BRISTOL MAN ARRESTED AFTER HITTING CARS WITH METAL PIPE AND ASSAULTING WOMAN

A Bristol, Tennessee man has been arrested after hitting passing vehicles with a metal pipe and assaulting a woman in Johnson City. The Johnson City Police Department reports that 50-year-old Thomas Cousineau was arrested on Monday after officers were called to the intersection of South Roan Street and Water Street at around 1:35 p.m. Upon arrival, Cousineau was found on top of a woman engaged in a struggle in the parking lot of the John Sevier Center. The investigation found that he had been walking in the middle of South Roan Street, hitting passing vehicles with a three-foot metal pipe, damaging four vehicles. Cousineau then allegedly assaulted the woman with the pipe. She was transported to the Johnson City Medical Center for minor injuries. He was transported to the Washington County Detention Center and was placed on a $125,000 bond.  

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