A 26-year-old Syracuse, N.Y., man was arrested in Holmes Beach Nov. 26 for battery and drug possession.
The man, Sam A. Oliver, is accused of punching a 27-year-old woman in the head and stomach and cutting her lip.
A Holmes Beach Police Department officer arresting Oliver for the alleged battery found the man in possession of 4.6 grams of marijuana, according to an incident report.
The arrest took place in the 3000 block of Avenue E, where two HBPD officers responded to a report of a disturbance that involved fighting, yelling and crying.
The officers arrived to find a woman and her four children standing in a driveway. She told HBPD that Oliver, her partner, repeatedly hit her.
Oliver was placed into handcuffs and searched. HBPD reported finding a bag of marijuana in his front pant pocket.