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Springfield police began their investigation when they were called to a home on the 200 block of Oakwood Place early Monday morning, according to an affidavit.
“Officers arrived on scene and were flagged down by a female,” the affidavit says. “(The woman) had thick blood around her lips and nose. She stated that Mr. Ali was inside her house.”
Officers searched the house and they were alerted that Ali had run outside using the back door, the affidavit says.
“Officers … heard what they assumed to be Mr. Ali crashing through the thick bushes and underbrush that line the alley to the rear of the address,” the affidavit says.
The affidavit says the officers found Ali hiding and ordered him out and then he was arrested.
Officers interviewed the woman after Ali was arrested and she told them she was asleep when she heard a knock at her door. Ali was outside and she allowed him inside. But it was then he allegedly turned violent.
“At that point, Mr. Ali began punching (the woman) in the face,” the affidavit says. “She estimated she was struck in the face about eight times. Mr. Ali then struck (her) in the stomach with his nee several ties. He then took her cell phone out of her hand.”
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Officers were able to retrieve the cell phone, the affidavit says. And because the phone was allegedly taken right after the attack, Ali was charged with robbery.
Ali appeared in court Monday.
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