Warrant issued for former principal

West Fork District Court issued an arrest warrant last week for a former Farmington High School principal charged with choking a woman and killing his dog, said Kelly Cantrell, spokeswoman for the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

Cantrell said the county warrant was issued Jan. 15 for Christopher Webb on suspicion of misdemeanor contempt of court stemming from a violation of a protection order.

“The warrant came through Farmington, but they recused themselves because they’re too close to the case and wanted someone else to take care of it,” she said. “They sent it through West Fork. The judge there signed it and told our warrants clerk that since they recused themselves and it wasn’t a West Fork warrant, they had to make it a county warrant.”

Webb faces charges of aggravated cruelty to animals, aggravated assault, third-degree domestic battery, resisting arrest and endangering the welfare of a minor. The trial is set for Feb. 25 to allow time for a mental examination to be completed. On July 19, police said they found a naked Webb choking his girlfriend in a bloody bathroom. Police also found a dead dog in the bathtub.

Webb’s ex-wife, Dina Andrejcik requested an order of protection in July of last year.

Andrejcik and Webb, who have two children, divorced in 2004 following a nine-year marriage, according to the protection order.

According to court documents, the order of protection was set to expire at midnight on Nov. 4.

Webb reportedly sent four text messages to Andrejcik at 3:44 p.m. on Nov. 4.

Andrejcik said she contacted police and requested a new temporary order of protection.

“I’m afraid of the safety of my children and myself,” she stated in the affidavit.

Webb’s trial was reset in December for Feb. 25 to allow time for a mental examination to be completed.

He hadn’t been arrested as of Wednesday afternoon, Cantrell said.

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