{"id":1300393,"date":"2024-02-24T00:09:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T06:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1300393"},"modified":"2024-02-27T07:59:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T13:59:07","slug":"man-sentenced-for-grabbing-cops-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1300393","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced for grabbing cop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gun"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"ATHENS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c According to our news partner KETK, an Athens man has been sentenced to 35 years in state prison after he was arrested on May 15, 2023 for grabbing an officer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gun, evading arrest causing serious bodily injury and manufacture\/delivery of cocaine, judicial records show. Jonathan Dewayne Cumby, 42 of Athens, was arrested after Athens Police Department officer Matthew Halbert and corporal Melissa Goss pulled him over in the 300 block of Jonathan Street, according to Henderson County District Attorney Jenny Palmer.<\/p>\n

Several clear baggies were seen in a fanny pack that Cumby was wearing and then he was asked to get out of the vehicle. According to Palmer, he took off the fanny pack and held it in his hand, was ignoring the officer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s commands and then started running. As Cumby ran, Goss reportedly tried to grab him and she fell and broke her femur, and then Halbert sprained his knee at some point in the altercation. A press release from the DA said that, Cumby then reportedly grabbed Halbert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gun and was arrested at some point after that.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Despite the risks they face every day, officers like Matthew Halbert and Corporal Melissa Goss with the Athens Police Department continue to put their lives on the line to protect our communities,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Palmer. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are grateful for their service and dedication, and we acknowledge the sacrifices they make in the line of duty.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nPerson found dead in car with \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchazardous container\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in East Texas, officials say<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Cumby was sentenced to 35 years in the custody of Texas Department of Criminal Justice for manufacture\/delivery of a controlled substance, 20 years for taking a weapon from an officer, 20 years for evading arrest\/detention causing serious bodily injury.<\/p>\n

According to Palmer, Cumby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sentence was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153enhanced\u00e2\u20ac\u009d because of a prior conviction. Cumby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sentences all started on Wednesday, according to criminal records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ATHENS \u00e2\u20ac\u201c According to our news partner KETK, an Athens man has been sentenced to 35 years in state prison after he was arrested on May 15, 2023 for grabbing an officer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gun, evading arrest causing serious bodily injury and manufacture\/delivery of cocaine, judicial records show. Jonathan Dewayne Cumby, 42 of Athens, was arrested after … Continue reading Man sentenced for grabbing cop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1300395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/2024-02-24_000826-225x165.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Athens man sentenced for grabbing cop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gun","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 10:33:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/02\/2024-02-24_000826-225x165.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Athens man sentenced for grabbing cop\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gun","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1300393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1300396,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1300393\/revisions\/1300396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1300395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1300393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1300393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1300393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}