A Clarkridge man charged with domestic violence appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Monday and announced he wanted to take his case to trial.
Fifty-six-year-old Charles Richard Cox was arrested after a report was made that he had assaulted his wife, breaking bones when he smashed her foot and ankle with his boot as she lay on the floor.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the attack happened March 2,2022 but Cox’s wife was too frightened to report it until about eight days later.
The investigative report alleges Cox returned to the couple’s residence along Somer View Drive in Clarkridge around midnight March 2.
He was upset and began arguing with his wife of 23 years. The dispute centered around Cox’s Social Security payments and what was happening to the money, according to the probable cause affidavit.
The victim said when she tried to get up from her chair, Cox is reported to have pushed on her chest knocking her back down. She was able to get up again, but fell to the floor. It was at that point that Cox is reported to have “stomped her ankle and foot with his boot.”
The victim sought medical attention and learned one bone in her foot was broken and another fractured.
She said she was initially afraid to return home, fearing what Cox might do. For a time, the victim stayed away from the couple’s residence.
The wife told investigators the recent event was not the first example of violence involving the couple. She said they had both been jailed for domestic abuse but that this time was “different” because of the intensity of the violence that left her with broken bones.
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