A Florida man was arrested in Blount County on Thursday after deputies say he strangled a woman and beat a dog in Louisville.

Dacorius Jayon Law, 24, of Tampa, Florida, is charged with two counts of domestic violence with aggravated assault, aggravated cruelty to animals, theft of a motor vehicle over $2,500, aggravated kidnapping, and violation of an order of protection.

The Blount County Sheriff’s Office says they were called to a business on Topside Road around 9:30 a.m. Thursday for a domestic assault. They found a 22-year-old woman who said her boyfriend, Law, had punched and choked her, then hit her with a board at her apartment on Kelly Circle.

She also said Law injured her dog and took her vehicle, which contained two handguns, without permission. The victim said she ran to get help and was picked up by a citizen who took her to the business to wait for deputies. She was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A short time later, other deputies in the area spotted Law driving the victim’s vehicle and stopped him on Hawks Landing Drive. They took Law into custody and searched the vehicle, finding the two handguns, one of which was loaded.

Other deputies went to the apartment and found the seriously injured dog. It was taken to a local veterinary clinic for treatment.

Law is being held on $550,000 bond pending a court hearing on December 27.