Sulphur Springs Police responded to an address on Arbala Road Wednesday evening around 9:30 p.m. regarding a family disturbance. The victim, a family member, told officers that Joshua Ladearl Leisey, 32, had threatened to kill her and displayed a handgun during the assault.
Leisey was found walking on the roadway south of the location and detained him. Leisey is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Aggravated Assault Family Violence with a Deadly Weapon, a Felony 2.