(Sparks, NV) — A man is behind bars on suspicion of battery with a chain and destruction of property in Sparks. Alejandro Ayala was arrested at about three o’clock Sunday afternoon, following reports of a violent disturbance. Ayala is accused of hitting a woman in the head with a metal chain, then trying to strangle her with it. He is also accused of damaging a car at a nearby apartment complex. Ayala faces the charges of domestic battery, domestic battery by strangulation, battery with a deadly weapon, obstructing justice and damage to property.