By 25 News
BLOOMINGTON – A pregnant woman reportedly beaten and strangled at the hands of her boyfriend feared for her life, McLean County prosecutors said in court on Tuesday.
The state’s attorney’s office charged Trevor Kelly, 21, of Bloomington, with aggravated domestic battery by strangulation and domestic battery causing bodily harm, both felonies.
According to a probable cause statement read in the courtroom on Tuesday, Kelly tried to climb through a hotel window early Monday to find the woman and her son.
The victim told police about the violence against her and threats to her unborn baby in the last week.
The woman told police Kelly used his arm to place the woman in a chokehold November 23, strangling her to the point that she got “light-headed and saw stars.”
“She believed she was going to die,” the prosecutor said.
After being strangled, the woman told police Kelly repeatedly punched her in the stomach, then took her cellphone to stop her from calling police.
The woman also had severe bruising to her face and neck. She appeared to be still in pain five days later when police said they were called to the Bloomington hotel where she had been staying,
In court, a prosecutor told the judge that Kelly is on probation in three separate felony cases, including similar allegations made last year that Kelly strangled and beat the same woman.
The judge set bond at $100,000, so he has to post 10% or $10,000 cash to be released from the McLean County Jail.
A public defender was appointed to represent Kelly. His next court date in scheduled for December 16.
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