An Arrest in a Cherokee County Attack

ALTO – An arrest has been made in the attack on an elderly Alto couple last month. Charged Monday in the case was Joshua OBryan Gasaway, 32, of Alto. He is said to be the man who attacked the couple after they heard an alarm on their property on Farm Road 1911. He first attacked the woman, hitting her in the head. He then attacked her husband when he came out to help his wife. Gasaway is facing two charges of injury to the elderly. His bonds total $500,000. Cherokee County Jail records show Gasaway has been booked in jail on numerous occasions for various offenses beginning in 2005.