By Ray King
A $10,000 cash only bond was set Tuesday for a White Hall man accused of threatening his father with a knife.
Pine Bluff District Judge John Kearney set the bond after ruling prosecutors have probable cause to charge Jason Benoit, 22, with aggravated assault on a family or household member.
Deputy Prosecutor Joe West asked for the cash only bond because Benoit was placed on felony probation in November.
Reading from an affidavit by Detective Mike Merritt, West said on Saturday, police were sent to a house on Jefferson Parkway in response to a reported domestic disturbance.
Merritt reported that the father told police he saw Jason with a kitchen knife, and he was afraid his son was going to stab him. He said he managed to make it out of the house before the police arrived.
Benoit was ordered to have no contact with the victim until the case is settled and told to come back to court Jan. 30.
