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A 30-year-old Hamilton man is in the Ravalli County jail after being arrested Thursday when he allegedly hit his former girlfriend in the eye with a cookie.

Ryan Douglas Eakle is charged with felony burglary as well as two misdemeanors for partner assault and another for tampering with a communication device. During his initial appearance Friday, Justice of the Peace Jennifer Ray set his bail at $25,000.

According to a court affidavit, officers with the Ravalli County Sheriff’s Office went to a woman’s home in Corvallis around noon Thursday after she called 911 saying Eakle tried to break into her house.

On arrival, one deputy saw the woman’s right eye was injured.

She told the officer that two days earlier, Eakle became angry when she told him to leave her house. He allegedly threw a cookie at her, which hit her in the eye, causing bleeding and abrasion to her cornea.

He returned to her house Thursday and hit her phone out of her hand when she tried to call police, according to the affidavit.

Officers found Eakle at the Corvallis Tavern. He initially denied having been at the home, and denied injuring the woman with the cookie, saying the eye injury occurred when she mowed the lawn without a grass deflector.

The deputy reported that the grass in her yard was long and had not been cut recently.

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