Cowpens officer charged with assaulting girlfriend

Carl Preston Clark, 42, was charged with criminal domestic violence, first offense. An arrest warrant states Clark caused "physical harm and injury to" his 39-year-old girlfriend "by hitting her in her left breast with a loaded can of beer, under circumstances that reasonably created fear of imminent peril to the victim."

The victim said she walked to the nearby Cowpens Police Department after a disturbance at a Cemetery Street residence.

The victim said she wanted Clark removed from the residence because he was calling her names and threw a beer at her, hitting her in the chest.

The on-duty officer at the Cowpens Police Department Saturday night said he was not authorized to comment on the case. Attempts to reach Cowpens Police Chief Ric Makupson were unsuccessful.

Online records show Clark was booked at the Spartanburg County jail about 5:45 a.m. on Saturday and released about 2:25 p.m. on Saturday on $2,130 bond.