LOGAN — A 44-year-old commercial airline pilot from Providence is facing multiple felony kidnapping and assault charges after authorities say he violently attacked and strangled his former partner while she slept.
Colby Darrell Jones made an initial appearance Monday in Logan’s 1st District Court. He was charged with first-degree felony aggravated kidnapping, second-degree felony aggravated assault and a class A misdemeanor count of assault resulting in substantial bodily injury.
According to a warrant affidavit, the charges stem from a domestic incident that occurred during the early hours of Feb. 2. The victim reported to Cache County Sheriff’s deputies that Jones strangled her in her sleep and threw her off a bed, causing significant head trauma. She told investigators she later awoke on a couch in a separate room with limited memory of the exact sequence of events. Paralyzed by fear, she remained inside the residence for several hours before a friend eventually convinced her to flee to safety.
While initial law enforcement assessments noted minimal physical marks on the victim immediately following the attack, severe injuries visibly manifested over the next three weeks. By Feb. 4, an investigating deputy observed “deep purple” and “significant” bruising developing across the victim’s face, neck, arms and legs.
Court records state that the completion of a strangulation and sexual assault kit further corroborated the woman’s claims against Jones. Additionally, detectives reviewed medical files from the victim’s multiple hospital visits throughout the 21-day period following the assault. Physicians formally diagnosed the victim with a concussion and injuries consistent with strangulation.
Those hospital records documented an array of persistent, debilitating symptoms resulting from the incident, including dizziness, blurred vision, sensitivity to loud noises, ongoing neck pain, vomiting and poor appetite.
During Monday’s court hearing, Jones was granted $20,000 bail. He was placed on pretrial supervision with Adult Probation and Parole, and ordered to appear again in court April 27.
Individuals arrested and charged in complaints are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.