Steven Ray Davenport… Photo provided by the CCSD
According to a report by Coffee County Sheriff’s Deputy Blake Simmons, a white car was observed sitting at a gate on the Woodbury Highway. When the officer approached the vehicle he noticed that the occupant, Steven Davenport, 27, of Shelly Road, Manchester, had his head against the steering wheel.
The report states that Davenport appeared nervous. When the deputy went to his vehicle to check with dispatchers to learn if there were any warrants for the man, Davenport jumped a gate and took off running through a field leading Simmons into a wooded area. Once in the wooded area Deputies Stephen Sharketti and Jeremy David arrived and placed Davenport into custody.
When Deputy Simmons ran a check for warrants he learned that Davenport was wanted in Rutherford and Cannon Counties on charges.
Davenport was booked into the Coffee County Jail on a charge of evading arrest. His bond on that charge is $1,500 and he is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Dec. 12. In the meantime he faces the charges in Cannon and Rutherford Counties.
