JCPD NEWS RELEASE
SUBJECT: | Aggravated Domestic Assault and False Imprisonment | DATE: | 08/31/2018 | TIME: | 10:31 pm |
PREPARED BY: | Officer Cody Powell | APPROVED BY: | Sgt. Jeff Wilson | ||
On 08/31/18, officers of the Johnson City Police Department arrested Travis Lynn Jones (500 Elizabethton Hwy, Bluff City; 45 years old) and charged him with Aggravated Domestic Assault and False Imprisonment.
At approximately 9:29 pm, officers responded to the Park N Stay Inn in reference to a domestic disturbance. Contact was made with Mr. Jones girlfriend, she stated her boyfriend, Travis Jones had been physically abusive towards her and that she tried to leave him but he told her he would kill her if she left. Victim stated that Mr. Jones threw her on to the bed and started choking her. She advised she was able to call 911 without him knowing. Mr. Jones also forced victim in to the bathroom against her will when officers arrived but she was able to escape and let officers in.
Mr. Jones was located in the bathroom of the motel room. He is currently being held in the Washington County Detention Center in lieu of a $6,000 bond. His arraignment hearing is set for 09/04/2018 at 1:30 p.m. in Washington County's General Sessions Court.