UPDATE: Attorney of mayor's top adviser disputes media reports on domestic dispute case

Robert and Lacie Stone
Robert and Lacie Stone
photo Mayor Andy Berke speaks to media outside Calvary Chapel about a domestic assault case involving his advisor Lacie Stone and her husband, Bobby, after the mayor appeared at the Chattanooga Police Department's annual awards ceremony on Thursday, May 26, 2016, in Chattanooga. Berke declined to answer questions about the case, citing its ongoing nature.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into the reported domestic incident involving Bobby and Lacie Stone.

District Attorney Neal Pinkston requested that the TBI investigate the case with Mayor Andy Berke's top adviser and her husband.

"The investigation is active and ongoing and we have no additional details to offer at this time," said the TBI.

Police Chief Fred Fletcher said he welcomes TBI and that he has called on them many times. "We welcome the support and assistance of the TBI," Fletcher said.

"There's an active investigation of a domestic assault and vandalism case. I'll let the proceedings go forth," Mayor Andy Berke said today.

He declined to answer several questions relating to the incident, saying, "I'm not going to comment on the investigation." But he added that he will cooperate with whoever asks him to.

After WRCB reported in a story today that an internal police record says that Lacie Stone gave inconsistent statements to police, her attorney, John Cavett, released a statement defending his client.

"After Lacie gave an initial statement to the police, she had multiple contacts with investigators and gave approximately two hours of statements on Tuesday which were not released today," he said. "Lacie was injured in the attack and those injuries have been properly documented. To suggest she was the perpetrator in this instance is ridiculous."

WRCB also reported that the police document says that Bobby Stone claimed Lacie punched him several times. The TV station did not publish a copy of the report.

Cavett said he finds it unfortunate that select documents have been made public, and said those documents do not reflect the entire story.

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