A Liberty man was arrested New Years Day.

The Casey County Sheriff's Department says Officers responded shortly before 5am, to the scene of a domestic disturbance, three miles west of Liberty, at a residence located at 29 Lanier Lane, where they found 28 year old Austin Lanier Scott, who was holding an axe.

Mr. Scott was told several times to drop the axe, but when he finally complied, he ran into his residence and had to be tazed. He was under the influence of Methamphetamine at the time, according to the arrest citation.

Scott was lodged in the Casey County Jail on charges of Public Intoxication, and Resisting Arrest.