A 26-year-old man from McDonald, Ga., has been charged with hitting his wife with a gun and forcing a seven-year-old boy to smoke marijuana at gunpoint, according to an arrest report from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office. Justin Blake Mitchell hit his wife in the head with a gun, pointed it at her, threatened to kill her and then robbed her of cash and other personal property, the report said.
Then Mitchell pointed the gun at the seven-year-old boy and threatened to shoot him if he didn’t smoke marijuana, according to the report.
He also stole another man’s debit card at gunpoint and robbed another woman of her personal property, the report said. The incident took place on July 12 at a home on Santana Drive. Mitchell was arrested then, but further investigation led to additional charges, according to the report. Mitchell has been charged with aggravated battery using a deadly weapon, three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, child abuse, grand theft of a firearm, possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana, two counts of felony larceny and two counts of misdemeanor larceny.