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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Jim Leavitt, the former head football coach for the USF Bulls, found himself in hot water again after he was arrested on Monday night in Pinellas County .

What we know:

According to an arrest affidavit, Leavitt struck his former live-in girlfriend around 7 p.m. at the Ibis Walk Apartments in St. Petersburg .

Records state he grabbed the woman as she tried to walk away and a witness at the scene confirmed the victim’s account of what happened.

Leavitt is also accused of taking a Louis Vuitton purse, clutch and wallet, worth between $5,000-$10,000.

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In that incident, Leavitt was charged with domestic battery and grand theft.

Another arrest affidavit from Monday night states that

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