Alleged ‘cooking pan’ fight lands Corbin couple in jail

CORBIN, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — A Corbin couple has been arrested following an argument that reportedly turned physical.

According to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), around 7:43 p.m. on Monday, dispatch received a report of a domestic dispute at a home on the 1800 block of Kentucky Highway 312.

When deputies arrived, 29-year-old Byron Howard told authorities he and 28-year-old Tayla Fess had gotten into an argument that became physical. Court documents report that Fess told the deputies Howard had choked her, but she did not lose consciousness.

The responding deputy noted Fess’s neck was red in an arrest citation.

Howard allegedly showed deputies a video of Fess hitting him in the head with a “cooking pan,” per court documents. The LCSO noted Howard did have a “pump knot” on his head as a result.

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Both parties refused medical treatment, according to the LCSO, and the couple was arrested.

Howard and Fess both were charged with fourth-degree assault and were booked in the Laurel County Correctional Center.

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