former DEA agent Jose Irizarry arrives at the United States Courthouse in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Federal Judge Charlene Honeywell who sentenced Irizarry said he was “the one who got caught but it is apparent to this court that there are others.” (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)
This booking photo provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office in August 2022 shows Michael Zoumberos. Zoumberos is the brother of one of Jose Irizarry’s former partners who partied and traveled around the world with DEA agents. He was jailed in March after refusing to testify to a federal grand jury investigating misconduct in the DEA. “I didn’t do anything wrong, but I’m not going to talk about my brother,” Zoumberos told AP. (Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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