Bail set at $50,000 cash for Colfax man facing domestic abuse charges
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By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — Bail has been set at $50,000 cash for a 27-year-old Colfax man charged with six felony counts related to strangulation, battery and disorderly conduct along with one misdemeanor count of mistreating an animal.
Kedar J. Davis made an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge Christina Mayer on September 25.
Davis is charged with two felony counts of strangulation and suffocation, three felony counts of battery, one felony count of disorderly conduct and one misdemeanor count of intentionally mistreating an animal.
The felony counts all carry the modifiers of domestic abuse and being a repeat offender while the misdemeanor count of mistreating an animal carries a modifier of being a repeat offender.
In a separate case, Davis is charged with one misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer.
Judge Mayer ordered a cash bail of $50,000 on the domestic abuse charges and a bail of $100 cash on the obstruction charge.
Davis is scheduled for another court appearance on October 8.
Previous cases
At a plea hearing in January of 2021, Davis pleaded guilty to felony charges of false imprisonment and two counts of battery as a domestic abuse repeater.
Judge James Peterson sentenced Davis to three years of initial confinement and three years of extended supervision on the felony count of false imprisonment.
On each of the two felony counts of battery as a domestic abuse repeater, Judge Peterson sentenced Davis to two years of initial confinement and two years of extended supervision.
Each of the sentences were to run concurrent to each other, and the sentences also were to run concurrent to the other sentences that had already been imposed.
In April of 2018, Judge Peterson sentenced Davis to three years in prison and six years of extended supervision after revoking a deferred prosecution agreement and probation related to stalking, false imprisonment and battery. Davis received credit for 247 days already served.
In a previous separate case involving the same woman, who turned 20 in 2018, Davis was charged with felony counts of intimidating a victim, stalking, false imprisonment, strangulation and suffocation, substantial battery, and bail jumping. He also was charged with misdemeanor counts of knowingly violating a domestic abuse restraining order, battery, and disorderly conduct.
Davis played football, basketball and was on the track team at Colfax High School and graduated from CHS in 2016.
Complaint
On August 19, 2024, a woman had contacted the Dunn County Communications Center to report that her sister had been involved in a physical altercation with her boyfriend, Kedar Davis, who lives on University Avenue in Colfax, according to the criminal complaint.
Colfax Police Chief William Anderson, after a couple of attempts, was able to make contact with the alleged victim, who said she had been involved in a physical altercation with Davis that morning.
The woman told Police Chief Anderson she was on her way to the hospital in Bloomer to be examined for possible injuries.
When the police chief told her that he would like to meet with her, she agreed and said she would contact Police Chief Anderson when she was finished at the hospital, the complaint states.
A while later, the alleged victim contacted Police Chief Anderson and agreed to meet him at the Bloomer Police Department.
Before the woman arrived, the police chief met with the woman’s father at the Bloomer Police Department, and the woman’s father told Police Chief Anderson about some of things Davis has done since his daughter began dating Davis, according to the complaint.
The alleged victim’s father said that Davis had gone on vacation to South Dakota with his daughter and a couple of her siblings for a few days in July. The woman’s father said the vacation was cut short because Davis “blew up” at the woman and her siblings and then demanded the vacation be cut short and that they all return home.
The man said Davis had threatened to physically harm the siblings and that he was aware of some of the abuse between Davis and his daughter. While the man said he had attempted to talk to his daughter about the abuse, his daughter was 18 and “makes her own decisions,” the complaint states.
About an hour later, the alleged victim arrived at the Bloomer Police Department with her grandmother, according to the criminal complaint.
Relationship
Police Chief Anderson asked the woman about her relationship with Davis, and she told the police chief she had been involved with Davis in a dating relationship since January of this year, that she had moved in with Davis and his mother in February, that she was currently about five months pregnant, and that Davis was the father of the child, the complaint states.
The woman told Police Chief Anderson she had awakened at about 8:30 that morning and that Davis had thrown her dog and had been hitting it.
When the woman told Davis to stop, he said he was going to “treat her like he was treating the dog,” according to the complaint.
The woman said Davis had grabbed her by the throat and then slammed her head into the wall. Davis was choking her so that she could not breathe, and when the alleged victim told Davis to stop, he replied, “I don’t care.”
The woman said Davis choked her again, would release pressure on her throat and would then choke her again. She told the police chief she had tried to fight back, but Davis told her if she fought back, the situation would only get worse. The woman said she had stopped fighting back, and Davis had stopped for a little while.
Davis told the alleged victim he wanted her to block her sister on Snapchat, and when she said she did not want to, Davis struck the woman on the right side of her head. He continued to hit her with an open hand, although she said Davis used his closed fist to hit her once or twice, the complaint states.
The woman said she had then blocked her sister on Snapchat so that Davis would stop hitting her.
After the woman sat down on the bed, Davis had grabbed her by the hair and dragged her onto the floor. The alleged victim said she had turned her body to protect her stomach area and that Davis had punched her in the back. She believed Davis also had kicked her a few times, according to the criminal complaint.
Escape
Eventually Davis had stopped hitting the woman and had gone into the bathroom, according to the criminal complaint.
The woman told Police Chief Anderson she had gotten dressed and had left. The police chief asked her what she meant by saying she had gotten dressed, and the woman said Davis had made her remove her clothing during the argument.
The alleged victim said this was not the first time Davis had made her remove her clothing during an argument, the complaint states.
The woman said she had gathered up her dog and her keys, left the house and drove away in her car. Davis called her a few minutes later and asked where she was, and the woman told him she had left.
The alleged victim said Davis told her not to come back or it would be “ten times worse.”
The woman said she drove her car to Irvine Park in Chippewa Falls, had gotten a ride to her grandparents’ house, and then she had gone to the hospital with her grandmother, according to the complaint.
Dog kennel
The woman told Police Chief Anderson that she and Davis have been involved in several arguments and that Davis gets “set off” and “blows up over things,” according to the criminal complaint.
The alleged victim said that a month or two earlier, Davis had locked her in a medium-sized dog kennel. When the police chief asked how long the woman had been locked in the kennel, she replied that it was probably only a few minutes.
The woman said Davis talks down to her, belittles her and makes it appear as if everything is the alleged victim’s fault.
During past arguments, when the woman said she had asked Davis to stop, he would say he did not have to stop because “there was no one there to correct him” according to the criminal complaint.
Injuries
When the police chief asked the woman if she had any injuries, she said that the back of her head hurt after Davis had slammed her head into a wall, according to the criminal complaint.
The woman told the police chief that her back and arms hurt in places, too, where Davis had struck her.
When the police chief asked to see the alleged victims’ injuries, the woman moved her hair, and the police chief could see bruising on the left side of her neck between her jaw and her ear. The alleged victim moved her hair to expose her right ear, the Police Chief Anderson said he saw bruising and what appeared to be a scratch.
The woman said this area of her head was where Davis had struck her several times with an open hand and with a fist, the complaint states.
Davis qualifies as a domestic abuse repeater since he has been convicted on two or more separate occasions for a felony or misdemeanor.
An arrest warrant was issued for Davis on August 22, and he was in court on a return on the warrant September 25.
