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Aggravated Assault — Ms. Sindy Howard notified police on Monday evening, November 12, that she was visiting her ex-husband at his residence on Haynes Street when Ms. Christina Donald came through the door and Howard informed her Mr. Howard wasn’t feeling well and she couldn’t stay. An argument occurred between the two which turned physical. Howard told police that Donald grabbed a kitchen knife off the counter and cut her left arm and then washed off the knife at the sink.
According to the police report filed by Officer Trey Boucher, Donald came to the police department later and gave her side of the story during which she told the officer she thought Howard had a gun and feared for her life which was why she grabbed the knife. Mr. Thomas Howard was interviewed and told police he witnessed part of the incident and that Ms. Donald caused the problem. Ms. Donald was charged with aggravated assault with a $1,500 bond and transported to Carroll County Jail.
DUI — McKenzie Police were called about an individual sitting in a gray car at the Exxon gas station on Hwy 79, Sunday, November 11. The clerk told police the individual had been there several hours and was concerned about him being there.
According to the report filed by Officer Kyle Beauchamp, he and two other officers responded finding a man, later identified as Stedman Pettigrew, passed out (asleep) sitting in the driver’s seat with his seat belt on and the engine running. It took several attempts to get Pettigrew awake and then had him perform several sobriety tests which he did poorly on. A search of his vehicle turned up a plastic baggie with white residue that field tested positive for cocaine along with an open bottle of liquor.
Pettigrew was arrested and charged with DUI-First Offense and transported to Carroll County Jail.