James B. Hill of Flat Gap was charged after Paintsville Police alleged he pushed his wife into a vehicle and choked her until she became unconscious during an incident behind a business on Depot Road. Hill was charged with: • ASSAULT, 4TH DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) MINOR INJURY • STRANGULATION 1ST DEGREE (DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED) All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. #AppalachiaInsider #JohnsonCounty #Paintsville #CrimeNews #PublicSafety #EasternKentucky