A Twentynine Palms man with nearly a dozen criminal convictions was arrested again Monday afternoon, accused of beating up his girlfriend. According to the Sheriff’s department, Christopher Nunley, 30, of the 6500 block of Pine Avenue, took his girlfriend’s cell phone and held her in his apartment against her will. She managed to escape and went to a neighbor’s apartment for help. Nunley followed her, and when the neighbor wouldn’t let him in, Nunley kicked the door in, punched his girlfriend in the eye, and forced her to go back to his apartment. Investigators say Nunley denied the allegations and insisted witnesses could corroborate his side of the story, but no witnesses were found to confirm his version of events. Nunley has been convicted of disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana, attempted extortion, burglary, disturbing the peace, battery, a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a controlled substance in jail. Christopher Nunley was arrested for investigation of felony spousal abuse and booked into the Morongo Basin Jail. His bail is set at $250,000.
