Overview
- Police responded Nov. 5 to an E. Union Place residence in Aurora after a reported domestic-violence incident involving Sgt. Matthew Schlauger, 34.
- Schlauger faces misdemeanor counts of third-degree assault with injury, domestic violence, and second-degree criminal tampering.
- The affidavit records conflicting accounts, with Schlauger denying he took his girlfriend’s phone and the girlfriend describing a struggle over the device.
- Investigators documented broken nail fragments near a staircase along with blood spatter and stained bedding that they say corroborate the victim’s statements.
- He was booked into the Arapahoe County Detention Facility, released on a personal recognizance bond, placed on restricted duty by APD, and is due in court Dec. 1 under a protection order.