51-year-old Barry Hunter Downer had a domestic incident with his wife, Kristy Downer, at their Neelys Bend Road residence on the night of May 12th. Mrs. Downer called the police to Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital, advising them that at around 7:45 p.m., her husband had told their son to turn off a TV show he’d been watching and go to sleep. Kristy told Barry she would have him in bed by 8 p.m. when he aggressively grabbed the remote. While Kristy tried to get it back, a struggle ensued, leaving a laceration on her right hand. She said after the altercation, she put her son to bed and went to the hospital. Mr. Downer was taken into custody for domestic assault on May 13th.
Barry Downer assaults wife during struggle over remote
