A West Palm Beach man landed himself in jail Sunday after he threw steel-toed boots at an officer who was investigating a reported assault by his girlfriend.

Donovan Poole, 23, faces charges of battery, aggravated battery on an officer and possession of heroin. He remained in the Palm Beach County Jail early Tuesday with his bail set at $3,500.

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City police said they responded to the assault at an apartment on 16th Street west of Spruce Avenue at about midnight Saturday. An officer saw Poole sitting on his doorstep. He said his live-in girlfriend of three years had pepper-sprayed him in the face.

The girlfriend told the officer that Poole grabbed her hair and thrown her to the ground as she tried to walk out of their apartment. In self-defense, she pepper-sprayed Poole in the face with mace and ran outside to call 911, according to the police report, which also said officers have been called to the residence multiple times for domestic disturbances.

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While the officer was investigating the incident, Poole threw his steel-toed work boots at him, hitting his left elbow and leaving a small bruise. The officer arrested Poole and found a small super glue bottle in Poole’s pant pocket that contained heroin, the report states.

Poole has a lengthy criminal record, with six misdemeanors and one felony since 2012.

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