RABUN COUNTY, Ga. — A woman was out walking her dog earlier this week when she says a man pointed a crossbow at her and ordered her into his truck.
Rabun County deputies say they arrested Jack Thomas Harkins, 34, on Thursday and charged him with aggravated assault.
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They say Harkins approached a woman walking along Bear Gap Road near Minnehaha Falls early Monday morning and tried to force her into his gray or silver Ford F-150 pickup truck with a crossbow.
Instead, the woman says she ran off and reported the incident.
Harkins remains in the Rabun County Detention Center.
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