On Thursday Tullahoma Police Officer Phil Bratten arrested and charged Cory Michael Smith age 27 of Ovoca Rd Tullahoma with Evading arrest, Theft of property and Reckless endangerment.
Tullahoma Police received a complaint of an individual walking down West Carroll Street that a man was brandishing a gun and threatening motorists with it. According to the arrest warrant the man was located on West Carroll and when approached by officers the subject took off running on foot, ignoring their directions to stop and attempting to evade arrest. Smith allegedly was observed throwing an item behind an out building at the Civic Center before he was finally apprehended.
The warrant goes on to say that Smith not only endangered passing motorists by waving a loaded weapon at them, but also endangered children who would have been playing at the Civic Center by tossing the weapon in an area frequented by youngsters. Smith allegedly admitted to having the weapon and to tossing it beside the building at the center.
Tullahoma Police ran a check of the serial number on the loaded Glock nine-millimeter and determined it to have been stolen out of Bedford County in March of 2016.
Smith was booked at the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $12,500 and has a court date of July 28, 2016.
Man Runs from Tullahoma Police with Stolen Gun
