By Pat Culverhouse

After being denied the use of a family member’s debit card, a Minden man apparently flew into a rage and is now in the parish prison looking at charges related to domestic abuse.

Webster Parish deputies arrested 20-year-old Zander Keaton Couch after he allegedly threatened his mother and physically assaulted the woman’s teenaged daughter during the incident at a Scooter Roach Rd. residence shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday.

Sheriff Jason Parker said Couch is now charged with domestic abuse battery and two counts of aggravated assault. He currently is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center under a $52,000 bond.

During an interview with the victims, Deputy Daniel Dooly learned Couch had allegedly threatened his mother and her animals when she refused to allow him use of her debit card. Couch then allegedly struck the woman’s daughter, who reportedly lives at the residence, in the face.

According to the witness statements, Couch allegedly went outside the residence, picked up a butane bottle and threatened to “..blow this b….. up” while his mother was inside. He then reportedly re-entered the residence, picked up a knife from the kitchen and threatened to kill the teenager.

During the deputy’s interview at the time of his arrest, Couch reportedly admitted he grabbed the knife while in an argument with the teenager. He reportedly also admitted he picked up a butane bottle outside the residence and threatened “to blow the m……f….. up” while his mother was inside.

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.