Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen says a Haughton man has been arrested for aggravated battery.

Randal Kent Pedigo, 53, of the 100 block of Barnard Circle, was taken into custody after his wife went to a local clinic with a laceration to her stomach. Bossier Sheriff’s deputies say Pedigo and his wife were arguing when he brandished a kitchen knife, slashed at her wrist, missed and cut her stomach. His wife told deputies her husband tried to cut her wrist to make it look like a suicide.

Bossier Sheriff’s deputies say Pedigo also hit her with a can of Pepsi and “bear hugged” her, but he denied all physical contact. He was booked into the Bossier Maximum Security Facility with bond pending.