GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A Green Bay woman is due in court next week on allegations she beat up her live-in girlfriend.
26-year-old Ledawn K. Mcdore is charged with battery, false imprisonment and disorderly conduct. Each count includes a domestic abuse assessment.
According to the criminal complaint, Green Bay Police were called to an apartment on N. Baird Street on May 19 to speak with a possible victim of domestic violence.
Ledawn Mcdore's probation agent suspected that her client beat her girlfriend. When officers arrived just after 11 a.m., both women denied that anything physical had been happening. The girlfriend took off her baseball cap and showed officers her arms to reveal that she had no marks.
The probation agent asked Mcdore about possible plans to travel out of state, which she denied. Officers learned that Mcdore's girlfriend, "Stays there sometimes." Both officers left the apartment.
Around 12:51 p.m., a Green Bay police officer who went to that apartment received a message from the probation agent saying that Mcdore's girlfriend was at her office and wanted to talk about the alleged physical abuse. She claimed that the victim, "Was afraid to say anything while we were at the house, but was now willing to give me a statement."
Just before 2 p.m., the officer arrived to speak with Mcdore's girlfriend. She told the cop that she has known Mcdore since January 2015, began dating that summer and in June 2015 moved in with her.
The victim then said Mcdore has been physical with her for a long time, the last incident happening on May 5. She allegedly told the officer that she was sleeping around 2 a.m., when she awoke after being, "Struck by Mcdore with a bottle of Patron." An attack followed, leading the victim to believe that she might be killed.
According to the complaint, the alleged victim was, "Yelling for help, but none of the neighbors came out to help her." She said at some point, she was able to get away and tried calling 911 from her cell phone. Mcdore allegedly grabbed the phone and shut it off.
A short time later, police knocked on the apartment door. Mcdore allegedly held her down on the bed and covered her mouth so she couldn't yell for help. The victim couldn't escape because of Mcdore's size and strength.
The police officer checked call records on that day to that address, and found a call at 2:23 a.m. from the victim's cell phone number. The complaint states that, "Officers attempted contact for several minutes, but there was no answer. The officers called, but her phone went directly to voice mail."
The victim repeated fears of an attack when asked again why she didn't say anything to the probation agent and the cop earlier at the apartment.
A search that day for Mcdore came up empty and an apprehension request was made.
On May 23, a Green Bay police officer was contacted that a Ledawn Mcdore was at a Community Police Center. Following that apprehension request already in place, the cop arrived to meet with Mcdore. She surrendered without incident, claiming that this whole thing, "Never happened and it was all made up."
Mcdore is on probation after she was convicted on January 11, 2016, of retail theft and intentionally contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She's currently being held in the Brown County Jail on a $500 bond.
Ledawn Mcdore returns to Brown County Circuit Court on Friday June 10 for her preliminary hearing. If convicted on all counts, she faces up to 7 years in prison.