A DeKalb County man, arrested in a Cookeville domestic assault case, has also been charged there under a new state law, which makes it a crime to prevent someone from calling 911 for help
36 year old Alan Matthew Mooney of Old Snow Hill Road, Dowelltown, is charged
with domestic assault and with “interference with an emergency call” in the case, according to a report in the Herald-Citizen of Cookeville.
The charges stem from an August 11 incident at the Cookeville, residence of Mooney’s estranged wife.
According to a report by Cookeville Police Officer Adrienne Lintz, Mooney allegedly went to his wife’s home to pick up their two children and became embroiled in an argument with her after demanding to see her phone
“She said he had her in a bear hug from behind and pulled the phone from her hands as she was attempting to call 911.”
Mooney then allegedly took the phone, one child, and the woman’s keys and left the area in her vehicle. Baxter Police later picked him up at Love’s Truck Stop in that town, Officer Lintz’s report says.
Officer Lintz took the woman to the location to retrieve her child and her car and then transported Mooney to the Putnam County jail, charging him with domestic assault and interfering with an emergency call.
His bond was set at $1,500, and he has a Sept. 10 court date.
The new state law went into effect July 1, making it a criminal offense to prevent someone from making a 911 call or from seeking help in an emergency.
The new law says, “An individual commits an offense if the individual intentionally renders unusable a telephone that would otherwise be used by another individual to place a telephone call to 911 or to request assistance in an emergency from a law enforcement agency, medical facility, or other agency or entity, the primary purpose of which is to
provide for the safety of individuals
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