KINGSTON, Tenn. — A Kingston man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was charged with aggravated assault twice, attempting to strangle two different women at two different times, according to a release from the District Attorney General's office.
Russell Johnson, the District Attorney General, said Roger Mills, 68, was first charged after a Roane County Sheriff's Office deputy responded to a call about a domestic situation in August 2020. A release said he strangled a woman and would not let her leave the house, beating her with a hammer on her knees and ankles.
Johnson said Mills made bond on that case, but later tried to strangle another woman in March 2022. In both instances, he was charged with aggravated assault. Both women were also family members of Mills.
Mills pleaded guilty to both charges, according to Johnson's release. Prosecutors asked the judge to sentence him to five years in prison for each charge, served consecutively. Johnson said prosecutors asked the court to "ignore the fact that the defendant is older, in this case almost 69 years old, and impose the longer sentence because of the heinous and personal nature of both attacks, instances of strangulation that exhibited uncontrolled anger and violence."
