According to the Cumberland County
court clerk's office, a new court date has been set in the assault
charges filed against Crossville city councilman Jesse Kerley.
Crossville councilman Jesse Kerley
The original court date of August 29
has been moved to September 8 and reportedly Mr. Kerley has retained
local attorney Kevin Bryant to represent him.
The summons against Kerley is captioned
as “State of Tennessee vs Jesse Kerley” and according to
councilman Pete Souza who signed the summons and made the accusation,
the district attorney's office has been involved in investigating the
matter and will prosecute the charge of a class A misdemeanor assault
against Mr. Kerley.
The class A misdemeanor is the most
serious of the misdemeanor charges in Tennessee and can have a
maximum punishment of up to 11 months and 29 days in jail, a $2500
fine or both.
The alleged assualt happened following a
council work session on June 2 and video of the incident from a city
hall security camera was released the following day. Several sources
report that the district attorney's office received a copy of the
video and Mr. Souza said an investigator looked into the matter
before the summons was issued.
Crossville councilman Pete Souza
Souza said that while he had contacted
the DA's office himself there were a number of others who also
contacted the DA's office on their own who had either witnessed or
were concerned about the incident.
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