Inmate gets maximum for beating wife in jail
Posted: December 9, 2009 at 12:18 p.m.
ARKADELPHIA — A Clark County jail inmate charged with beating up his wife during a Mother’s Day visit with their 4-year-old child was sentenced by a jury to the maximum of 11 years in prison.
Charles Lanell Williams, 41, of Arkadelphia was convicted Monday of aggravated assault on a family member. His sentence will be tacked onto 25 years he is already serving for a drug conviction.
Authorities say that Williams’ wife brought their child to the jail for a visit on May 10. At the end of the visit, Williams ran past a guard and beat up his wife as their young child looked on.
The jury gave him six years for the assault and another five years for committing the crime in the presence of a child.
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