Detective Burlin Ballew with the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged 43-year-old Clifford Brian Mauldin with felonious Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury and felonious First Degree Burglary. Mauldin was issued a $175,000 secured bond.
On August 19th, deputies responded to an Old Fort residence for an assault. Upon arrival, they observed signs of forced entry and injuries to both victims. The victims advised deputies that the male suspect, Mauldin, had forced his way into the residence which led to a physical altercation. Mauldin fled the scene before deputies arrived. He was arrested a short time later by officers from Hickory Police Department.
