Vincent Omega Fendelander, 31, is being held without bond in the Newton County Jail.
Newton County deputies rushed to Fendelander's home November 17 after receiving a 911 call from his wife who said he was drunk and had hit her in the face, threw her to the ground and choked her from behind, according to the probable cause statement.
Part of the physical abuse had occurred as they were driving home with their infant son in the vehicle, the wife said.
She called deputies after Fendelander left in "a drunken rage," taking the child with him.
She reported he was flinging the child around unsafely and then fled with the baby into the woods.
The situation grew even worse after that, according to the probable cause statement.
Deputies located Fendelander around an hour after the initial call in a wooded area about one mile from the house. The infant was under Fendelander's shirt and he was attempting to hide. It was about 40 degrees outside at this time.
Fendelander yelled at deputies and was uncooperative, saying, "Just shoot me," and he was trying to retreat further into the woods.
For the safety of the child, deputies grabbed Fendelander and ordered him to stop. He struggled, trying to pull away and escape. Once he couldn't pull away, he squared up as if about to fight and tried to muscle his arms away from deputies holding him. Deputies were forced to wrestle Fendelander to the ground to prevent his escape.
The child was eventually able to be pulled from under Fendelander's sweatshirt with no apparent injury other than a bump above his right ear. The child was checked my EMS staff and released to the mother.
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