Cherokee police were called to an altercation involving a father and son Thursday, June 13. The son, Larry Bryce Harris Jr., 44, of Cherokee, was charged with a felony and three misdemeanors. He is accused of throwing a large chunk of concrete at his father and verbally threatening his sister.
Harris has been charged with domestic assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (the concrete chunk), a felony. This crime is punishable by up to one year in the county jail or by up to 10 ears in prison.
Harris is also facing three misdemeanor charges: public intoxication, threaten to perform act of violence (threatening his sister), and resisting an officer.
According to court documents, Cherokee Police Officer Mike Andrews responded to the domestic call at 9:52 a.m. at the residence of Larry Harris Sr. He found Harris Sr. standing on the porch arguing with his son Bryce who was standing in the driveway. Harris Sr. said he had ordered Harris Jr. off the property after an argument.
Andrews reports Harris Jr. started yelling at his father. Andrews told him to calm down, leave the property and not come back. Harris Jr. moved to a neighbor’s yard, but Andrews told him to leave the area. When Deputy Madden from the Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Department arrived, Harris Jr. turned and started walking away.
Andrews and Madden talked to Harris Sr. and his daughter, Rhonda Bennett. Harris Sr. said his son was at a job site on South Kansas. When Harris Sr. arrived at the site, he saw Harris Jr. throwing concrete chunks into a dumpster. He told him to put the concrete in the back of his truck like they have done before. They began to argue, and Harris Sr. went to get in his pickup. He said Harris Jr. threw a softball size hunk of concrete at him and hit his pickup with the concrete landing in the bed. He told Andrews he felt the concrete was thrown at him to hurt him.
Bennett said Harris Jr. came to the house on Grand and was arguing further with her father. He called her a name and said if she called the cops he would beat the **** out of her.
The officers left to search for Harris Jr. They located him walking north on Oklahoma. Andrews told Harris Jr. he was under arrest and handcuffed him. When he tried to put him in the patrol car, Harris Jr. said he had gout in his leg and could not get in. After several minutes, Harris Jr. was placed in the front passenger seat of the vehicle.
In the patrol car, Andrews reports Harris Jr. was talking and yelling, and he could smell the odor of drinking intoxicants coming from him. He also noticed Harris Jr.’s speech was slurred and his eyes were bloodshot.
At the courthouse, Harris Jr. said he was not getting out and requested a wheelchair. He was told there was no wheelchair available, and Harris Jr. hopped out of the car as if nothing was wrong. He started yelling he would not go in the courthouse, and Andrews would have to drag him in. Andrews and Madden tried to reason with him, but Harris Jr. made his legs stiff and leaned back against the patrol car. Andrews told him he would be charged with resisting arrest, and Harris Jr. told him to do it. Andrews grabbed the back of Harris Jr.’s head and neck and his hair with his right hand while using his left hand to guide and push him toward the courthouse.
After Harris Jr. was booked into the Alfalfa County Jail, Andrews talked to a witness at the job site
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