Man accused of throwing boiling water on woman in Cole County, charged with domestic assault

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man accused in multiple domestic violence cases was charged on Thursday after he allegedly threw boiling water on a victim he was not allowed to be near, according to court documents.

James Lamore Glass was charged with first-degree domestic assault, two counts of first-degree assault, first-degree property damage and armed-criminal action. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set.

In another case involving the same victim – according to court documents – he was charged on April 7 with second-degree domestic assault, first-degree harassment and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. His bond was surrendered on Thursday in that case. An arraignment is set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Cole County Circuit Court.

For the charges filed on Thursday, law enforcement received a phone call from a woman on April 29 who stated she was assaulted by Glass at her apartment and needed to get away. Deputies learned the victim had burns on her body from boiling water being “poured on her throughout the night” by Glass, the statement says.

Glass had allegedly taken the victim’s car and phone to go to work in Fulton, the statement says.

The victim was brought to St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City and had second-degree burns all over her body, the statement says. Deputies learned Glass had a no-contact order with the victim from the assault case earlier in the month, the statement says.

The victim, while she was at the hospital, allegedly told law enforcement that Glass took her phone and “went crazy” when he saw her speaking to someone, the statement says. Glass then allegedly started boiling water, threw it on the victim and repeated the action several times, the statement says.

Court documents say the victim’s 7-year-old child witnessed the events and at one point, the victim ran into the child’s room and barricaded the door to hide. However, Glass was apparently able to break down the door and dragged the victim out of the room as the child watched, according to the statement.

The probable cause statement says the victim had the child’s phone and that Glass tried calling that phone with the victim’s, as deputies were interviewing her.

Glass was found by law enforcement at a Callaway County job site, where he claimed to have not been around the victim because of the no-contact order, the statement says.