Danny Lee Shaffer

At 3:29 on the morning of March 26, a Knoxville Police Department Officer was dispatched to a home at the Wheel Estates trailer court at 1329 S. Lincoln, to a fight. Court documents obtained by KNIA KRLS News show that the officer spoke with the victim who said that 54-year-old Danny Lee Shaffer, also a resident of Wheel Estates, had come to his home and began assaulting his girlfriend. When the victim attempted to stop Shaffer’s assault, Shaffer allegedly pushed the victim into a box spring, breaking his right forearm. Shaffer is charged with Assault, a class D felony, and is being held at the Marion County Jail on $5000 bond. His preliminary hearing is set for April 25 at 1:30.