CRESTVIEW — A 45-year-old Crestview man is accused of threatening a woman with a broom while intoxicated.
The woman said that Shannon Dean Couch was intoxicated and causing a disturbance on Nov. 15, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies' arrest report.
She said he’d slapped her on the arm and “got in her face threatening her,” the report said. She said she left, but Couch followed her and “armed himself with a broom.”
He began to walk aggressively toward her and she said she feared he would hit her with the broom, according to the report. When officers spoke to Couch, he “used profanity” and refused to follow deputies’ orders before being arrested.
He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, battery as a second or subsequent offense and resisting or obstructing an officer without violence.
His next scheduled court date is Dec. 16.
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