Manchester Man Arrested for Car Theft

A Manchester man was arrested Nov. 14 for taking an Oldsmobile Bravado from a residence on the Old Manchester Highway.
Chad Austin Heaton, 24, of Harvest Drive, Manchester allegedly was spotted by the owner of the vehicle driving on South Jackson Street in Tullahoma. Donald Duke notified Tullahoma Police that he had spotted his vehicle and its location. In a police report, Officer Tim Brandon states that he followed the vehicle turn onto C.B.Watkins Drive, then south bound on Southwest Atlantic Street. The driver finally turned onto Monroe Street and turned into driveway on South Jefferson Street and fled on foot.
Heaton was caught and charged with theft of property, evading arrest and buy/sell/receive/in possession of stolen property. He was booked into the Coffee County Jail on a bond of $15,000. He appeared in Coffee County General Sessions Court on Thursday.