A BRISTOL VIRGINIA MAN ACCUSED OF HOLDING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND HER FRIEND AT GUNPOINT IN BRISTOL TENNESSEE, IS BEHIND BARS. WAYNE SMITH IS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY FOR ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING LINDSEY SMITH AND THREATENING HER AND HER FRIEND LYDIA BARKER, WITH A HANDGUN. HE ALLEGEDLY STRUCK HIS WIFE SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE GUN. SHE WAS TREATED FOR NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. BRISTOL VIRGINIA POLICE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE SMITH IN AN APARTMENT IN THE CITY. DURING A SEARCH, THEY LOCATED A SMALL SILVER HANDGUN AND TWO BAGGIES OF MARIJUANA. RALPH SAMS, WHO WAS IN THE APARTMENT, WAS FOUND TO HAVE BEEN WANTED ON A PAROLE VIOLATION OUT OF BROOKLYN NEW YORK. HE’S AWAITING EXTRADITION. SMITH IS ALSO AWAITING EXTRADITION. BOTH MEN ARE BEING HELD IN THE BRISTOL VIRGINIA JAIL WITHOUT BOND AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT ON AUGUST 21ST.