Jerome ByrdLOVEJOY, GA (CBS ATLANTA) -
Police in Spaulding County arrested a man wanted in Lovejoy for allegedly assaulting a woman and stealing her car.
According to police reports, on July 28 between 11 p.m. to midnight, the suspect, Rakheem Jerome Byrd, went to the victim's house and refused to leave.
The woman told police she had met Byrd a few days before and only had a brief conversation with him.
When the victim went upstairs he followed her; he grabbed her by the throat and began choking her until she passed out, according to investigators.
The woman said once she woke up, Byrd began kicking and hitting her with the leg of an end table. She said he dragged her downstairs where he threw her on the floor several times.
At one point, Byrd also struck her several times on the head with a cast iron skillet, according to police.
He ransacked the victim's home and stole her 2005 blue Toyota Corolla, according to the victim.
Byrd was arrested on Thursday night during a traffic stop. He was seen driving the Toyota Corolla.
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