GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A Green Bay man is facing three charges in connection with a domestic abuse incident involving his new wife and her son.
39-year-old Adam C. Ottone is charged with substantial battery, domestic abuse-infliction physical pain or injury, disorderly conduct and bail jumping. All counts are as a repeater.
According to the criminal complaint, Green Bay police were called to the Blackstone restaurant at N. Ashland Ave. and Shawano Ave. early on the morning of January 24.
The alleged victim was refusing to see rescue for her injuries, which was the result of a physical attack from her husband of two weeks.
The woman told police that around 2 a.m., Ottone woke her up by, “pouring beer onto her and her son.” She said that they’re living with two boys, ages 5 and 7, according to the complaint.
She told police that she immediately jumped out of bed and began to push Ottone out of the room where the kids where and into a second bedroom when, “he began to physically assault her, swinging at her on several occasions with both open and closed hand.”
The complaint states that the victim reported, “Ottone punched her in the eye with a closed fist resulting in visible bruising underneath her right eye. She also stated that she had hearing loss in her right ear because of injuries sustained from the fight with Ottone.”
When asked by officers if she needed rescue, she replied “No.” Eventually, the officer convinced her to go to the hospital because damage to her ear could be something more serious.
During an interview at the hospital, the woman said it began around 6:30 p.m. the day before, when Ottone came home from work and saw that she was drinking with a friend. She said, “Throughout the course of the night Ottone was continuously engaging her in argumentative conversation because she was drinking with that friend.”
The complaint states that the victim was sitting in a rocking chair around midnight, when Ottone jumped onto her lap, “and wrapped both arms around her neck and began to strangle her.”
The woman refused to answer when a cop asked if she had lost consciousness at any point. She would only say that she pushed Ottone off of her and told him to, “Go away and at which time he raised his hand and struck her on the right side of her head with an open hand several times causing damage to her eardrum.”
Officers asked her why she didn’t call police at that point, and she said she,” just wanted to get Ottone some time to calm down and she was not in fear.”
According to the complaint, police arrived at the couple’s home and was met with the female friend drinking with the victim. That woman allowed police inside the home and directed officers to a bedroom where Ottone was. “Officer knocked on the third bedroom door and heard a loud scream from inside at which time he backed up from the door and asked the friend if she would come up and talk to Ottone and see if he would come out of the room.”
Ottone opened the door and was only in his boxer shorts. The officer then asked Ottone what had happened, and told the same story the victim gave. Ottone said, “That he came home from work and was upset that the woman and his wife had been drinking. He stated that they did get into a physical altercation and that he did hit his wife on several occasions.”
Ottone was handcuffed and arrested. The complaint goes on to state that on the way to the Brown County Jail, Ottone became belligerent, “continuing to yell and scream at the officer while he was on the phone with Probation and Parole. Ottone also used several racial slurs towards the officer.”
Ottone was charged with felony Escape back on November 25, 2015, and had his cash bond set at $750 with the following conditions: make all future court appearances and commit no further law violations. This new arrest on these charges constitutes a violation of his bond.
Ottone is due back in court Thursday for his preliminary hearing. If convicted of all of these charges, Ottone faces up to more than 13 years in prison.
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