Sam Amico
A man has been sentenced to a sober living unit and two years probation after he allegedly assaulted his wife and threatened her with a firearm at a home daycare in Cedar Rapids, Michigan.
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Thomas Cronkright, 36, apologized to the court after receiving four months in the sobriety unit. He will not be permitted to have contact with his children while he’s in jail, the court ruled.
“I’m sorry, and I want to make things right, be with my kids and my wife,” he said, via WOOD TV.
Documents allege the Cronkright used meth the night before the assault, which included him slamming his wife’s head into a chair on May 1. He also hit her in the face with a phone, state documents claim. Along with that, Cronkright is accused of pointing a shotgun at his wife as she held his baby.
The wife then ran to a neighbor’s house, leaving two children inside the home unattended. Cronkright also left the house in a vehicle but was arrested a few hours later. Presumably as a result of the incident, the state has suspended the license of the Monkey Run Day Care.
“It was critical to take emergency action to protect the health, welfare, and safety of the children at this group child care home,” the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs’ Child Care Licensing Bureau said in a statement.
None of the children were harmed, WOOD-TV reported. A portion of that report reads…
A Cedar Springs-area man who was arrested after attacking his wife and threatening her with a gun while there were children at their home day care has taken a plea deal.
Thomas Cronkright pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated domestic violence. In exchange for his plea, a count of felonious assault was dismissed. He faces up to a year in jail when he is sentenced.
The judge also reduced Cronkright’s bond from $50,000 to $25,000.
The state suspended the license for Monkey Run Day Care on Solon Street NE near Division Avenue in Solon Township earlier this month, citing the May 1 assault.
State documents say that Cronkright, who had used meth the night before, slammed his wife’s head into a chair and hit her in the face with her phone, among other things. He then got a shotgun and pointed it at her while she was holding a baby. She took off to a neighbor’s house. Cronkright drove away but was arrested later the same day. Two other children were left in the house until deputies arrived. No children were harmed.
https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/man-pleads-to-assaulting-wife-at-home-day-care/
