Area Man Arrested for Alleged Assault

By Roberta Cantrell

BSN Editor

A Lawrence County man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly beat, strangled and held a woman captive.

According to the victims mother, Devan Blevins beat her daughter “within an inch of her life” and held her captive with a gun to her head, strangled her, stomped her with a boot on and forced her to walk approximately a mile down the road naked.

The victim, Dixie Fowler was taken to Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa, where she was treated for serious injuries.

Lawrence County Sheriff Chuck Jackson worked the case and charged Blevins, who turned himself in after being notified that there would be a warrant for him, with strangulation and assault both felonies and a charge of unlawful imprisonment.

Blevins was arrested and lodged in the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.

Andrew Mortimer