Two charged with robbery after alleged attack, skateboard theft

Two East Tennessee men have been charged with robbery after allegedly attacking a boy riding a skateboard in a parking lot at Central Baptist Church in Oak Ridge on Sunday and stealing his skateboard.

Nicholas A. Turnbill, 19, of Harriman, allegedly came up behind the victim and hit him on the back of the head with a closed fist and “turned back around, kicking him in the head while the victim was on the ground,” according to a a warrant filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court.

“The defendant and his accomplice used violence and attacked the victim, committing theft by taking the defendant’s skateboard,” Oak Ridge Police Department Officer Thomas Bolling wrote.

The accomplice, Brandon L. Harmon, 21, of Oak Ridge, allegedly stole the victim’s skateboard while Turnbill attacked the boy, a second warrant said.

Turnbill was also charged with criminal impersonation because he gave a false name to Bolling during the investigation, according to a third warrant.

Bond for both Turnbill and Harmon has been set at $50,000 on the robbery charges. Both remained jailed in the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton on Wednesday afternoon.

Bond for Turnbill on the criminal impersonation charge has been set at $5,000.