By Pat Culverhouse

Serious charges stemming from a domestic disturbance incident early Wednesday morning have been filed against a 21-year-old Minden man, according to Minden Chief of Police Jared McIver.

McIver said Larry Dyess Cook, a resident of the 100 block of Clerk St., is being held for domestic abuse aggravated assault with child endangerment and domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and strangulation. Both are felony offenses.

Officers reportedly were dispatched to a McIntyre St. address shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday in response  to a complaint regarding a domestic disturbance. In the call, the victim reportedly told dispatchers her boyfriend hit her and threatened her with a firearm.

Upon arrival, officers reportedly found the victim suffering from swelling, bruising and fresh lacerations to her face and neck. They also learned the suspect had left the McIntyre St. residence.

“We than made contact with the suspect at his Clerk Street address where the incident occurred,” McIver said. “The firearm that was described by the victim was found in the room that the suspect was coming from when officers first made contact with him.”

A search of state and NCIC (National Crime Information Center) records reportedly confirmed the firearm seized from the suspect was stolen.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.