Man charged with allegedly beating woman with bat, hammer

Published 1:30 am Thursday, September 6, 2018

EVERETT — She tried moving to a new place so he couldn’t find her, according to court papers.

Somehow, he did.

Cory Jacoby, 43, was charged last week with first-degree assault and violation of a court order. The Everett man reportedly used a bat and a hammer to attack his former girlfriend last month. She was left with broken bones, wounds on her scalp and was mostly blinded in one eye.

She needed more than 140 staples to her head, charging documents show.

The woman obtained a five-year protection order against Jacoby in January.

On Aug. 10, he showed up at her new address in Everett.

“He said he would kill me if I tried to call you guys,” she later told police.

Jacoby reportedly forced the woman to have sex and wouldn’t allow her to leave the room. At some point, she told him she needed to use the restroom. When she came back, he attacked her, court papers show.

Neighbors heard her screaming around 2:30 a.m.

They called 911, and some reported that a naked man had walked out of her apartment carrying a baseball bat.

One of the tenants stayed with the woman until police showed up.

When officers arrived, she was lying on her bed in the fetal position with her eyes swollen shut, prosecutors allege.

She was yelling that her eyes burned and she couldn’t see.

Police found Jacoby yards away from the building. He was lying in the sidewalk on his back, wearing only black socks, according to court documents.

He allegedly told officers the woman had raped and bitten him. He had a cut on his finger, which appeared to come from a broken glass smoking pipe that an officer found in the apartment.

The woman was taken to the hospital and couldn’t speak because of the pain, according to an officer’s account.

Her right arm appeared to be fractured. Her hands were bruised and swollen. She also had at least three “substantial” cuts on her head, believed to be from the hammer.

Both of her hands were broken, and after surgery her left pinkie still wouldn’t move.

Jacoby on Wednesday was being held at the Snohomish County Jail on $100,000 bail. His trial is set for Oct. 19.

Stephanie Davey: 425-339-3192; sdavey@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @stephrdavey.

To get help

If you or someone you know needs help related to domestic violence, contact Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County’s 24-hour confidential hotline at 425-252-2873.