By TONY GUERRERO
Hays Post
A Hays man allegedly threatened his girlfriend with a knife during a domestic dispute while a child was present in the home.
Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler said 38-year-old James Edward Foster of Hays was arrested for alleged aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal possession of a weapon by a felon, endangering a child and domestic battery.
Scheibler said the incident occured at 11:56 p.m. on July 24 in the 1900 block of MacArthur St., where officers responded to a report that Foster had allegedly pulled a knife on his girlfriend during an argument and made threatening gestures.
Scheibler said the woman and the child were not injured. Officers allegedly found additional weapons at the scene: a short-barreled AR-15 rifle and a handgun.
Foster was booked into the Ellis County Jail on July 25.