Published: September 14, 2018

AN ARGUMENT OVER A SANDWICH HAS RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A LAUDERDALE COUNTY MAN.  ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, TIMOTHY DEAN SMITH, 57, OF WATERLOO, IS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HIS LIVE IN GIRLFRIEND AND KEEPING HER FROM LEAVING THE RESIDENCE.  INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE SMITH WAS USING METH AND FOR WHATEVER REASON HE GOT MAD AT HIS GIRLFRIEND OVER A SANDWICH SHE WAS MAKING.  SMITH IS ACCUSED OF HITTING THE WOMAN WITH A SET OF BOLT CUTTERS, HISSING HER WITH THE FLAT END OF A HATCHET AND PUTTING TIE CORDS ON THE DOORS TO WHERE THE FEMALE COULD NOT LEAVE.  IN ADDITION, SMITH ALLEGEDLY SLASHED THE TIRE OF THE FEMALE'S VEHICLE AND THREW A CONCRETE BLOCK THROUGH A WINDSHIELD WHEN SHE WAS ABLE TO FREE HERSELF AND ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE.  THE FEMALE WAS ABLE TO BREAK FREE AND RUN TO A NEIGHBOR'S FOR HELP.  UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICERS FOUND SMITH IN POSSESSION OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE.  THE FEMALE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED.  SMITH IS OUT OF JAIL ON BAIL OF EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.