JCPD NEWS RELEASE
SUBJECT: | False reporting arrest | DATE: | 08/14/2020 | TIME: | 0213 |
PREPARED BY: | K. Bowers 617 | APPROVED BY: | Sgt. Jeff Wilson | ||
On 08/13/2020 at approximately 1:00 a.m. officers of the Johnson City Police Department responded to 808 Pardee St. on a report of a stabbing and robbery. Officers made contact with Christopher A. Johnson, a 38 year old male from Johnson City, Tennessee. Johnson reported he had been robbed and slashed with a knife by an unknown male that fled the area. During the course of the investigation it was determined that Johnson had provided officers with false statements about the alleged robbery and stabbing. Johnson was arrested and is charged with false reporting, T.C.A. 39-16-502. He is currently being held in the Washington County Detention Center on a $5,000 bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Sessions Court on 08/13/2020 at 1:30 p.m.