KCSO: Man arrested after stealing county cruiser, dragging detective trying to stop him
KCSO said the suspect began to drive away in the deputy s cruiser as he tried to pull him out, dragging the deputy alongside the vehicle. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 7:32 PM EDT March 17, 2021
KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. A Knoxville man is in custody after the Knox County Sheriff s Office said he stole a detective s unmarked cruiser, dragging the deputy alongside the vehicle as he tried to stop him.
Deputies arrested Darrell Cooper, 29, and charged him with felony aggravated assault, theft, and evading arrest.
According to KCSO, the deputy saw a suspicious person carrying several items across a parking lot of a closed business in the 9100 block of Cross Park Drive in the Cedar Bluff area just after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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A Gray duo was arrested Friday in connection with an attempted break-in at Central Christian Academy in Gray overnight Thursday.
Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Scotty Wilson and Deputy Jesse Smith arrested Cody W. Hutton, 30, and Kateln Storms, 22, following a traffic stop in the school parking lot.
Deputy William Stewart, the department’s public affairs officer, stated that a school employee had noticed a suspicious vehicle parked next to a dumpster.
“He had scared them off,” Stewart said of the employee noting that the vehicle returned later Friday morning.
However, Stewart stated that deputies were still on the scene when they observed a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle stop across the road.
Mar 8, 2021
GRAY â Two were arrested Friday night for attempted burglary at Central Christian Academy in Gray, after a school official noticed a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot and a window from the school building had been removed.
Cody W. Hutton, 30, of Gray and Kateln Storms, age 22, of Gray were arrested for third-degree attempted burglary, possession of burglary tools and possession of drug paraphernalia. Hutton was also charged with operating on a suspended or revoked operator s license.
At approximately 9 p.m. Friday, Knox County Sheriff Mike Smith was contacted by the school official of an attempted burglary at the Central Christian Academy in Gray. Deputies Scotty Wilson and Jesse Smith were notified and responded to the academy. While conducting an investigation, the deputies learned that the school official had noticed a suspicious vehicle parked next to a dumpster and that an outer window had been removed from the building, a press release from the Knox Coun