Manchester Man Arrested after incident in Tullahoma

Last Thursday Tullahoma police officers were doing a walk through at Dossett Apartments. Officers heard a female screaming and a male subject shouting in an apartment. Police report, that neither person would come to the door and the female was still screaming. According to the arrest warrant Tullahoma Police made forced entry through the front door. Upon entering the apartment the female victim was on a bed crying uncontrollably with allegedly severe injuries all about her body. The warrant goes onto say the victim told officers that the man identified as Dustin DeWayne Burgess age 21 Old Woodbury Hwy Manchester allegedly attempted to strangle her. Police say she had large marks on her neck, bruising on her arms, legs, feet and upper back and she also had a black eye.
Burgess was taken into custody by Tullahoma Officer Rocky Ruehling and charged with Aggravated assault and he was also facing a previous failure to appear, and vandalism charges.