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By Staff Reports Updated 8:30 AM Thursday, March 4, 2010

SPRINGFIELD — A Springfield man was indicted on several charges Monday, March 1, after he allegedly carved his name onto his girlfriend’s chest.

Michael Welliver, 31, of 520 Homestead Ave., was indicted on charges of abduction, felonious assault and kidnapping in connection with the alleged assault that occurred at his residence on Feb. 19.

Watch Michael Welliver talk about the incident from jail.

According to Springfield Police Division records, Welliver told his 31-year-old then-girlfriend that he did not like the tattoo that she had on her buttocks. He then grabbed a meat cleaver from under the bed and threatened to cut the tattoo off if she didn’t let him carve his name on her chest.

The woman told police that he then sat on her, used a blue pocket knife with a razor blade on the end and carved “I Luv Mike Welliver” on the upper part of her breast. She told police she did not fight him because of the knife and meat cleaver and because of his size.

After he finished he took several pictures of her with his cell phone. When she did not smile he became angry and began slapping her, the police report said. She then said she heard someone in the house and was able to leave the room. She called a friend to pick her up.

She called police on Feb. 22. Officers arrested Welliver at the Clark County Jail where he was being arraigned on another charge. There he told officers to see the photos he had taken with his cell phone. The officers found the photos on the phone and submitted the phone as evidence.

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