Columbia man accused of dragging victim into woods by their hair during assault

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 20-year-old Columbia man was charged with three felonies after authorities say he attacked a victim and dragged them into a wooded area on Saturday.

Carmine Cobb was charged on Monday with third-degree domestic assault, second-degree kidnapping and felony stealing. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. A hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday.

The probable cause statement says Carmine was upset with the victim and unexpectedly went up to the victim while they were walking up to their residence. Cobb allegedly dragged the victim by their hair to woods after he saw a police patrol vehicle, the statement says. Cobb allegedly told the victim he was afraid of being arrested and did not want to be caught, the statement says.  

Cobb was described as “beating” the victim in court documents. The victim allegedly told police they believed Cobb was going to kill them.

Cobb was also allegedly using the victim’s phone during the attack and someone – who was described as a witness – allegedly heard Cobb saying over the phone that he was going to continue to attack the victim if the victim kept screaming for help, court documents say.

“Witness One stated Carmine was the one who called [them] to have Victim One picked up as he did not want police to find out and was going to keep Victim Ones phone so Victim One could not call the police,” the probable cause statement says.

Police wrote they found Cobb with the victim’s phone when they detained him.