Harold William Laster III
A KINGSPORT MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEATING HIS MOTHER AT HER CITY RESIDENCE. 38 YEAR OLD HAROLD WILLIAM LASTER THE THIRD WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. LYNDA LASTER TOLD POLICE HER SON HAD BEATEN HER, SEVERELY KICKED HER, CHOKED, BEAT, AND HELD A KNIFE TO HER THROAT. MRS. LASTER TOLD POLICE SHE WAS UNABLE TO USE THE TELEPHONE WHEN THE ALLEGED ASSAULT OCCURRED, AND WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE HER HOME UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHEN HER SON FELL ASLEEP. HAROLD LASTER IS LODGED IN THE SULLIVAN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WITHOUT BOND.