Georgia man charged after police say he pulled a knife on his ex-girlfriend in Beaufort
A Georgia man faces felony assault charges after he allegedly pulled a knife on his ex-girlfriend and at least one other person Friday in Beaufort, according to the Beaufort Police Department.
Terry Cook, 41, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, was charged with two counts of first-degree assault and battery and breaking into a house.
Police were called to a residence on Ribaut Road at around 10:58 a.m. Friday after a woman called 911 to report that her ex-boyfriend had pulled a knife out during an argument, according to a police report. The woman told police that she was at her home with another person when her ex-boyfriend, identified as Cook, allegedly kicked in the door and began making threats.
When the woman told him she would call police, he pulled out a knife and threatened her. The woman’s friend reported that Cook allegedly threatened to stab him, too. Cook then left, police said.
Police stopped Cook, who said he had been waiting in the yard to surprise the woman before leaving because he realized he “was not welcome,” officers said in the report.
Cook is in the Beaufort County Detention Center.
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