A man from Ash Flat Arkansas has been charged in connection with an assault in Hardy in April. 47 year old Steven Sparks allegedly was one of three men that entered a home on Harmon Road and began beating a man at the home, the woman was also hit several times. Sparks allegedly pulled a gun and threatened to shoot the woman. Sparks faces felony charges of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a certain person.