A North Platte couple are facing multiple charges following a disturbance Saturday night.

At around 11:30 p.m., on July 26, North Platte Police responded to a disturbance in the 500 block of West 9th Street.

55-year-old Rhonda Frye, who resides at the residence, called police to report that her husband, 60-year-old James Frye, was being belligerent and vulgar toward a child in the home.

Officers arrived to find both Frye’s intoxicated.  According to Officer Rodney Brown, James was verbally abusive to both his wife and officers.

Brown said officers attempted to calm him down, but to no avail.

James was asked to spend the remainder of the evening separated from his wife and the two-year-old child they were babysitting.

Brown said James refused to comply, and continued to argue and yell with his wife, in the presence of the child.

At one point, officers say James picked up the child and carried him downstairs, against the direction of police.  He then became aggressive toward one of the officers.

James initially resisted officers’ attempt to handcuff him and place him under arrest, but eventually, they were able to take him into custody.

As officers escorted James from the residence, Brown said Rhonda began pushing her husband back into the residence, and refused to let officers leave with him.  As a result, Rhonda was placed under arrest as well.

In the end, both James and Rhonda were charged with child abuse, resisting arrest and obstruction of justice, all misdemeanors.

Both were jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.