Former Etowah, Tennessee, police chief Eric Armstrong turned himself in to McMinn County authorities Thursday after being sought on a misdemeanor assault by domestic violence warrant since Sunday.
McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy said in a statement that Armstrong turned himself in around 10 a.m. Thursday.
Armstrong was booked into the jail and freed on a $500 bond, Guy said. Armstrong has a court date in McMinn County General Sessions Court in March before Judge Wiley Richardson.
“We are relieved that Eric has turned himself in on the warrant,” Guy said. “We hope the situation turns out as well as possible for all involved.”
Armstrong had been sought since an incident Sunday morning when deputies answered a domestic call at his home on County Road 461 around 6 a.m., according to an earlier statement from Guy. The deputies took a report from a woman they said had a “facial injury” who told officers it 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.