Champion fighter is out of jail
Olympia mixed-martial-arts champion and avowed anarchist Jeff Monson has posted bail and been released from Davie County Jail in North Carolina, according to his attorney.
Monson is scheduled to appear in a Thurston County courtroom Tuesday to face a malicious-mischief charge for allegedly spray-painting an anarchist message on the Capitol.
Monson, 38, was arrested Saturday in North Carolina on suspicion of assault on a female and injury to real property, a jail official said. Stephanie Trapani, 30, said Monson was arrested after punching holes in the wall of her home and upending a grandfather clock after she told him she threw his cell phone out the window of her car.
Monson's attorney, Legrand Jones, said Thursday that Trapani also was arrested during the incident for taking Monson's cell phone and throwing it out of the car.
Jones said Monson looks forward to facing his charge in Olympia.
Monson was featured in a story in ESPN The Magazine, in December. A photo showed him spray-painting graffiti on the Capitol.