Paris Man Arrested For Aggravated Assault

Paris Police responded to the 900-block of Clarksville St after a 46-year-old woman reported that three men approached her and her son, and one of them asked her for money. The victim said she didn’t have any, and the man should get a job. One suspect then brandished a pistol and threatened her and her son. The three suspects then fled the scene on foot. Eighteen-year-old Ashton Dane Newman of Paris was located a few blocks away and arrested on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant from Red River County. One of the other two suspects was found and in possession of a pistol. Police then charged Newman with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A third person was arrested on two Lamar County misdemeanor warrants and failing to identify by giving a false name.