The arrest affidavit says his pregnant wife had throat pain, numb legs and visible injuries.
WACO, Texas — A Waco man faces a felony family violence charge after police said his pregnant wife reported he strangled her until she went limp inside their Misty Drive home.
The charge against Jacob Daniel Vega, 40, stems from an April 13 response by Waco police to a 911 call made shortly before noon. Police said Vega was arrested and booked into the McLennan County Jail on aggravated assault family violence. The public record places the case at an early procedural stage, with the arrest affidavit laying out the statements and injuries police used to support the charge. No conviction has been reported.
The case moved first through emergency response, then booking and public jail records. Officers were dispatched around 11:50 a.m. after a woman told 911, “I can’t take this anymore,” and said she had “got into it with someone.” When police arrived, Vega walked toward a patrol car and told officers he and his wife had just been involved in an altercation. Police said they detained him after he described sitting on top of her and strangling her. He was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car while officers checked on the woman inside the home.
The affidavit says Vega told officers the dispute started because he was in the bedroom with the door locked and his wife was repeatedly beating on it. He said he became angry, opened the door and moved a shoe rack from their bedroom into the children’s bedroom. The argument escalated after his wife screamed, and Vega said he “lost it,” according to police. He told officers both spouses had been putting hands on each other before he got on top of her. The account in the affidavit does not include a detailed statement from Vega beyond what police wrote he told them at the scene.
The woman’s account became the core of the injury report. Police found her sitting on the floor, with the couple’s child crawling nearby. She told officers her legs were numb and her throat hurt. Officers said they observed broken blood vessels in both eyes and redness on her neck. The woman told police Vega had used both hands to strangle her while sitting on top of her. She estimated the assault lasted two to three minutes. She said it ended when she went limp in his hands. Police said she was seven weeks pregnant, and an ambulance took her to Hillcrest Hospital for evaluation.
The public filings also put the child and pregnancy at the center of the case without answering every question about either. The woman told officers the couple’s child was in the bedroom during the alleged assault. The affidavit does not say the child was physically harmed or interviewed. It does not name the child or the woman. It also does not include a final medical update from Hillcrest Hospital or say whether the pregnancy was affected. Those details remain outside the public summaries. The records do say the couple had been married six years and had lived together two years.
After the arrest, Vega was booked into the McLennan County Jail. Local reporting said the charge is aggravated assault family violence, a second-degree felony. Later online records did not list Vega as an active inmate. The reports available publicly did not state whether he had posted bond, whether bond conditions were set, whether he had entered a plea or whether an attorney had filed an appearance for him. In a felony case, the next public steps usually appear through court docket entries, charging decisions, scheduled hearings and motions filed by prosecutors or defense counsel.
The evidence described so far is narrow but direct. It includes the 911 call, Vega’s initial statements to responding officers, the woman’s statement from inside the home, the officers’ observations of her eyes and neck, and the ambulance transport. The affidavit does not describe photographs, medical reports, body camera footage or recorded interviews beyond the brief statements reported. It also does not describe any search of the home. Prosecutors may rely on some or all of those materials if the case advances, while the defense may challenge the statements, the sequence of events or the meaning of the injuries.
Waco police described the incident as family violence because the accused and the woman were married. The allegation also involves strangulation, pregnancy and a child present in the room, facts that shape how the case is likely to be reviewed in court. The public record does not say whether any protective order was issued after the arrest. It does not say whether Vega and the woman remained in contact after the hospital visit. It also does not say whether state child protection officials took any action. Those matters may be handled through separate records not included in the arrest report.
As of May 7, the case stood on the April 13 arrest and the police affidavit. Vega remains accused of aggravated assault family violence, and the next clear milestone is a court filing or hearing in McLennan County.
Author note: Last updated May 7, 2026.