Myrtle Beach woman treated for brain injury, police charge her boyfriend

A 46-year-old woman was treated for bleeding from her brain at a Charleston area hospital, and a Myrtle Beach man was charged with beating her, according to a police report.

Thomas Edward Cooper, 38, is charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and is being held at the Myrtle Beach Jail pending a bond hearing, according to jail records.

Cooper was arrested at 4 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of 26th Avenue South, according to an arrest report.

The charge stemmed from officers being called at 5:30 a.m. Sunday to Waccamaw Community Hospital where the victim sought treatment, police said. The victim told officers that about 7:30 p.m. Saturday she went to Coopers apartment and he accused her of cheating on him.

The victim said Cooper, her boyfriend, pushed her, punched her in the face, repeatedly strangled her on the bed and would not allow her to leave the apartment, according to the report. The victim said she fought back, but it did not help her.

The victim said a 62-year-old woman, who also was inside the apartment, provoked Cooper during the incident and pushed the victim down multiple times to keep her from leaving the apartment, according to the report. After about 30 minutes of being beaten, the victim told police she escaped when Cooper when to the bathroom.

The victim said she drove home, but when she woke up the next morning she had a bad headache so she went to the hospital, according to the report. The victim was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina because she suffered a subdural hematoma.

The victim also had swelling and bruises on her arms, neck and face.

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Myrtle Beach woman treated for brain injury, police charge her boyfriend