CAPE CORAL, Fla. -- Police arrested a Cape Coral man Sunday after they say he attacked his girlfriend and beat her for waking him up.
37-year-old Steven Barker is in the Lee County Jail, charged with aggravated battery, two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, battery on an emergency medical care provider, and resisting arrest with violence.
According to Cape Coral police, around 9 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to an aggravated battery call in the 600 block of SE 46th Terrace.
Police say Barker became upset when his live-in girlfriend woke him up. Steven grabbed a metal chair and struck the victim with it several times, put the chair down, began punching her, and then pushed the victim through a glass window causing several injuries.
Officers on the scene arrested Barker, who was being uncooperative verbally and physically and then kicked an officer. A TASER was deployed on Steven to gain compliance.
Steven was then taken to a local hospital and while there struck a nurse and scratched another officer.
