35-year-old Flint man Jeffery Lynn Barnes allegedly smashed his former girlfriend’s car with a shovel with her inside. He then tossed her kittens into a snowbank before being subdued. Barnes is charged with home invasion, larceny from a person, interfering with electronic communications, among many other charges. Barnes was eventually apprehended after fleeing the scene and smashing several cell phones to avoid calls to the police. He was tasered and arrested near the railroad tracks by Cherry St. near Downtown Mt Pleasant. He is currently in the Isabella County Jail.
