JACKSONVILLE —
A 37-year-old Jacksonville man was arrested July 21 on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Jacksonville Detective Sgt. Daniel Franklin said. Ronald Charles Hinton was released from the Cherokee County jail July 22 at $20,000 bond, jail officials reported.
“His ex-girlfriend was seeing another guy in Tyler,” Franklin said of how the incident allegedly started. “He was in Tyler and confronted this guy about seeing his ex.”
Franklin said what happened next resulted in a fight in Smith County, though all involved left afterward and went to Jacksonville.
“He found the subject he had gotten into an altercation with (from when they were) in Tyler and pointed a handgun at him,” Franklin said. “He made a threat and drove away.”
Franklin added descriptions of the handgun and the vehicle Hinton allegedly used were given to law enforcement and Hinton was apprehended and charged soon afterward.
“Officers located the gun under the drivers side seat of the vehicle,” Franklin said.
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