A Newton County man was arrested for reportedly beating, punching, slapping and attempting to burn his girlfriend, who is seven months pregnant with his child, according to a Newton County Sheriff's Office report. Shortly before 2 p.m. on April 15, deputies responded to a domestic violence call at the Salem Glen apartment complex off of Salem Road. Darius Demetrius Forte, 23, of Covington, allegedly came into the bathroom of the apartment he shared with his 19-year-old girlfriend, who was curling her hair with a curling iron.