Man Assaulted Ex-Girlfriend With Coconut

A Portsmouth man was ordered held on bail Wednesday after police say he assaulted his ex-girlfriend with a cococut, a bottle of water and threatened to kill her.

Destin J. Stewart, 21, of 10 Wedgewood Road was ordered held on $3,000 cash bail by Portsmouth District Court Judge Sawato Gardner Wednesday. He was charged with three counts of simple assault, three counts of criminal threatening, one count of stalking, one count of obstructing a report of a crime or injury and one count of false imprisonment, according to court documents.

According to an affidavit filed by Portsmouth Police Officer Nicholas Small, alleged assault began on July 27 when Stewart contacted the victim and asked her to come to his residence so they could "talk things out."

At some point, they argued about a Facebook friend and the victim told police that Stewart became violent. She said Stewart threw a coconut at her and punched her vehicle. He also poured a bottle of water over her head and told her "to cool off."

At one point, the victim said Stewart picked her up by her shoulders and threw into into the rear window of her car, which smashed the window glass and caused the victim to suffer a cut on her head.

The victim told police she went inside Stewart's residence to clean up and he prevented her from leaving by sitting on top of her on the couch. He also took her cell phone when she tried to call police.

Police executived an arrest warrant for Stewart on Sept. 5 and he turned himself into the police station a day later, according to court documents.

Stewart was out on bail after being charged with a felony second-degree assault charge in April, according to court documents. He is scheduled for a bail hearing and a probable cause hearing in Portsmouth District Court on Sept. 13 at 8:30 a.m.