Nov. 28 – A Dayton man who allegedly shot his girlfriend after an argument and fled from police pleads guilty to charges.
Ronald D. Fletcher, 32, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, failure to comply and domestic violence charges, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records. The domestic violence charge is a first-degree felony.
One charge of assault and improper use of a firearm in a motor vehicle and three charges of grand theft were dismissed.
On September 13, Fletcher’s girlfriend found him cheating on her at the Summit Square Apartments on Hoover Avenue.
They got into a physical fight before she got into her car and hit a Chevrolet Silverado that she also owned and which she allowed Fletcher to drive, according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court.
Fletcher got into the truck and followed her. While still in the parking lot of the apartment complex, he allegedly pulled out a gun and shot his girlfriend twice.
One of the shots hit her car, court records show.
Around 1 a.m. on September 14, police stopped Fletcher as he sat in the truck at Germantown Street and Stolz Avenue in Dayton. He reportedly refused to get out and police fired pepper balls into the truck before he fled.
The truck ran over a tire deflation device and continued to flee until an officer performed a PIT (precision immobilization technique) maneuver near West Third Street and Bish Avenue, according to the affidavit.
Officers then fired more pepper balls into the truck and Fletcher complied and got out, the document said.
He was taken to the hospital for evaluation and then booked into the Montgomery County Jail.
