Witnesses called 911 at 8 pm to say they could hear a woman and children screaming for help in Wayne Hills Apartment. The caller said they thought a man was throwing a woman against the wall of an apartment.
When officers rushed to the scene, they said they heard the screaming. Police took a man into custody and called for CPS.
CPS workers said they would be there in about twenty minutes. One officer stayed at the scene to wait for CPS workers, and another transported the man to the police station.
When CPS workers arrived, they said they would handle taking care of kids on the scene.
Officers arrested David Rickards on a charge of domestic violence and booked him into the Scioto County Jail.