A Kansas City man is behind bars in Douglas County after deputies wrestled a two year old away from him as he was headed into a garage with a firearm, following a domestic dispute. Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call in Baldwin City early Wednesday morning. They say a woman alleged that a man, later identified as 21 year old Maurice Edwards, of Kansas City, Kansas, beat her and held a gun to her head during an argument. She had indicated two children were present and the man had gone inside the home’s detached garage with one child. When the deputies arrived they found the man leaving the garage holding a two year old child. They say they repeatedly ordered him to let the child go. One deputy was able to pin the man against the garage wall and free the child. Later, during a search of the home, deputies say they found a gun in a box in the garage.
Edwards was arrested on charges of aggravated assault, domestic battery and two counts of child endangerment. Edwards made his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon and has been scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 24th.
