UPDATE: Cracker Barrel attack

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Story Published: Nov 30, 2009 at 11:11 PM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 30, 2009 at 11:11 PM EDT

JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) - A hearing was postponed for a 47-year-old
south Georgia man charged with attacking an Army reservist outside
a Cracker Barrel in Morrow.

Troy Dale West Jr. of Poulan is charged with aggravated assault,
cruelty to children, false imprisonment, battery and disorderly
conduct. West was scheduled to appear in court for a pre-trial
conference on Monday. Superior Court Judge Geronda V. Carter's
office said the hearing has been indefinitely postponed.

Prosecutors say West beat and kicked Tashawnea Hill, an Army
reservist, as she was coming out of the Cracker Barrel in Morrow in
September.

Police say West became enraged when Hill admonished him after he
nearly hit her daughter while opening a door.

Last month, Carter agreed to release West on bond after pleas
from his family.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 


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Tuesday, Dec 1 at 7:10 PM Terry wrote ...

Sure, if he really did it. Everyone is assuming he did. I sure hope there is a definitive video to show what really happened, visually and audibly. Do you know how many false accusations are made like this all the time? I hate what he did, if this man really did what he is accused of. I would also hate it if this woman created a mass hysteria and false witnesses by crying wolf. It does happen. I hope the law can sort out the truth.

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Tuesday, Dec 1 at 2:29 PM jsnow wrote ...

lock him up now! he is a danger to society!

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Tuesday, Dec 1 at 12:28 AM mickey Barefield wrote ...

That guy needs to spend the rest of his life in the nut house. He is crazy to do that to a female soldier. People like that are dangerous and jail will not cure what is wrong with him.

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