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DC missing mom's ex arrested for probation violation tied to 2021 assault on her

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As the desperate search for a missing D.C. mother continues, authorities say they arrested her ex in Pennsylvania after a probation violation. He was on probation after assaulting her in 2021, court documents say. Antoinette Forbes, 53, was last seen on Sept. 4 near her home in Northwest D.C. Loved ones describe her as a devoted mom who would never choose to leave her young son. Russell Ashford – Forbes’ ex-partner and her son’s father – was arrested during a traffic stop in Pennsylvania on Saturday for violating the terms of his probation in Maryland, Pennsylvania State Police said. D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department has not named Ashford a suspect in Forbes’ disappearance or charged him in connection to her disappearance. Court records in Montgomery County say Ashford was on probation after he pleaded guilty to assaulting Forbes in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in 2021. A neighbor testified that he heard the couple arguing all night and became so concerned that he took the couple’s son i