The wife of a Logan County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested over the weekend on domestic assault charges just days after his arrest on similar charges.

Heather Briona Pearson, 28, of Holden, the wife of Deputy Derrick Pearson, was arrested by West Virginia State Police Trooper E.B. McClung for domestic assault on May 23.

On May 18, Deputy Pearson was charged with domestic assault and battery.

According to police reports, on May 23, Heather Pearson traveled to the residence of the victim in Holden where an altercation between Heather Pearson, the victim and another individual took place.

The police report said that around 3:20 a.m., Trooper McClung received a complaint through Logan 911 regarding the incident. Upon arrival, the officer spoke to all parties involved and was allegedly advised by the victim that Heather Pearson pulled into the driveway of the residence and confronted the two of them.

“During this confrontation (Heather Pearson) assaulted the victim while she was still inside her vehicle,” the report said.

According to both the victim and the other individual, the victim was trying to break up the two women after the other individual had gotten out of her vehicle when Heather Pearson allegedly grabbed the victim and ripped his shirt. Trooper McClung did notice that the victim’s shirt was ripped, but did not see any other signs of injury about his body, the report said.

The victim was not identified in the report.

The defendant was taken into custody and was booked at the Southwestern Regional Jail at Holden at 6:35 a.m.

On May 18, Derrick Roger Pearson was arrested by Sgt. A.L. Cummings of the West Virginia State Police.

According to police reports, on May 9 between 2:30 a.m. and 3 a.m., Pearson was allegedly driving his personal vehicle on Holden Road when he allegedly encountered his wife and another woman in a white Toyota car.

The report said Pearson allegedly caused the two females to stop in Alvis Porter’s driveway at Christian Cameron Road.

The report said Pearson then approached the vehicle in which the two females were riding and began shouting profanities and pounding on the driver's side door, where his wife was located, allegedly placing her in reasonable fear of receiving a violent injury.

The report said Pearson’s attempts to confront his wife were due to an earlier domestic confrontation he had with her.

A press release issued by the West Virginia State Police said the female passenger exited the vehicle and “was struck by Derrick Pearson twice in the face.”

The police report said the information contained in the report is based on statements obtained from the victim and the passenger in the vehicle as well as corroborating statements from another witness.

The WVSP press release said “after a criminal investigation by the West Virginia State Police, Derrick Pearson was arrested on Monday on the charges of battery and domestic assault. He was released on bond.”

Logan County Magistrate Jeff Lane will be conducting Pearson’s hearing at a date to be determined. Pearson is currently on paid suspension pending the outcome of the investigation and the hearing, according to Logan County Sheriff Eddie Hunter, who refused to comment further about the arrest.

Pearson faces up to a year in jail on each of the misdemeanor counts.