BENTON COUNTY, Mo - A Warsaw man was arrested yesterday in a Benton County domestic assault case.

According to a probable cause statement, a deputy with the Benton County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported domestic assault on Sunday afternoon. The victim was found to have bruises and blood around their left eye and nose.

She claimed her boyfriend, 34-year-old Ryan Patrick Culley had punched her and then pulled a knife on her. A witness heard the commotion and arrived to see Culley holding the victim against a recliner with a knife in his hand. The witness called 911 and Culley fled the scene.

He was arrested yesterday morning on one count each of second-degree domestic assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Culley is being held in the Benton County Detention Center on a $75,000

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