He says he was visiting his girlfriend in WV, and overstayed his VISA by 3 days because he couldn't travel due to medical issues, but it is apparent that in that 3 days he did in fact travel at least several hundred miles and got charged with a serious felony for alleged domestic violence. So there is more to this story apparently.

"Thomas and his girlfriend, Malone, were visiting her family in Savannah, Georgia, when Thomas suffered a mental health episode, he and Malone recalled. The two had a conflict in their hotel room and someone overheard it
and called the police, they said.

Malone, who requested to use her middle name to protect her boyfriend's identity, said she was hoping officers would get him treatment and did not want to see him face criminal charges. But police took him to jail, accusing him of "falsely imprisoning" his girlfriend in the hotel room, a charge Malone said she did not support."

A charge she "did not support"? Officers are required to make an arrest where evidence of domestic violence exists, regardless of whether the victim wants to press charges. It would be interesting to see the police report, and I wonder why the reporter didn't do that.