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Georgia incoming freshman D'Antne Demery being held in jail on misdemeanor charges

Georgia incoming freshman D'Antne Demery was being held in the Athens-Clarke County Jail on Sunday morning on misdemeanor charges that he choked and shoved his girlfriend, who is also the mother of his 1-month old child.

Demery, an offensive lineman from Brunswick, Georgia, was charged with misdemeanor simple battery and criminal trespass. He was arrested by Athens-Clarke County police around 9:30 p.m. Saturday and transferred to jail, where he was being held on $1,500 bond.

According to details of an incident report provided to ESPN by an Athens-Clarke County police spokesman, officers were dispatched to a Waffle House because of a report of a man "choking [strangling] a female.