A Van Meter man was arrested Thursday after a domestic dispute that police determined was physical.
William Carl Tuma, 74, of 209 S. Hazel St., Van Meter, was charged with first-offense domestic abuse assault-bodily injury or mental illness.
The incident began about 4:45 p.m. Thursday in the 200 block of S. Hazel Street, where officers of the Van Meter Police Department responded to a report of a domestic disturbance.
An “investigation determined the dispute was physical,” and the officers observed on the victim “signs of an altercation, with marks on her neck, arms and face,” according to court records.
Tuma was held in the Dallas County Jail on a $1,000 cash or surety bond in advance of an initial appearance in Dallas County District Court.
*A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
