A Brownsville attorney found himself on the other side of the law after getting arrested in a domestic violence case.

Brownsville police arrested 54-year-old Ray Marchan on assault and interfering with an emergency call charges early Thursday morning.

Investigators told Action 4 News went to Marchan’s home off Fireside Drive after authorities received a 911 hang up call around 12:45 a.m. Thursday.

Officers arrived and heard a woman screaming inside the house.

An officer looked through the window and saw Marchan with his arms behind his 21-year-old wife.

Investigators said the woman was clinging to a home phone and Marchan was seen preventing her from making a call.

The officer tapped on the window prompting Marchan to come outside where he was arrested for Class C misdemeanor assault and two counts of interfering with an emergency phone call.

The 54-year-old attorney appeared before a Brownsville municipal judge on Thursday morning where he plead not guilty to the assault charge and was issued $5,000 dollars in bonds for other charges.

Police said Marchan’s wife has requested an emergency restraining order against him.

Marchan told Action 4 News that he and his wife just got into an verbal argument where no phyiscal contact was made and that they have since reconciled.

Action 4 News has learned that it’s not the Brownsville attorney first brush with the law. 

Marchan had been accused in another assault case several years ago involving a financial argument and fight with his ex-wife at his old law office.

A court case involving Marchan has been named in court records for the former 404th State District Court Judge Abel Limas corruption scandal.

Marchan has not been charged in the scandal.