Myrtle Beach man arrested in connection with assault in cinnamon-bun attempted murder case

The boyfriend of a woman, who was charged Wednesday in connection with an assault following an argument about a cinnamon bun in Myrtle Beach, has been arrested in connection with a domestic assault a day earlier, according to authorities.

Latavius Tyrone Stephens, 31, was charged Thursday with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature in connection with an incident that happened Tuesday, according to Myrtle Beach police records.

Stephens was the victim of an assault on Wednesday in which Amy Joe Derepentigny, 34, was charged with attempted murder and unlawful neglect of a child or helpless person and was booked Wednesday into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center, according to jail records.