DOUGLAS COUNTY, Mo. -- A woman was arrested by Douglas County deputies on Oct. 16, 2025, after allegedly assaulting her partner by hitting him with garden shears and trying to run him over with his vehicle.

According to online court records, Cheri Newark, 48, of Norwood, is charged with first-degree domestic assault with serious physical injury and armed criminal action.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says deputies were sent to a home on State Highway WW in Ava after getting a domestic assault report at around 6:30 p.m.

The incident began when Newark and the victim got into a verbal altercation on his property regarding an issue in their relationship, and the victim went to drive away, but Newark got into his car. The victim says Newark began throwing things from his vehicle as wel

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