KCSO reports
• At 10:11 p.m., Sunday, April 11, a Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched to Cotton Eyed Joe’s, 11220 Outlet Drive, in reference to a hit-and-run. Complainant/witness said a black Nissan Sentra with a male driver was leaving Cotton Eyed Joe’s. While turning out of the business property, “the suspect revved his car to a burnout and lost control of his vehicle and ran through two sections of the wooden fence along the road at Cotton Eyed Joe’s,” the report stated. The suspect fled the scene before officers arrived. Estimated amount of damage to the fence was listed at $700.
• At 5:04 p.m., Thursday, April 8, a complainant contacted KCSO Teleserve Unit to report a worthless check from Smart Bank, 11216 Kingston Pike. Complainant advised the suspect successfully cashed a counterfeit check for $2,384.61. He advised the check was a Smart Bank check with a current account holder’s information on it. Complainant was able to provide the listed suspect’s name and driver’s license number. He said the incident was caught by cameras inside of the bank and the footage could be held for an indefinite amount of time pending detective review.
• At 1:50 a.m., Wednesday, April 7, two officers made contact with a suspicious Dodge Avenger outside a closed business, Taco Boy Sports Bar and Grill. Reporting officer made contact with the driver, the eventual arrestee, who was sitting in the driver’s seat with the vehicle running. “She was clearly intoxicated, and I could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage on her breath and person,” the report stated.
Eventual arrestee, who also had slurred speech, said she had two to three beers about an hour before. When asked to exit the vehicle, she had difficulty standing and was very unsteady. She agreed to perform a standardized field sobriety test, but was unable to perform due to her level of intoxication. Eventual arrestee also said “several times that she just wanted her lawyer,” the report stated. After being placed into custody, she refused to consent to a blood test. She was read implied consent and again refused. Arrestee was transported to Roger D. Wilson detention facility without incident.
• At 5:48 p.m., Tuesday, April 6, an officer responded to Tennova Turkey Creek Medical Center on reports of a hit-and-run in the employee parking lot. Victim/vehicle owner said she had been on the premises since about 7:50 a.m. When she got off work and made it back to her vehicle, a 2014 Kia Optima, she noticed the passenger side rear fender/bumper had been hit. No estimated amount of damage, dollar-wise, was listed. Victim had no suspect vehicle or suspect information at the time of this report.
• At 10:09 a.m., Friday, April 9, the victim called KCSO to file a report regarding a theft at a Rockwell Farm Lane address. According to the victim on Feb. 22, she was moving into a residence at this location and hired a company to move her belongings. She said when the movers finished, the lead mover used his phone to call the company to let them know they were done. According to the victim, she had only paid them the initial $75 when she reserved the service. Victim said they required the rest of the payment be made over the phone at the completion of the job. She said she handed the head mover her Citibank Mastercard to give the office her card number and security code for the rest of the payment.
According to the victim, the other two movers were standing in the next room, which was only about 12 feet away. She said they could easily hear the lead mover giving out her credit card information. Victim believes one of them must have written down her information while the head mover was reading it off to the office. According to the victim, she didn’t catch the fraudulent activity on her card until the statement came in the mail. Victim said on March 22 there was an online purchase with AppFolio for $596.82. She advised her statement listed the purchase as AppFolio Dominion Real Estate Agents & Managers Rentals.
According to the victim, on March 23 there were two debits listed as transfers or cash advances on two PayPal accounts. Victim said one listed a certain name and other a different name. She advised the debits amounts in those names were for $514.80 with an additional fee of $25.74.
The other was for $309.74, with the additional fee $15.45. Victim said she did not authorize any of these transactions. Upon obtaining the full name of one of the movers, that name matched the $514.80 purchase name. Total amount stolen was listed at $1,461.81.
