Atnip Charged with Assaulting his Mother and Girlfriend

A local man has been charged with domestic assault involving his mother and girlfriend.
35 year old Anthony Doel Atnip of Johnson Chapel Road, Sparta is under a $2,500 bond and he will make a court appearance on October 15.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Thursday, October 8 a deputy was sent to a residence on Johnson Chapel Road on an unwanted guest call. While the officer was enroute, central dispatch informed him that the incident had escalated into a physical domestic. Upon arrival the deputy spoke with Atnip’s mother and girlfriend who said that Atnip had assaulted both of them. Atnip’s mother said that Anthony had shoved and struck her in the face as he was trying to take the phone away from her. Atnip struck his girfriend in the head as she got in between him and his mother. Atnip had left the residence before the officer arrived but he was found hiding in the area.
43 year old Glenn Paul Bullington of Murfreesboro is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $3,500 and he will be in court October 29.
Sheriff Ray said that on Sunday, October 4 a deputy responded to a 911 call of a possible domestic assault at a residence on Coconut Ridge Road. Upon arrival the officer spoke with Bullington and his wife, who both appeared to be intoxicated. The deputy determined that Bullington was the primary aggressor. The woman had physical signs of an assault including a cut on her nose, redness on her neck, and bruising on her right arm where she claimed her husband had grabbed and pushed her. Bullington was placed under arrest.