VALLEY CITY, N.D.D (KFGO-AM) A Valley City man is in jail charged in connection with a violent domestic incident.
Joseph Uffelman is accused of assaulting his girlfriend in their Valley City home early Friday morning. When Uffelman left briefly, the woman and her children escaped. She told police he had a loaded shotgun and threatened to shoot anyone who came to the door. Officers surrounded the home and unable to contact Uffelman, entered. They found the 28-year old unconscious on the floor, next to the shotgun.
Uffelman is facing charges of domestic assault, felon in possesion of a firearm and possession of narcotics paraphernalia.