Former Carter County Sheriff John Henson will spend six months on probation after a judge found him guilty of assaulting a woman at a laundromat on Watauga Road in Johnson City. In Washington County Sessions Court, Judge James Nidiffer found Henson guilty of simple assault Monday, saying the former sheriff was offensive when he put his arm around a woman and pulled her close back in April.
Instead of sending Henson to jail for six months for the misdemeanor, Nidiffer placed Henson on unsupervised probation. The judge ordered the former sheriff to pay a $50 fine and to have no contact with the victim in this case.
Henson has 10 days to appeal the verdict.
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