ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2008, 8:58 P.M., OFFICERS FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED TO A RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 198 JACKSON 335, WHICH IS IN THE POSSUM GRAPE COMMUNITY OF JACKSON COUNTY, TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE IN PROGRESS. UPON OFFICERS ARRIVING AT THE SCENE, THEY LOCATED RICKEY LAWSON LYING JUST INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE. THE OFFICERS OBSERVED THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD WAS SWELLING AND THAT HE HAD BLOOD COMING OUT OF HIS RIGHT EAR. THE OFFICERS ALSO OBSERVED THAT SHELIA DAVIS HAD VISIBLE INJURIES AS DID REBECCA EDWARDS.
MS. EDWARDS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS BEING BRUCE EDWARDS, HER HUSBAND, AND THAT HE CAME TO THE RESIDENCE AND STARTED STRIKING THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INJURED, INCLUDING HERSELF. MS. EDWARDS ALSO ADVISED THAT HER HUSBAND LEFT THE RESIDENCE AND WOULD PROBABLY BE IN ROUTE TO SEARCY.
AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 A.M., THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED BY THE SEARCY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE SEARCY POLICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED THAT THEY HAD BRUCE EDWARDS IN CUSTODY. MR. EDWARDS WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND TRANSPORTED TO THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON CHARGES OF DOMESTIC BATTERY IN THE THIRD DEGREE, BATTERY IN THE SECOND DEGREE AND BATTERY IN THE THIRD DEGREE. HE APPEARED BEFORE NEWPORT DISTRICT JUDGE BARBARA GRIFFIN ON 12/15/08 AND BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00