A Sallisaw man was charged last week with a felony assault count resulting from an alleged domestic dispute.

Lawrence Ray Knapton, 34, of Sallisaw was charged May 22 with one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

On May 11 at 9:55 p.m. a sheriff's deputy met with a Sallisaw officer, who told the deputy that the police department had been called to a local business about a fight that had occurred at a home on Wild Horse Mountain.

The victim told police that Knapton came home and began drinking. When the victim tried to the leave the house, Knapton allegedly grabbed her by the hair and punched her in the face while she was holding their 6-month-old baby.

Knapton alleged stabbed the victim in the arm with truck keys and slammed her arm and leg in the truck door after dragging her down the driveway by her legs. She had a stab wound on her left arm and a red puffy eye.

Knapton was initially arrested for public intoxication and booked into the city jail.