Westminster Man arrested for Assault and Kidnapping

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man Monday night on multiple charges after deputies responded to a residence for a welfare check. Deputies charged 25-year-old Joshua Guy Brock with two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, one count of criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, one count of assault and battery in the first degree, and two counts of kidnapping. Once deputies arrived on the scene after receiving a call that a man was being held hostage, Brock was seen on the front porch with his wife and father inside the house. As the investigation began, deputies were told that Brock and his wife had been arguing while en-route back home from Georgia. Once they arrived at the residence, Brock’s father tried to calm him down, but Brock reportedly struck his father with a handgun and held the muzzle against his father’s neck while making threats to kill both his wife and father if law enforcement was called. Brock’s wife stated that both her and her father-in-law wanted to leave but Brock refused to do let them do so and held them against their will. As the investigation continued, deputies discovered a handgun on Brock. Brock is being held at the Oconee County Detention Center on a combined $180,000 surety bond.