KCSO reports
• At 3:10 p.m., Friday, July 5, a Knox County Sheriff’s Office unit investigated a hit-and-run incident at 189 Brooklawn St. at Kroger.
Victim said he was driving a red 2014 Toyota Camry in the Kroger parking lot “when a newer model Nissan sedan collided with the rear of his vehicle,” the report stated. “(Victim) said the Nissan sedan fled the area, and he was not able to get a further description of the vehicle or driver.
Victim said a female advised she witnessed the incident, and she told an officer the vehicle was “dark blue in color and possibly (has) a Virginia license plate.” She said the driver was “a white male, possibly in his 20s or 30s.”
Video surveillance viewed by the officer indicated suspect was “driving at a high rate of speed through the parking lot.” No license number could be obtained on the video.
• At 4:33 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, officers reported an assault at an Olive Grove Lane residence. Victim said the suspect “approached his vehicle and started incoherently talking to him,” the report stated, then “threw a cigarette at (victim) that instead hit the door of his truck. (Suspect) started demanding (victim) step out of the vehicle to fight him.”
Victim refused, and suspect left the scene.
However, “Officers made contact with (suspect),” who “explained that he was suffering from schizophrenia and had an episode. (Suspect said) he wanted to go to the hospital to get evaluated and seek treatment,” the report stated. Suspect was transported to Tennova Healthcare Turkey Creek for evaluation.
