Officers responded to an assault in the 300 block of Clement Road at 3:36 p.m. Saturday. Witnesses and complainants reported that 17-year-old Jayden Travis Herrick assaulted several people, including a small child, while assaulting his ex-girlfriendâs new boyfriend. When the officer attempted to detain Herrick, he ran, police said.
Herrick was apprehended after a short foot chase. He was charged with injury to a child along with two other assaults and evading arrest. He was later placed in the Lamar County Jail.
Teen charged with aggravated assault
Paris police responded to an assault in the 300 block of Stone Ave at 9:10 a.m. Friday. The complainant reported she and her boyfriend were arguing and he hit her in the head with a pistol. JaVantae Marquestha Black, 17, of Paris, was located in the vicinity and placed under arrest.