A Hamlet man was arrested Monday night after a domestic complaint.
An officer with the Hamlet Police Department arrived at 409 Pearl Street and found 54-year-old David Paulson on the front porch and he reportedly began yelling at the officers. Officers learned that Paulson had allegedly held a 15-year-old girl down on the couch and threw a beer can at her. The can hit the teenager in the face. Paulson was reportedly highly intoxicated at the time of the incident, according to police.
Paulson was arrested and booked into the Starke County Jail on preliminary charges of Criminal Confinement, Disorderly Conduct and Battery.
