BEDFORD — A Bedford man has been arrested and charged with domestic battery causing moderate bodily injury following a physical disturbance at a residence on Old US 50 on Halloween night.

Travis Mairel, 35, was taken into custody by Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department deputies on October 31, 2025, after he allegedly assaulted a woman with a belt.

According to the probable cause affidavit filed by Officer Augustus Hogan, deputies were dispatched to the residence at approximately 8:55 p.m. The caller, a third party, reported that Mairel was assaulting their daughter with a belt.

Upon arrival, officers, who were already familiar with the location due to prior law enforcement involvement for verbal domestic incidents, observed signs of a disturbance inside the home, with items displaced

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