FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — Freeport Police say a homeless man was arrested after beating up his girlfriend at a local hotel on Saturday.
According to police, the 22-year-old victim said her boyfriend, 23-year-old Brian Whitehead, hit her in the face and kicked her in the back while she was staying at a Freeport hotel.
Whitehead was arrested and charged with three counts of Domestic Battery and is being held at the Stephenson County Jail.
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