Robert Byers

Name:
Byers, Robert Anthony

Date of Booking:
03/28/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Disorderly Conduct

Officer’s Narrative:
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On March [28], 2025 at 6:57 PM I, Deputy Dillard was dispatched to [40 BLOCK] Cline Road in reference to a disturbance.

I made contact with [WITNESS #1] outside of the residence. She stated that she did not know how this was going to go and that her father would be real mad. She stated that he had been drinking and he will not calm down. She stated that her mother had been diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer and her father has been taken care of her. She stated that he got to the point where he could not handle the stress and he started drinking. She stated that he can’t handle drinking at all. As I was talking with [WITNESS #1] and [WITNESS #2] I could hear Robert Byers Sr. and [VICTIM #1] yelling and arguing in the back yard.

I walked to the side of the house where there was a gate to the back yard and [VICTIM #1] met me at the gate. He stated that I could talk to him and not his father. I stated no several times to him. I walked over to where Robert Sr was sitting and he stated to his children that they did not need to come back. I asked him what was going on and he stated that they were trying to tell him what to do in his own home. I asked him why he was yelling and he stated that he wanted them to leave. I asked him if he has been drinking today and he stated what does it matter I am on my own property. I stated that I understand that and I was just asking him a question. I asked him again if he had been drinking today and he stated no. I asked him what was the fight about and he stated that they (his children) were trying to tell him how to run his life. I then asked him what they were trying to tell him and he stated woman what in the fu*k are you doing.

I walked over to Robert Sr placed hands on him and Robert Sr started to resist as I was trying to get his hands behind his back. I pulled my taser and stated to Robert Sr that he need to calm down and with the help of his son I placed handcuffs him. Due to Robert Sr resisting the handcuffs were not double locked and he was walked down to the back of my vehicle and placed in the back seat.

[VICTIM #1] stated that his sister [WITNESS #2] came over to the house earlier in the day to check on their parents. He stated that [WITNESS #1] came over because [WITNESS #2] told her that Robert Sr had been drinking. He stated that he came over then his father called him about finishing the tree his was cutting down. He stated that his father and him were arguing about him cutting the tree. He stated that his father was yelling at him when he had a chain saw in his hands. He stated that his father stated that he was going to bed but he got back up and went outside and that is when they started yelling at each other.

[WITNESS #2] went back into the house to get him a sweatshirt and a pair of shoes. I placed the items in the back of my vehicle. I then transported Robert Sr to the Murray County Detention Center and he was turned over to jail staff.

Robert Byers Sr will be charged with Disorderly Conduct (42-1) due to him fighting and/or quarreling in such a manner as to annoy or disturb the peace, quiet and/or comfort of persons in any dwelling in the vicinity. He was also using indecent, vulgar and/or obscene words which by their very utterance tend to incite to an immediate breach of the peace.

[End of Narrative]