By Ray King
A $50,000 bond was set Friday for a Pine Bluff man who allegedly beat another man during an altercation Wednesday.
Jefferson County District Judge Kim Bridgforth set the bond after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge Donovan Samples, 44, with second-degree battery.
Reading from an affidavit from Detective Tamina Smith, Deputy Prosecutor Maxie Kizer said police were sent to McCurdy’s Liquor on Dollarway Road in response to a reported disturbance.
Kizer said Samples is a habitual offender with a history of violence including a prior conviction for second-degree battery.
He was ordered to have no contact with the victim and said he would hire his own attorney.
