WINFIELD, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama lawmaker was arrested on a domestic violence charge after his wife accused him of threatening to beat her.
Rep. Tracy Estes, 57, a Republican from Winfield, was jailed Friday night on a misdemeanor charge of third-degree domestic violence, news outlets reported. Marion County jail records online did not show him still in custody Saturday afternoon.
The lawmaker’s wife, Christina Estes, said in a legal filing that her husband began cursing at her during an argument Friday evening at their home. After she shut herself in a bedroom, she said, he spent two hours pounding in the door and threatening to beat her…