By Ray King
A $25,000 bond was set Friday for a Pine Bluff man who allegedly pointed a knife at his wife and her son during an altercation Wednesday.
Pine Bluff District Judge John Kearney set the bond after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge John Chavis, 34, with two counts of aggravated assault on a family or household member.
Reading from an affidavit from Detective Jason Boykin, Deputy Prosecutor Caleb Conrad said police were sent to 22 S. Richard Drive in response to a reported armed disturbance where they met with Chavis’s wife who said her husband was upset because he had moved the truck to another location. She said the two were in the process of separating and he pulled out a knife and held it to her head and to the head of her son.
Boykin rook a recorded statement from her, and Conrad read what she said.
Chavis was taken to the detective’s office where he agreed to give a statement.
Chavis was ordered to have no contact with his wife or her son and told to come back to court on May 25.
