Lawrence Tunnell, former acting city judge for Knoxville, has reason to feel extremely relieved – the city just dropped all assault charges that he received this past November.

The incident involved the former 94-year-old judge; however, now the victim involved in the incident has disappeared. Despite currently not being able to be located, he had already contested that he did not wish to continue on with the prosecution. This was made clear when prosecutor Victoria Walsh gave a statement stating that Smallwood did not wish to proceed further. This is a life-changing announcement for Tunnell, considering he would be facing charges of aggravated assault.

Apparently, the alleged victim, Charles Smallwood, was struck with Tunnell’s car and was knocked to the ground. The incident began because Tunnell had fallen, and Smallwood, along with a couple other by standing witnesses, helped him up and tried to make him stay until the ambulance came to help him. Unfortunately, Tunnell tried to leave anyways, despite the crowd’s attempt to help him. When he began to drive away, Smallwood attempted to stand in front of his car so that he could not go anywhere – which immediately backfired when Tunnell proceeded to hit him with his car.

A surprising incident for the 94-year-old former judge. Luckily he will not have to worry about packing and moving to a new town due to a momentary lapse of judgement.