Floyd County Police say that a forty-year-old man remains in jail after he was charged with kidnapping following a violent domestic dispute on Wednesday of this week.  Ronnie Antonio Martin is accused of assaulting the mother of his eleven-year-old son and then leaving with the boy.  The incident happened in the Black’s Bluff Road area.  Police say that Martin choked the woman and threw her on the ground, causing her to lose consciousness.  Martin then “punched the family dog”, according to police before waking his son and forcing the child to go with him.  Martin was apprehended and charged with Aggravated Assault, Kidnapping, Cruelty to Children 1^st Degree (2 counts), Cruelty to Children 3rd Degree (2 counts), Theft by Taking, Battery and Cruelty to Animals.