Son tased, mom jailed for assault on woman

Maricopa Police Department arrested a mother and son and accused them of attacking a woman Thursday evening. Officers tased the man during a struggle. 

Police arrested 45-year-old Jennifer Vyfhuis and her son, 18-year-old Portland Davis, according to a probable cause statement obtained by InMaricopa. 

Cops responded to a reported assault at a home on West Wild Horse Trail in Senita just after 7:30 p.m. 

The caller told police she went to pick up her children from Vyfhuis’s house, when Vyfhuis refused to hand them over. She noted Vyfhuis was the children’s grandmother and had no court-issued custody order. 

Vyfhuis told the woman she was going to get her “ass whooped” and slapped her, according to the police report. 

The woman said Davis grabbed her by the neck and kept “pulling her around.” Police noted the woman had scratch marks on her neck and chest. 

Vyfhuis said the alleged victim started the fight. 

When officers tried to arrest Davis, he resisted, and the officers shot him with a taser gun. Police noted Davis had a history of resisting arrest as a juvenile. 

Davis was booked into the Pinal County jail on charges of assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and interfering with a parent’s access to their child. He faces nearly two years in prison. 

Vyfhuis was also booked into jail on charges of assault, disorderly conduct and interfering with a parent’s access to their child. She faces about a year and a half in jail. 

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