A former Union City police

officer accused of brutally assaulting his ex-girlfriend at her Fayette

home was granted $150,000 bond in court Friday morning.

Samuel Howard Goodall of Union

City is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, kidnapping with

bodily injury and aggravated sexual battery. He has been in jail since

he was originally arrested.

Det. Tracey Carroll of the

Fayette County Sheriff's Department testified at Friday's bond hearing

that after the July 31 assault, Goodall admitted to his then-girlfriend

that he roughed up the victim. She said the victim also had what appeared

to be strangulation marks around her neck.

"She had very serious

lacerations to her head," Carroll said.

Goodall testified at his bond

hearing that the victim attacked him during the incident. He also denied

that he pointed his police-issue revolver at the victim.

"She jumped on me,"

Goodall said in a hushed tone.

Goodall told Superior Court

Judge Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr. that he would stay away from the victim

and he would return to court to face the charges.

Chief Assistant District Attorney

Dan Hiatt asked Caldwell to deny bond on the case, noting that at the

time of his arrest Goodall was a police officer with Union City.

After his arrest, Goodall was

fired from the department, officials said.

At a court hearing earlier

this year, Maj. Bruce Jordan of the Sheriff's Department testified that

one of the marks on the victim's face matched up to a ring Goodall wore

at the time of the incident. He also said Goodall previously accused the

victim of having relationships with other men.

The couple, who once lived

together, had broken off the relationship for several months prior to

the assault, Carroll said.