PAINCOURTVILLE – A Labadieville man accused of battery while swinging a large piece of wood at a person in an Assumption bar was arrested over the weekend.

Ashton Kerry Ainsworth, 34, was arrested after deputies were called to a fight at Hollywoods Bar in Paincourtville. Deputies said they found Ainsworth fighting another person when they arrived. 

Deputies said that the fight was the continuation of an argument earlier in the day. 

Ainsworth was arrested and booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center for aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon. 

His bond is set at $10,000, deputies said.