in jail following his arrest by Quartzsite police two weeks ago for 
allegedly physically and sexually assaulting his girlfriend.
According to Lt. Mike Ewald of the Quartzsite police, between
midnight and 5 a.m. on April 23, the man, now identified as 45-year-old
 Travis Hopkins, continuously assaulted a woman at a residence in the 
600 block of East Kuehn Street and held her against her will.
Hopkins fled the scene in the victim’s car before police arrived. The 
43-year-old victim was then transported La Paz Regional Hospital with 
severe injuries.
“The victim and Hopkins had been in about a two- or three-week
relationship 
when the incident happened,” Ewald said. “We have a zero tolerance
 for domestic 
violence in Quartzsite.”
Ewald said Hopkins was located the following day at approximately
11 p.m. in the 
city of Ehrenberg, west of Quartzsite and just across the Colorado River
from Blythe.
Hopkins, who was armed with a knife, was found hiding in an abandoned
 trailer in
 the the Sunrise RV Park, located 49350 Juneau Ave., and was taken into
custody 
without incident. He was booked into the La Paz County Detention Facility.
Assisting Quartzsite police in the arrest were the Arizona Department of Public
Safety, 
the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
Hopkins has been charged with five counts of aggravated assault per domestic
 violence, one count of attempted aggravated assault, attempted sexual assault 
per domestic violence, and kidnapping per domestic violence.
He has also been charged with robbery, theft of means of transportation, driving
with a suspended/revoked or cancelled license, threatening and intimidating and
 preventing
the use of a telephone in an emergency, per domestic violence.
Andrew Wilder, a spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Corrections
 (DOC), 
explained that a warrant was issued for Hopkins’ arrest on Feb. 19 for violating
 the
 conditions of his community supervision, which he was required to abide by until
Dec. 7.
As a result, Wilder said Hopkins, who was released on Jan. 26, will eventually be
returned
 to the custody of the DOC where he will serve the remainder of the sentence he was 
serving at the time, in addition to any sentence he may receive from the Quartzsite case.