By Pat Culverhouse

A 21-year-old Minden man is facing two serious felony charges following his arrest Tuesday in connection with a domestic incident at a Roy St. residence.

Minden Chief of Police Jared McIver said Ladarius DeWayne Smith is currently charged with domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and aggravated assault with a firearm. He is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center. No bond has been set.

Smith is accused of becoming physical with his girlfriend inside a residence in the 200 block of Roy St. shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday. Officers dispatched to the scene reportedly learned from a witness that Smith had also pointed a firearm during the altercation.

During the incident, the girlfriend’s juvenile child reportedly was inside the residence.

Smith reportedly had left the scene before officers arrived, but he was arrested just before noon when his vehicle was stopped at the intersection of Ellis Dr. and Howard St.

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.