Two arrested for Criminal Domestic Violence

Assault-type injuries of two women have led to the arrest of two men in Oconee County.  Seneca Police arrested and charged 26-year-old James Tyler Cannon with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature as part of their investigation into a recent incident at Cannon’s home on Mill Road. The police say the victim was bitten and choked.  Walhalla Police report 25-year-old Peter Carl Christenson III was arrested and charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.   Police investigated the assault of a woman in an area of Josh Circle.  Police say the woman suffered a punctured lung and a broken jaw, from which she is now recovering after surgery.  Both men were booked on the charges at the Oconee County Detention Center in Walhalla.