An aide to Democratic Rep. Sander Levin (Mich.) was arrested by Baltimore police early last Thursday for allegedly beating his boyfriend with a shovel.
Tim Foster, who is reportedly married to a woman and serves as online communications director in Levin’s Washington, D.C., office, is accused of beating his boyfriend with a small shovel, according to the police report. His lover was hospitalized with wounds and bruises on his back, neck, and torso.
Roll Call reported:
The dispute started around 12:30 a.m. inside a Northwest Baltimore home, when Foster, 32, got into a verbal argument with the 39-year-old black male identified as his boyfriend. Foster put his boyfriend in a choke hold and stated, "I want to kill you. Die dirty faggy," the man later told police. Foster released him, then allegedly grabbed a stainless kitchen knife. As the boyfriend fled toward the stairs, Foster chased him and warned, "When you reach the fifth step, I am going to stab you." Foster lunged at his boyfriend with the knife. But Foster’s wife "got in the way" and the knife then fell to the floor, the report states.
According to Foster’s lover, he tried to leave the house and was then beaten by Foster with the shovel. The boyfriend eventually escaped and ran to his car. Foster has been slapped with second degree assault and dangerous weapons charges.
The aide, who has worked for Levin for seven years, has since been placed on unpaid leave.
"We have no comment on a private legal matter at this time," Hilarie Chambers, Levin’s chief of staff, said Tuesday.