Altercation over girlfriend ends with 2 charged; one hospitalized
An altercation between two men in Mountain Pine Sunday night resulted in felony battery charges being filed against both and one hospitalized with a fractured skull.
Travis Richard Davenport, 38, of 203 McCurtain St. in Mountain Pine, was taken into custody at his residence shortly before 8:30 p.m. and charged with second-degree domestic battery, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Davenport, who also had a misdemeanor warrant for failure to pay fines, was held overnight on zero bond and was set to appear Monday in Garland County District Court.
According to the probable cause affidavit, shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday, Garland County sheriff’s Deputy Devyn Helms responded to the McCurtain
Street residence regarding a domestic disturbance and upon arrival found Dyllan Moore,
19, in the street out front with blood coming from his head.
Moore stated he and his uncle, identified as Davenport, got into an argument over Moore’s girlfriend involving a pair of boxers. Moore states Davenport attempted to hit his girlfriend, so he stepped in between them and punched Davenport in the face multiple times.
A male witness, 43, stated Moore hit Daven
port with a glass jar of olives. The witness separated the two men and Davenport left the residence and went to a nearby shed. Davenport allegedly retrieved a wooden stick, went back in the house and began hitting Moore in the head with the stick until the witness was able to separate them again.
Helms spoke to Davenport, who was sitting in a chair in the yard, and he said he wanted charges against Moore. He said Moore “attacked him,” but admitted to calling Moore’s girlfriend a (expletive). Davenport showed Helms the stick he had used to hit Moore and at that point Davenport was taken into custody.
Photos of the injuries to Davenport’s mouth, nose and left foot were taken along with photos of the injuries to Moore’s head. The witness stated the fight began in the kitchen and moved to the living room and that Davenport hit Moore in the head with the stick in the bedroom.
Davenport refused to complete a victim statement form. Moore was transported by LifeNet to CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs where it was determined he had a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain so he was admitted. The affidavit notes Moore was later also charged with second-degree domestic battery.
Davenport was taken to the Garland County Detention Center where he was checked by a nurse who determined his nose was broken so he was also transported to CHI for treatment and later returned to jail.