Maricopa man talked himself into felony, cops say

A Maricopa man talked himself into a felony charge Monday after cops said he pushed his lover over a curb. She denied it, but he spilled the beans. 

Maricopa Police Department arrested Terry R. Fritts, 36, on a trifecta of violent charges, according to a probable cause statement obtained by InMaricopa detailing the incident. 

Just before 4 p.m., police responded to West Honeycutt Road and North Maricopa Groves Parkway after they got a report of a man chasing and grabbing a woman. 

Officers found Fritts running after his fiancée. They said they saw him trying to grab her a couple times before getting confrontational with the cops. 

After he simmered down, he said he had done nothing wrong, according to police. 

Fritts and his belle live at a sober rehab center. They were walking to Fry’s Marketplace while engaged in a verbal sparring match, according to the probable cause statement. 

The woman told officers that she was trying to evade Fritts, who grabbed her repeatedly. She said while she was trying to run away, she tripped over a curb and fell in gravel. Cops found abrasions on her arm and wrist. 

When asked about the woman falling, Fritts didn’t deny pushing her. Rather, he said he “did not mean to push her.” 

Fritts was booked into the Pinal County jail on three violent charges. Police lodged one count of aggravated assault against him, a felony resulting from previous domestic violence charges that can carry a year in prison. 

Fritts was also slapped with a pair of misdemeanor domestic violence charges punishable by up to a year in jail and fines of $5,000. 

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