The outcome of this case is yet to be known. Â What I have found out is these media outlets are inconsistent with their coverage.
Found this from 2012 in Times News
A Blountville father and son have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly running a man down with a truck” striking him and knocking him onto the vehicle’s hood — then kicking, punching and beating the victim with a wooden a club.
It reportedly occurred Sunday morning at the home of the father’s estranged wife. The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office says the duo were arrested early Monday by patrol officers, while a third suspect also faces charges in the incident.
Tommie Boswell Sr., 42, and Tommy Boswell Jr., 18, are currently held in the Sullivan County jail in Blountville. Each of their addresses are listed as 543 Muddy Creek Road, where the incident occurred. An affidavit states the female resident of the home had separated from Boswell Sr. in October.
Police and court records state Brandon Yates, 25, of Fall Branch, was sleeping on a couch inside the residence. Sometime between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday he was awakened by someone banging on the front door, with Boswell Jr. allegedly busting out the door’s window to enter the home.
Boswell Jr. allegedly carried a wooden club, threatened Yates and told him to leave. Yates says he left the home and began walking down the driveway. The female resident heard the commotion, according to the affidavit, but was in another room when the confrontation occurred.
Yates told police he was halfway down the driveway when he heard a truck’s engine. He reportedly turned around to see a gray pickup” with “Tommy’s Paving” printed on the side” coming towards him. Yates allegedly recognized the driver as Tommie Boswell Sr.
According to the report, Yates began running through the yard in an attempt to get away. Boswell Sr. allegedly drove through the yard after him, striking Yates before he could cross a fence to escape. The report states Yates was flipped onto the hood of Boswell’s Sr.’s truck and rolled off.
The affidavit says Yates attempted to run away but was chased down by the Boswells and an unidentified third man. Boswell Jr. allegedly struck him several times in the head with a wooden club, possibly an axe handle, while the other men repeatedly punched and kicked him.
Yates was eventually able to get away from the suspects and run to a neighboring home. The neighbor drove Yates to the Shell Station on Airport Parkway where he called 911. An ambulance responded to transport Yates, who possibly suffered broken bones, to the hospital for treatment.
The affidavit states a detective contacted Boswell Sr. by phone. When questioned about the incident he allegedly admitted, “the three of us did work him over,” then disconnected the call. A warrant was issued for the arrest of he and his son, with each located Monday morning.
Father& Son Arrested, Charged With Attempted Murder
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. – Two Sullivan County men are facing attempted murder charges after authorities say they ran over and beat a man.
Eighteen-year-old Tommy Boswell, Junior and 42-year-old Tommie Boswell, Senior, both of Muddy Creek Road, were arrested yesterday and charged with attempted murder.
The victim told detectives he went to visit a female on Muddy Creek Road when Boswell, Junior broke out a window in the door and began threatening him. The victim said he walked down the driveway and that’s when Tommie Boswell, Senior hit him with the truck he was driving. He says the two men, an another, hit him with wooden club and kicked and punched him.
He was able to get to a neighbor’s house for help. Both Boswells were arrested shortly after.
Grand jury indicts Blountville father, son on aggravated assault charge
BLOUNTVILLE — A father and son are accused of assaulting a man outside the Blountville home of the father’s estranged wife.
A Sullivan County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Tommy M. Boswell Jr., 19, 543 Muddy Creek Road, Blountville, and Tommy Michael Boswell Sr., 43, 3814 Memorial Blvd., Apt. 20, Kingsport, on one count each of aggravated assault, stemming from their alleged use of a pickup truck and wooden club to assault a man outside the 543 Muddy Creek Road residence.
According to court records, the alleged victim, identified as Brandon Yates, told police he was asleep on a couch in the residence on Feb. 12 when someone started beating on the door between 10 and 11 a.m.
Yates told police Boswell Jr., aka “Mike,” entered the residence wielding a wooden club, making threats and ordering him to leave.
Yates said he left and was walking down the driveway toward Muddy Creek Road when he noticed a gray Chevrolet pickup truck with “Tommy’s Paving” on the side headed straight for him.
Yates told police he turned and ran toward a fence in the yard but couldn’t outrun the truck. He said he jumped on the front of it, flipped over the hood and landed on the driveway.
Yates said he managed to get up and run, but both Boswells and an unidentified white male caught up with him. He alleged Boswell Jr. struck him “on the head, back and arms” with the wooden club, and that all three suspects were “kicking and punching” him while he was on the ground.
Yates advised he eventually managed to take the club away from Boswell Jr. and flee to a neighboring residence. The neighbor took Yates to a Shell gas station on Airport Parkway, where EMS picked him up and transported him to Holston Valley Medical Center for treatment of his injuries, which included “possible broken bones.”
Police responded to the Muddy Creek Road residence and spoke with the resident, Angel Boswell. She advised that she and Tommy Boswell Sr. had been separated since October 2011. That morning, Angel Boswell said she heard her estranged husband’s truck in the driveway and heard him “yelling and cursing” her, then someone began beating on the door and she heard the glass shatter.
Angel Boswell told police she heard someone yelling about hurting someone, and by the time she got outside she saw Boswell Jr.’s black Ford leaving the driveway.
Police spoke to Boswell Sr. via a phone call, with the elder Boswell allegedly stating “the three of us did work him over” before hanging up the phone.
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