Police records say a domestic fight moved from a car to a bedroom.
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A witness statement from the sister of an 18-year-old pregnant woman is central to a Warner Robins police report that led to felony charges against the woman and her boyfriend.
The report says Ja’Dyia Smith’s sister told officers Smith tried to run over Lucas Hayden five times during an April 11 domestic fight. Police then said Hayden pulled Smith from the car, took her keys, locked her out of her home and later kicked and choked her inside. Hayden and Smith were both arrested April 20, turning one household dispute into two criminal cases.
Officers were called to Smith’s home at about 12:15 p.m. for a domestic fight. The report says Hayden and Smith had exchanged words before Hayden took Smith’s phone. That detail gives the first known cause of the confrontation, but the public record does not say what was said in the argument or why Hayden allegedly took the phone. Police said Smith responded by getting into her car. Her sister then told investigators Smith tried to hit Hayden with the vehicle as Hayden tried to walk away. That witness account helped support the aggravated assault charge filed against Smith.
The same report then shifts from Smith’s alleged conduct to Hayden’s. After the vehicle incident, police said Hayden grabbed Smith from the car and took her keys. He went inside the house and locked the door behind him, leaving Smith outside. The report says Hayden eventually let Smith back into the home. Officers did not describe that as the end of the matter. Instead, they said the couple resumed fighting in the kitchen. Hayden then allegedly dragged Smith from the kitchen into a bedroom, where the most serious allegations against him unfolded.
Inside the bedroom, police said Hayden kicked Smith in the stomach while she was five months pregnant. The report says Hayden declared, “I need to kill the baby,” during the attack. Investigators also said he wrapped Smith’s leggings around her neck and then used his arm to choke her. The records made public so far do not say whether Smith was taken to a hospital, whether doctors checked the pregnancy or whether officers photographed injuries. Those missing details leave the medical evidence unclear, even as the police report describes a direct attack on Smith’s abdomen and breathing.
The sister’s role in the report is important because she is the named witness for the vehicle allegation. Public reports do not say whether she also witnessed Hayden pull Smith from the car, lock her out or attack her inside the bedroom. They also do not say whether other neighbors, family members or first responders saw any part of the fight. If the case moves forward, prosecutors may rely on the sister’s statement for Smith’s charge while using other evidence for the allegations against Hayden. Defense attorneys may ask exactly where the witness stood, what she could see and how much time passed between each stage.
Jail and booking records add the next layer of the public record. Hayden was listed with charges of aggravated assault, kidnapping of an adult and second-degree criminal damage to property. Smith was listed with aggravated assault. The booking date for both was April 20. Hayden remained in the Houston County Detention Center without bond after the arrest, while Smith had been released. Those records confirm the charges but do not explain the full evidence behind them. They also do not include a final court outcome, because the case remains at the allegation stage.
The kidnapping charge against Hayden may draw attention to the movement and control described in the police report. Police said Hayden pulled Smith from a vehicle, took her keys, locked her outside her home and dragged her from one room to another. The public reports do not say which specific act formed the basis for the kidnapping count. That distinction matters because a judge or jury may be asked to decide whether the movement or restraint met the legal standard for kidnapping. The police narrative gives several possible facts prosecutors could point to, but the charging documents available publicly do not narrow it further.
The criminal damage count is less developed in the public reports. Hayden is accused of second-degree criminal damage to property, but the early accounts do not identify the damaged property. It could relate to the home, the vehicle, a phone or another object, but officials have not publicly specified it in the reports reviewed. That unknown is separate from the assault allegations and may require photographs, repair estimates or owner statements if prosecutors pursue it. Without those details, the property count remains one of the least explained parts of Hayden’s case.
The records also show a delay between the police response and the arrests. Officers went to the home April 11, but Hayden and Smith were booked April 20. The reports do not say whether officers sought warrants, interviewed additional witnesses or waited for records before the arrests. The delay may become part of the procedural timeline rather than a dispute over the core facts. Still, it raises questions about when probable cause was established, whether either person was contacted before booking and what investigators learned during the nine days after the original call.
Police reports are not court findings. They are summaries of what officers were told, what officers observed and what investigators believed supported charges. In this case, the public report contains strong allegations against both defendants, but it does not include body camera footage, 911 audio, medical records, full witness statements or sworn testimony. Hayden and Smith are presumed innocent unless convicted. Any final account would have to survive court review, where statements can be challenged and evidence can be tested.
The case now depends on what prosecutors do with the record police assembled. Hayden’s alleged statement about killing the baby, the choking claim and Smith’s pregnancy may shape how the state describes the risk and intent. Smith’s alleged use of a vehicle may shape whether her defense argues fear, impulse, self-defense or a dispute over the witness account. The public facts show both were arrested from the same incident, but the courtroom version may separate each act, each witness and each piece of evidence.
As of the latest public reports, Hayden remained jailed without bond and Smith had been released. The next milestone will be the filing or scheduling that shows how Houston County prosecutors plan to move the charges forward. Until then, the case rests on a police report, a sister’s account and booking records from a violent April afternoon.
Author note: Last updated May 23, 2026.