October 8, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A DeKalb County man accused of tying up and assaulting his wife and then forcing her to stay in a closet at their home over a ten day period in July has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault.
38 year old Erik Thomas Dunn of Indian Mound Road, Sparta (DeKalb County) is under a $120,000 bond and his court date is October 25.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on July 10 through July 20 Dunn confined his wife unlawfully as to interfere substantially with her liberty by zip tying her hands and throat and confining her to a closet.
According to the Sheriff, Dunn assaulted his wife with deadly weapons including zip ties, a knife, arrow, and wooden closet rod causing bodily injury. Dunn placed a zip tie around his wife’s throat to choke her which caused the woman to pass out. He used a knife to cut her left arm; an arrow to injure her foot; and he hit her several times with a wooden closet rod.
Dunn was under bond conditions at the time due to a previous aggravated and domestic assault case against him over this woman.