Man charged in 1st District Court after severe assault in Garden City
A man who authorities say held a woman captive in Garden City during an assault that rendered her unconscious was arraigned in 1st District Court on Thursday. John Joseph Sharkey, 43, has been charged with first-degree aggravated kidnapping, second-degree aggravated assault, second-degree aggravated sexual extortion of an adult, third-degree aggravated assault, third-degree escape from official custody and four additional misdemeanors. During Sharkeyâs appearance, prosecutors argued for him to be held without bail, citing the facts of the case and âextreme riskâ posed to the co...