By Pat Culverhouse

An attempt to serve warrants on a local man ended with his arrest on several serious felony charges, including a pair of domestic abuse counts.

Minden Chief of Police Jared McIver said MPD officers and Webster Parish deputies arrested 48-year-old Michael Wayne Stevenson in the early morning hours Wednesday at his residence in the 1500 block of Shreveport Rd.

He reportedly is charged with domestic abuse battery w/strangulation, domestic abuse aggravated assault with child endangerment, second degree battery, intimidating a witness and as a fugitive from the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office.

McIver said officers and deputies repeatedly ordered Stevenson to exit his residence before he finally emerged with the alleged victim in front of him. After he was placed in custody, officers reportedly were told by the victim that Stevenson had threatened her with bodily harm if she did not call police and drop all the charges.

Stevenson reportedly is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center under bonds totaling $291,000.

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.