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A Marion man was arrested and charged after allegedly striking his wife in the head with a pistol during an altercation, authorities said Monday.

Deputy Jordon Frisbee of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Calvin Christopher Franklin, 43, address listed as Shell Road in Marion, with assault on a female and assault inflicting serious injury. He was also served with warrants for assault by pointing a gun and communicating threats.

On the night of Saturday, March 16, Frisbee and Deputy David Jones responded to the report of a domestic dispute on Shell Road.

They arrived to find that the suspect and his wife, 34-year-old Laura Wiseman, has gotten into a dispute, at which time Franklin struck her in the head with a pistol. Wiseman was later treated for a head injury.

Franklin was taken into custody under no bond.