Ava Man Jailed After Threatening to Kill Law Enforcement Officers

Ava Man Jailed After Threatening to Kill Law Enforcement Officers

A male subject was taken into custody after deputies responded to a domestic incident on Park Street in Ava. Paul E. Newman, who had an active warrant for arrest, resisted repeated requests to exit his vehicle, and once he did exit the vehicle, Newman repeated threats of physical violence and said that he would spit on the deputies.  Once Newman was taken to the Douglas County Jail, he continued to threaten physical violence and, at one point, a…