Douglas authorities arrest man for alleged child abuse, strangulation, and other offenses

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Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 07/28/2020 - 47pm



Devin Choate

A man was arrested Tuesday by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office for suspicion of felony child abuse with substantial bodily harm, threats, domestic battery with strangulation, assault with a deadly weapon and possession of methamphetamine following an incident in which a juvenile was beaten and told not to talk.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office arrested Devin Choate, who is the victim's mother's boyfriend. The agency said in a news release Choate is alleged to have committed the crimes on Saturday, July 25. Mr. Choate was arrested Tuesday and taken to the DCSO Minden Jail for booking.

On July 26, 2020, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a reported battery of a juvenile male in north Douglas County. The reporting victim stated another juvenile male had battered him repeatedly for no apparent reason.



On Tuesday, it was reported to DCSO that the true nature of the incident was the juvenile’s mother’s boyfriend, Choate, had battered the juvenile victim on July 25, 2020. The juvenile was threatened to not say anything to the Sheriff’s Office for fear of more violence, according to a DCSO news release