Former Etowah police chief Eric Armstrong is still at large and being sought on a misdemeanor warrant issued in McMinn County, Tennessee, charging him with assault by domestic violence.
He has possibly been seen in the Bryson City, North Carolina, area, according to McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy.
Armstrong has been sought since an incident Sunday morning when deputies answered a domestic call at Armstrong’s home on County Road 461 around 6 a.m., according to a statement from Guy. The deputies took a report from a woman they said had a “facial injury” she told officers was caused by her boyfriend, whom she identified as Armstrong. The two had been having a fight, the sheriff said. The woman declined medical treatment and was taken to a family member’s home.
McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy speaks at a news conference in Charleston. “We are concerned that Eric has not turned himself in on the arrest warrant nor contacted us about resolving this issue,” Guy said Wednesday. “We hope he will do the right thing.”
McMinn authorities have since received a tip that Armstrong may have been in Bryson City Sunday evening, Guy said.