A domestic dispute incident in Marion County in late October turned violent resulting in the female requiring medical attention and the male attempting suicide by ingesting several pills and drinking bleach and other cleaning items.
In the arrest affidavit made available Tuesday, 19-year-old Devon Michael White, whose last known address is in Camp in Fulton County, has been charged with felony counts of aggravated assault and first degree terroristic threatening. White is being held on a $25,000 bond in the Marion County Detention Center following his arrest early Tuesday morning.
His charges stem from an incident that came to the attention of authorities when a Flippin Fire Department First Responder was called to an apartment on Eighth Street in response to a female having seizures.
When the first responder arrived, she found the female, Jennifer White, lying on the ground with her husband, Devon White, holding her. The first responder noticed a small amount of blood on the wife’s lip and a few small cuts on her face. After being transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center, the first responder was advised the female had been in a domestic dispute with her husband and was concerned about the safety of their child being watched by a neighbor.
The Flippin Police Department then received a report of a suicidal male at the Eighth Street apartment who had swallowed several pills. The responding officer found White sitting outside the apartment, crying saying he wanted to end it all because his wife was leaving him. He told an officer he had ingested several pills and consumed bleach and other cleaning items. White was also transported by ambulance to BRMC.
The following day, Jennifer White told authorities the dispute began when she was at the Flippin apartment gathering items for her planned move. Her husband arrived and they began arguing, leading to a physical altercation. She alleges her husband grabbed her, placed both his hands over her mouth and nose, preventing her from being able to breathe. She struggled, leading her husband to place her in a choke hold. While holding her, Devon White grabbed a knife and threatened to kill his wife and their child.
When Devon White began choking his wife a second time, she began having a seizure. While the affidavit does not state how a neighbor was alerted to the incident, she did call for an ambulance.
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