The filing says officers saw broken blood vessels in the woman’s eyes and redness on her neck.
WACO, Texas — A police affidavit says a pregnant woman had visible injuries after her husband allegedly pinned her down and strangled her during a dispute inside their Waco home April 13.
The filing names Jacob Daniel Vega, 40, as the man charged with aggravated assault family violence. Police said the case began with a late-morning 911 call from a woman at a Misty Drive residence and continued with statements from Vega and his wife after officers arrived. The affidavit gives a close look at what police say they saw at the scene: a woman on the floor, a child nearby, throat pain, numb legs, red marks on the neck and broken blood vessels in both eyes.
Officers were sent to the home around 11:50 a.m. after the woman called 911 and said, “I can’t take this anymore.” She also told dispatchers she had “got into it with someone,” according to the affidavit. By the time police arrived, Vega had walked toward a patrol car and began talking about a fight with his wife. He said the argument started after he was in a locked bedroom and she repeatedly beat on the door. He told officers he became angry, opened the door and moved a shoe rack from their bedroom to the children’s room. The document says Vega then told police his wife was screaming and he “lost it.”
The affidavit says Vega described a physical struggle in which both he and his wife were putting hands on each other. Police wrote that Vega said he ended up sitting on top of her and began to strangle her. He then told officers to check on her, according to the filing. Officers handcuffed him and placed him in a patrol vehicle. Inside the home, police found the woman sitting on the floor with the couple’s child crawling around her. She complained that her legs were numb and her throat hurt. Those observations became part of the probable cause statement supporting the family violence charge.
Police said the woman’s account matched several parts of Vega’s statement. She told officers Vega sat on top of her and strangled her with both hands. She said it lasted about two to three minutes. Officers wrote that they saw broken blood vessels in both of her eyes and redness on her neck. She told police the strangling stopped when she went limp. The affidavit also says she was seven weeks pregnant. An ambulance responded to the home, and the woman was taken to Hillcrest Hospital for evaluation. Public reports did not include a later medical update or any final finding about the pregnancy.
The alleged assault happened while the couple’s child was in the bedroom, the woman told officers. Police did not say the child was hurt, and the affidavit does not describe an interview with the child. The child’s presence, however, is part of the police narrative of the scene. Officers found the child crawling near the woman after they secured Vega outside. The filing does not identify the woman or the child by name. It also does not include body camera footage, 911 audio or hospital records in the public account. Those materials, if collected, could become part of the evidence reviewed as the case proceeds.
Vega and his wife had been married for six years and had lived together for two years, according to police. The affidavit describes the dispute as starting with a locked bedroom door and escalating after a shoe rack was moved into the children’s room. It does not say why Vega locked the door, what happened before the woman called 911 or whether there had been earlier police calls to the home. It also does not state whether alcohol, weapons or other people were involved. The public record, as reported, centers on the statements made after officers arrived and the injuries police said were visible.
After the scene investigation, Vega was booked into the McLennan County Jail. Local reporting listed the charge as aggravated assault family violence, a second-degree felony. Later online jail records did not show him as an active inmate. The reports available publicly did not say whether Vega had an attorney, whether he had entered a plea or when his next court appearance was scheduled. Prosecutors would need to decide how to proceed with the charge based on the affidavit, any medical documentation, photographs, recordings, witness statements and other evidence collected by Waco police.
The affidavit leaves the case in an early stage. It records what police say Vega admitted, what the woman reported and what officers observed, but it is not a verdict. Vega is accused, not convicted. The woman’s condition after the hospital evaluation has not been fully described in public filings. The record also does not say whether child welfare authorities were notified or whether any protective court orders were issued. As of May 7, the known public facts were the April 13 arrest, the felony accusation and the account of a pregnant woman taken from the home for medical evaluation.
The next public milestones are expected to come through McLennan County court records or further police statements. Those records may clarify Vega’s custody status, counsel, plea, bond terms and hearing dates tied to the aggravated assault family violence charge.
Author note: Last updated May 7, 2026.