Arrest Alleges Domestic Assault

Laurens City Police arrested a man yesterday following an alleged domestic assault in t own. 34-year-old Rico Lewa Pulley was booked in the Laurens County Detention Center with an address on Magnolia Street, Joanna . A warrant charging him with Domestic Violence 2nd Degree give a Watts Street, Laurens address. It cites an investigation by Sgt. Sellers as indicating that Mr. Pulley strangulated the victim in the midst of a physical assault which occurred in the presence of a small child he and the victim share in common. It also states that the victim is the legal spouse of the subject and that the incident occurred at a Watts Street residence where they live together.

With a cash or surety bond set at $5,000 during arraignment yesterday, Rico Pulley remained in the Laurens County Detention Center this morning,