MARIANNA - A Marianna man was armed with a Samurai sword, according to authorities, when he was arrested Tuesday after allegedly attacking his mother and his girlfriend.
Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home in the 5000 block of Hundred Acre Drive, where they found the man’s mother and his girlfriend had been injured in a domestic incident that turned physical. The man’s mother told deputies that her son pushed her down, and his girlfriend told deputies that he choked her and threw her to the floor, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
The man had fled the home, where he lives with his mother, before deputies arrived. Assisted by K-9 tracking teams, deputies soon located the man in woods near the home. He was armed with what appeared to be a samurai sword, JCSO reported, but did not resist arrest.
Joshua Randal Patrick, 39, was charged with two counts of battery under domestic violence guidelines. He is being held in Jackson County Jail.