37-year-old Jessyca “Jess” Hager is free on a $10,000 bond after being charged with the felony assault and strangulation of her young child. After the assault, the juvenile got on his bicycle in West Nashville, flagged down a neighbor and asked to use a phone explaining he had just been assaulted by his mother when she tossed him to the ground, strangled him by the neck, assaulted him, all while telling him she wished she never had him. The neighbor alerted police and got in touch with the child’s grandmother, and assisted him in getting to her residence, where police also arrived. The grandmother stated this was not unusual, and the child often sought sanctuary at her home as his mother struggles to manage her life.
| COMPLAINT: |
| 2022-0011900 |
| ARREST WARRANT / AFFIDAVIT: |
| ON 01/09/2022 OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO 7816 HAYDENBERRY CV FOR A DOMESTIC INCIDENT CALLED IN BY A THIRD PARTY. POLICE SPOKE WITH THE COMPLAINANT (THIRD PARTY CALLER) WHO STATED HE WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY THE JUVENILE VICTIM WHO WAS ON HIS BIKE WANTING TO BORROW A PHONE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE VICTIM TOLD HIM HE WAS ASSAULTED BY HIS MOTHER (DEFENDANT) AND WAS TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF HIS GRANDMOTHER TO GO TO HER RESIDENCE. THE COMPLAINANT ASSISTED THE VICTIM TO HIS GRANDMOTHER’S RESIDENCE. OFFICERS SPOKE WITH GRANDMOTHER AND VICTIM AT GRANDMOTHER’S RESIDENCE. GRANDMOTHER STATED THIS WAS NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE VICTIM TO COME OVER TO HER HOUSE TO GET AWAY FROM HIS MOTHER. GRANDMOTHER STATED THE DEFENDANT STRUGGLES TO TAKE CARE OF THE VICTIM AND BALANCE HER LIFE SOMETIMES. THE VICTIM STATED DEFENDANT WAS UPSET WITH HER BOYFRIEND AND WAS TAKING IT OUT ON HIM. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT CAME UPSTAIRS AND GRABBED HIM THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND STATING THAT SHE HATED HIM AND WISHED SHE NEVER HAD HIM. THE VICTIM STATED HE GOT OFF OF THE GROUND AND BACK ONTO THE BED WHEN THE DEFENDANT GRABBED HIM BY THE NECK AND CHOKED HIM FOR APPROXIMATELY 5-10 SECONDS. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT THEN LEFT THE ROOM AND WENT DOWNSTAIRS. THE VICTIM STATED HE THEN GOT HIS SHOES ON AND RAN OUTSIDE TO GET HIS BIKE AND LEAVE TO HIS GRANDMOTHER’S. NO PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OF THE INJURIES DUE TO THE VICTIM BEING A JUVENILE. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO DEFENDANT’S RESIDENCE TO SPEAK WITH THE HER ABOUT THE INCIDENT WITH HER SON (VICTIM). THE DEFENDANT APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED INDICATED BY ODOR OF ALCOHOL, SLURRED SPEECH, AND UNSTEADY ON HER FEET. DEFENDANT STATED THAT HER CHILD (VICTIM) RAN AWAY AND SHE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE MARKS OR INCIDENT LEADING UP TO THE VICTIM RUNNING AWAY. THE DEFENDANT DENIED EVER TOUCHING THE VICTIM OR ANYTHING HAPPENING. WITH NO STATEMENT OR COOPERATION FROM THE DEFENDANT AND MARKS CONSISTENT WITH THE VICTIM’S STATEMENTS THE DEFENDANT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. |
| PROSECUTOR: |
| PEYTON W WHEATLEY |
| SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER / JUDGE: |
| UMEKA M FOREMAN |
| VICTIM: |
| JUVENILE VICTIM |
| CASE | CHARGE | BOND |
|---|---|---|
| GS959600 | AGGRAVATED ASSAULT – STRANGULATION | $10,000 |
 | Jess Hager |
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| DEFENDANT: | HAGER, JESSYCA DAWN |
| AKA(s): | JESS HAGER JESSYCA HAGER JESSYCA HAGER |
| ADDRESS: | 1023 GENERAL GEORGE PATTON RD NASHVILLE, TN 37221 |
| JMS ID: | – |
| CONTROL ID: | 309295 |
| SEX: | F |
| RACE: | WHITE |
| DOB: | 12/27/1984 |
| ADMITTED: | 01/09/2022 |
| RELEASED: | 01/10/2022 |
| BOND VIA: | 1ST STOP BONDING |
