Two Tri-Cities men are accused of kidnapping a child early this morning.
Johnson City police say they received a disturbance call from a home on East Main Street early Sunday morning.
They later discovered that Michael Bates and his brother, Christopher Bates, took a child from the home without the mother's consent.
The mother was reportedly assaulted by Michael Bates during the incident.
The Bates brothers were found a short time later and the child was returned to the mother.
Both men are charged with kidnapping and Michael Bates was also charged with domestic assault.
They are being held in the Washington County Detention Center and are scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.
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