Tiverton man arrested in Illinois returns to face domestic violence charges

A Tiverton man considered one of the state’s most wanted fugitives has been returned to Massachusetts to face charges following his arrest in Illinois.

Brian Jagieski, 53, is scheduled to appear in Fall River Superior Court Tuesday, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s office.

Jagielski was wanted in Massachusetts in connection with a domestic violence case and is under indictment in Bristol County for allegedly strangling his girlfriend on multiple occasions in New Bedford and for also taking her to the Freetown-Fall River State Forest against her will and threatening to bury her there. He also is accused of slapping her, and smashing a vase and holding a piece of its broken glass up to her throat while threatening to kill her. The incidents are all alleged to have occurred in January.

At the time of his arrest by New Bedford Police, Jagielski was on probation in Rhode Island for a previous domestic violence conviction for which he spent four years in prison.

While the Bristol County case was still in the District Court, Jagielski posted $27,500 cash bail and was transported to Rhode Island for the alleged violation of his probation. After a hearing in Rhode Island in July, he posted an additional $10,000 cash bail and was ordered to return to Massachusetts for his Superior Court arraignment on the new indictment charging him with assault and battery on a family or household member, assault with a dangerous weapon, strangulation and witness intimidation.

Jagielski was scheduled to be arraigned July 16 in Fall River Superior Court, but did not appear. An arrest warrant was issued the same day. Jagielski also has other pending charges out of Fall River District Court.​

Jagielski was arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Sept. 27 after arriving there on a flight from Mexico. He was being held in Illinois as a fugitive from justice and waived rendition.