A KINGSPORT MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HIS WIFE WHILE ON PROBATION FOR THE SAME CRIME IS FREE ON BOND. 38 YEAR OLD RANDALL RHOTON IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HE’S ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HIS WIFE, LAURA RHOTEN, AFTER SHE ASKED HIM FOR MONEY DECEMBER 18TH. HE ALLEGEDLY GRABBED HIS WIFE BY THE HAIR, SLAPPED HER AND PURSHED HER AROUND THEIR HOME ON CANEY DRIVE. RHOTON IS CURRENTLY FREE ON 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND. HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED FEBRUARY 8TH FOR A PREVIOUS ASSAULT ON HIS WIFE AND WAS SERVING PROBATION AT THE TIME OF THE SECOND ALLEGED INCIDENT. RHOTON IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN SULLIVAN COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT JANUARY 3RD.