A candidate for Donley County Justice of the Peace was arrested Tuesday morning following an alleged assault over the weekend.
Sheriff Butch Blackburn said Ashley Savage of Clarendon, age 37, was arrested and charged with Assault with Bodily Injury, which is a Class A Misdemeanor.
Blackburn said his office received a complaint Saturday about an incident that reportedly occurred earlier that morning after midnight. The assault reportedly took place in the 100 block of E. Sixth Street during a gathering of friends, the sheriff said.
The sheriff said his office talked to witnesses and is not investigating the matter further.
Savage turned herself in to the sheriff’s office Tuesday morning after a warrant was issued for her arrest on Monday. She was arraigned by Precinct 3&4 Justice of the Peace Pat White and later released on a bond of $2,000.
Savage announced her candidacy for the office of Justice of the Peace for Precincts 1&2 in November and will appear on the Republican Primary ballot on March 1.
Savage told the Enterprise Tuesday afternoon that she has not been convicted of anything and said that she had withdrawn from the JP race but “not in time.”
Donley County Republican Party Chair Bill Word said the deadline for withdrawing as a candidate was December 14, 2021.
If convicted, Savage could face a maximum $4,000 fine and up to one year in county jail, the sheriff’s office said.
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