Knoxville Man Arrested and Charged with Felony Abuse of an Elderly Adult
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Knoxville Man Arrested and Charged with Felony Abuse of an Elderly Adult

A Knoxville man is arrested for elder abuse.

Police say Robert Cooke was arrested after he threw Carmen Locket to the ground after he passed Locket’s car on a narrow road and then turned into Locket’s street on August 15th.

After arriving at a house on Mill Run Drive, Cooke approached Locket, who is elderly and has a cast on her left foot from a previous injury, screaming at her and her daughter when he went onto the property and grabbed her arm and threw her to the ground.

He is charged with felony abuse of an elderly adult.

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