JCPD NEWS RELEASE
SUBJECT: | Aggravated Assault | DATE: | 06/14/18 | TIME: | 3:30pm |
PREPARED BY: | MPO Brady Higgins | APPROVED BY: | Sgt. Jim Tallmadge | ||
On 06/14/18 officers of the Johnson City Police Department arrested Johnathan Cross, 34 year old male, 107 Tamassee Dr. Johnson City, TN for aggravated assault (domestic), child endangerment, and misdemeanor vandalism.
On 06/13/18 at approximately 3:37pm officers responded to 107 Tamassee Dr. in reference to a possible domestic altercation. Investigation revealed Mr. Cross had been in a physical altercation with his girlfriend while she was holding her 1 year old child. The victim said Cross struck her in the head with a TV while she was holding her child. He knocked her to the ground, then continued to assault her while she was trying to keep the child from getting hit. Cross fled the scene, but was located by Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies at another location several hours after the incident. He was transported to the Washington County Detention Center where he is being held in lieu of a $10,000 bond. Mr. Cross has an arraignment in Washington County General Sessions Court on 06/15/18 at 10:30am.