Woman was kept isolated for two weeks in 2020
A Johnson City man accused of keeping his girlfriend from leaving her apartment for two weeks last year pleaded guilty Tuesday to several charges that will keep him in prison for eight years.
Justin Steven Crain, 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, aggravated stalking and aggravated kidnapping in Washington County Criminal Court.
In total, Crain was sentenced to eight years in prison that must be served at 100% and then he will be on three years of probation.
The charges stem from several incidents between February 2020 and October 2020.
On separate occasions, Crain and the woman were involved in verbal and physical fights where he held her to the ground and choked her and on one occasion held a knife to her throat and threatened to cut her.
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When Johnson City police found a man slumped over his steering wheel with his car against a tree, they initially thought it was a crash with injuries.
But the Aug. 26, 2020, call was recently determined to be a drug overdose and the driver, identified as Austin Britton, 22, had slowly veered off the road into the tree.
Police said Tuesday that a Washington County grand jury indicted Micah Bradley, 29, 241 W. Main St., Johnson City, on Jan. 7 on a second-degree murder charge. He was already in jail on an unrelated charge, so the warrant was served on him there.
The first officer on scene, Hannah Farmer, found Britton slumped over his steering wheel with the ignition keys in his lap and immediately pulled him out and began CPR. Britton, however, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Stabbing
Officers arrested a woman Monday after she allegedly stabbed a woman at a Hamilton Street residence.
Annette Harvey, 51, of New Jersey, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, police said in a press release.
The identity of the woman stabbed was not released, but she was transported to the Johnson City Medical Center for treatment.
Officers were dispatched to 825 Hamilton Street on a report of a stabbing around 10:15 p.m. Monday.
Inside the house, it appeared there had been a struggle because furniture and other items were in disarray.
âItems linking Harvey to the incident were discovered inside and outside of the home. Harvey was quickly located by officers of the Bristol, Tennessee Police Department. She was transported to Johnson City and charged with attempted first-degree murder.