SPOKANE, WA — A Spokane man was arrested late Sunday night following a reported domestic violence incident in which a pregnant woman was allegedly assaulted and held against her will.
Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 7000 block of North Wall Street around 11:20 p.m. on May 26 after a witness reported seeing a woman trying to escape from a red Ford Mustang while a man was punching her. The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Dwight D. Lansdale, fled the area before deputies arrived.
Deputies interviewed the woman and witnesses at the scene. The victim said Lansdale refused to let her exit the vehicle and hit her multiple times. Deputies noted visible injuries on the woman consistent with her account of the assault. She received medical attention at the scene but declined additional treatment…