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  Charged with holding local woman against will
  An Oak Ridge man remained in jail on Friday stemming from a Thursday arrest for aggravated burglary, false imprisonment, and telephone harassment.
  According to court documents filed by Oak Ridge police officer K.V. Jenkins, she responded to an address on Amherst Lane on Oct. 18 for a report of telephone harassment, burglary, and false imprisonment. Once there, Jenkins wrote, a woman told the officer that 32-year-old Carlton Simpson, of 218 Highland Ave., had been repeatedly calling her. Simpson allegedly would curse the woman, using obscenities during the calls. The officer wrote that while he was speaking with the woman, Simpson called her three times.
  Simpson reportedly acknowledged that there was an order of protection that ordered him to not contact the woman in any fashion. He also allegedly switched to a cell phone with a different number in order to get the woman to answer the calls.
  Jenkins said she learned that Simpson had allegedly broke into the woman's house and assaulted her. That information, according to the documents, was derived from the interview the officer conducted with the woman, statements by the woman's three children, ages 10 to 13, and a text message reportedly from Simpson.
  After assaulting the woman, Simpson reportedly prevented her from leaving for up to eight hours. He allegedly took her phone during that time and prevented her from calling for help.
  During the time he allegedly kept her from leaving, Simpson reportedly yelled, threatened, and berated the woman. Jenkins wrote that the three children were awakened by the noise and witnessed the incident in the house.
  At about 11:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, the woman's friend came to pick up the children and that was when Simpson reportedly allowed her to leave the house. The burglary reportedly happened between 3 and 3:30 a.m.
  Simpson was arrested Thursday and remained in the Anderson County jail Friday afternoon on $31,000 bond.