A 30-year-old Smithville man was arrested by the sheriff’s department and charged with criminal trespassing after he reportedly would not take “no” for an answer when he was denied entry to a family members Patterson road home on Dec. 30.

According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, Bransford Lee Patterson was taken into custody after a deputy responded to a report on an unwanted guest at the residence. Upon arrival, the lawman found Patterson at the home, where the family said he had been beating on the door, wanting to come inside.

Patterson was escorted off the property and placed under arrest, as family members allegedly told the officer that they were afraid of him.

Deputies had been called to the same residence the day before due to an argument. Patterson had been ordered by his father, a deputy, and a detective at that time not to return to the property.

His bond was set at $5,000, and he will appear in court on Jan. 12.

Meanwhile, 43-year-old Donald Hugh Pack, Jr. was taken into custody by the sheriff’s department and charged with domestic assault on Dec. 27.

Ray said a deputy was dispatched to an Antioch Road residence to check out a possible physical domestic. Upon arrival, the officer spoke to a woman who said that her husband, Pack, had struck her on the side of the head with his open hand, causing redness. Pack was also struck during the incident, causing his glasses to be broken.

Pack’s bond was set at $1,500, and he will appear in court on Jan. 12.

Barnie Creek, 57, of Dowelltown was charged with public intoxication and resisting stop, frisk, halt, or arrest on Dec. 31.

The sheriff said a deputy saw a man walking on Highway 70 West in the area of Snow Hill Road, and stopped and spoke with the man, who proved to be Creek. He allegedly had an odor of an alcoholic beverage about his person, his speech was slurred, and he was unsteady on his feet.

Creek reportedly admitted to having consumed three alcoholic beverages at a nearby bar. The deputy transported Creek to his residence and let him out of the patrol car, but the man allegedly walked through his yard toward his home, then turned and walked back into the roadway.

While being taken into custody, Creek reportedly began fighting with the deputy.

His bond was set at $3,500, and he will appear in court on Jan. 19.