Man Jailed for Keeping Wife on Dog Chain

[olena]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - A man who allegedly padlocked a 30-foot dog chain around his wife's neck and kept her in a cage after she threatened to leave him is now in a cage of his own -- a prison cell.
San Antonio police arrested 41-year-old Jerry Wayne Thomason on Thursday after a neighbor spotted his 45-year-old Patricia wife wearing the chain around her neck after the couple dropped off their two children at school, police said on Friday.
When police found her, the chained woman was standing in her driveway while her husband slept in the passenger seat of his car, holding onto the chain.
Neighbors said the bizarre situation began when Patricia Thomason told her husband she wanted to leave him.
"He also had her in a cage, chained up in a cage, because he didn't want her to leave," neighbor Yolanda Esquivel said.
Firefighters had to use bolt cutters to remove the chain from her neck and police said she was released from a hospital after treatment for minor cuts and bruises.
Thomason was jailed in lieu of $35,000 bond on charges of felony aggravated assault with bodily injury and unlawful restraint.
Police said the couple had been married for 15 years.

 

[ltldeb]

That's just sad. That poor woman. I'm glad the neighbor noticed and called police. Did it say how long she had been chained up?

 

[olena]

It didn't say.

 

[JasonLyons]

I at least hope he took her for walks

 

[olena]

Originally posted by JasonLyons
I at least hope he took her for walks

 

[browneyes]

I hope she starts singing the song "All my exes live in Texas" soon.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

I have to read abuse info for work( a yearly educational thing), and there it says that the most dangerous time is when a woman actually does make the decision to leave an abusive relationship. This shows an example of that. I can't imagine how awful she has had it, but THank God she now will have help. Any women out there that are going through abusive relationships, please be careful, and take care of YOURSELF!!!!!!!

 

[Robin]

Only in Texas... We kill our children and beat our wives!

 

[mhopset]

I thought you hated country music Shanon

 

[GeorgeG]

Do you mean we really can't do that sort of thing???? Wait - I'll be right back...


Whew! That was a close one...