At least one juvenile was taken to a local hospital Saturday after suffering a back injury from jumping off a high cliff at Blue Cove Hideaway in McMinn County, Tennessee.
The business was the subject of a court-ordered closure issued Friday after a number of incidents over the past three years, including criminal complaints, two deaths and allegedly holding deputies hostage, McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy said in an emailed statement.
Later on Friday, Blue Cove owner, Charles Womac, 67, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting stop, frisk, and halt and false imprisonment, Guy said.
After he was released on bond Saturday, he was again arrested on charges with reckless endangerment after authorities found he was ignoring Friday’s court order and was encouraging people to walk around the locked gates and ignore the notice of closure.
That is when the juvenile suffered the back injury, Guy said. The child’s most recent condition was not clear Sunday night.