Officers took 37-year-old Carl Pruitt into custody on a domestic violence charge after responding to a complaint about a father and son fighting on 9th Street.
Once inside a squad car, Pruitt did not calm down, the arresting officer reported he banged his head off the divider in the car. Pruitt was previously charged with assaulting an officer during another incident.
He was booked into the Scioto County Jail on the domestic violence count. This was his 19th trip to the County Jail, with many of his charges involving violence.
Previous arrests include domestic violence, DUI, driving under a suspension, aggravated menacing, violation of a protection order, domestic threats, using a weapon while intoxicated, assault, multiple counts of probation violation, grand theft auto, falsification, escape, assaulting a police officer, obstructing justice, disorderly conduct, and not wearing a seatbelt.
