Sunday, July 16, 2023–7:15 p.m.
-Floyd County Jail records-
A Cedartown man has been arrested in connection with an assault and burglary that occurred back on March 8 on Covered Springs Road in Rome.
According to the arrest warrants:
45-year-old Jonathan Lee Asher forced his way into the woman’s home, damaging the door frame.
He then punched the victim in the face and struck her in the head with a sharpened object, causing a severe laceration.
The victim had to get staples to close the wound and also sustained bruising to her eyes and a busted lip.
Asher and the victim used to have a relationship.
He is charged with aggravated assault, 1st-degree burglary, and battery.
