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Resisting/Evading Arrest — A McKenzie man was arrested June 15 after allegedly attempting to flee from officers.
Charles Dunning, 35, of 27 Gerring Avenue was charged with resisting arrest and evading arrest. According to the report by Deputy Ethan Parham, Deputy Dennis Adkins attempted to serve a Weakley County warrant on Dunning, but Dunning fled from the deputy on a bicycle and then on foot. After a short pursuit, Dunning was apprehended with assistance from other deputies, MPD officers, and a corrections officer. When Dunning tried to resist officers’ attempts to put handcuffs on him, Parham deployed a taser gun in order to subdue Dunning.
Multiple Charges — A Beech Bluff man was arrested June 5 on multiple charges.
Cody O’Neal Fullington, 29, was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting stop/frisk/halt, and public intoxication. According to the report by Deputy Cody Walker, a citizen called the Sheriff’s Department, stating that a man had asked him for a ride out of Carroll County because his car was stuck by the railroad tracks and he was running from police. Walker found Fullington and his vehicle at the railroad crossing at Wingo Circle. Walker reported that Fullington had slurred speech and he wasn’t making any sense. Dispatch informed Walker that the Gibson Police Department had been engaged in a vehicular pursuit of Fullington. Walker reported that Fullington resisted when he tried to place him under arrest.
Theft — The Sheriff’s Department is investigating the recent theft of farm equipment from private property in Trezevant.
Taylor Barker told Deputy Ethan Parham on June 20 that someone had stolen a 45-foot trailer for a combine from a field at 250 Wingo Chapel Cemetery Lane. The trailer has been valued at $8,000.
Simple Assault — A Hollow Rock man was arrested June 19 for allegedly attacking his wife on the court square in Huntingdon.
Timothy Story, 42, of 22475 State Route 114 was charged with simple assault. According to the report by Deputy Dennis Adkins, Story approached his wife, Paula Story, outside the courthouse asking her to talk and then asking her to get into a vehicle with him. When she refused to get into the vehicle, Mr. Story allegedly grabbed the sunglasses off her face and threw them on the ground, breaking them, and then he grabbed his wife and tried to drag her into the vehicle. She managed to break free and fled into the courthouse.
Theft — Deputies are investigating the recent theft of several items, including two firearms, from private property in McKenzie.
According to the report by Deputy Eric Sawyers, he went to 4903 Highway 436 on June 19 and spoke with Clay Dillahunty, who said that someone had taken numerous items from his barn. Dillahunty said that a Polaris Ranger valued at $5,000, a Remington 1100 12-gauge shotgun valued at $500, a 22-LR rifle valued at $200, and numerous hand tools valued at $500 had been stolen. Sawyers observed that the lock had been cut off the cable at the road and found tire tracks that appeared to have been made by a truck pulling a trailer, as well as tracks inside the barn that appeared to have been made by someone wearing cowboy boots. A witness told Sawyers that a light colored dually pickup truck pulling a trailer had pulled into that address on June 18 at around 8 p.m.