Paris Police responded to the intersection of NW 3rd street and Graham Street in reference to an assault.
Officers located a 24 year old male who was bleeding from lacerations to his head.
The victim reported to the officers that Jason Ellis had assaulted him with an ashtray at his residence in the 400 block of Graham Street. Officers later located Ellis hiding by the porch of an abandoned house in the 300 block of NW 5th Street.
Ellis was arrested and charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury. The victim was transported to Paris Regional Medical Center where he was treated for the lacerations and released.
Ellis is awaiting transfer to the Lamar County Jail.