Yantis Man Jailed On Assault Charge

Bond was set at $45,000 for a man charged with injury to an elderly person and interfering with an emergency call. Authorities say27 year old Jan Jacobs of Yantis got into an altercation with an 83 year old man at a Como store, grabbed the phone away from the man while he was talking with the Sheriff’s Office, and threw it at the man.  The victim suffered lacerations to his nose and hand.