A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF SEVERLY BEATING HIS WIFE AND HOLDING HER AGAINST HER WILL OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT. HAROLD BERNARD TUCKER IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING. CHRISTINE TUCKER WAS FOUND ON EAST CARTER’S VALLEY ROAD BY A PASSERBY. SHE SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES TO HER HEAD, FACE, BACK AND ARMS. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED SHE HAD BEEN BOUND AND GAGGED AND ALLEGEDLY BEATEN BY HER HUSBAND. SHE MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE HOME ON FLANARY STREET AND HIDE FOR SOME TIME UNTIL SHE FELT IT WAS SAFE TO FLEE. OFFICERS FOUND A PIECE OF ROPE AND SHE STILL HAD DUCT TAPE IN HER HAIR. DETECTIVE KAREN WATKINS SAID THIS IS THE WORST CASE SHE HAS SEEN WHERE THE VICTIM SURVIVED. TUCKER IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.