CRESTVIEW - A Holt man faces a battery charge after he allegedly elbowed his ex-girlfriend in the face.
On Jan. 7 the man was moving out of the girl's mother's residence after they ended their six-month relationship.
The girl told an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy her ex was moving items that did not belong to him, so she offered to help so the property wouldn't be damaged.
At that point he intentionally swung his elbow back and struck her in the face, she said.
The woman's mother and grandmother corroborated the story.
The man's court date is Jan. 29.