Handgun stolen from vehicle
A handgun was stolen from a Catoosa County vehicle while it was parked outside of a residence, police say.
According to the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office, the theft occurred from a vehicle belonging to a Mt. Pisgah Road resident sometime around Feb. 10.
Deputies were called to the 2400 block of Mt. Pisgah Road just after 1 p.m. on Feb. 10.
The resident said his .45-caliber Smith and Wesson handgun had been taken from the Ford F-150 truck parked in front of his home, reports show.
The victim admitted that he last saw the gun around Jan. 21, and that it could have been taken between then and Feb. 10. The victim added that there’s a possibility it could have been taken while he was traveling around in the vehicle.
“The handgun was in the console of the vehicle and the victim stated that he has left the vehicle unlocked on several occasions,” Cpl. George Wooten wrote in the report.
Anyone with information about the theft or the stolen firearm is encouraged to contact Detective Doug Licklider with the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office at 706-935-2424. between Feb. 11 and 15 on Haven Drive in Ringgold.
On Feb. 15, the victim notified police of the incident, stating that he’d been out of town for a few days and couldn’t pinpoint exactly when it was taken.
The gun was taken from a 2002 Ford F-250.
The victim admitted that the vehicle’s doors are sometimes left unlocked.
The missing firearm is a Beretta 9x19, which the victim was able to determine had to have been taken from the vehicle while it was at his residence after video surveillance footage of his workplace showed no one entering the vehicle during the time in question.
After notifying police of the theft, the victim canvassed his neighborhood to see if anyone witnessed the crime.
None of the neighbors reported seeing anyone around the victim’s residence or vehicle, detectives say.
Anyone with information regarding the theft or the missing gun is encouraged to contact Detective Alan Miles with the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office at 706-935-2424. iff’s Office:
James Antwone Tevey, 40, of Appaloosa Drive in Tunnel Hill was arrested Feb. 27 on charges of aggravated assault, terroristic threats and acts, cruelty to children, and two counts of simple battery. Tevey has been released from jail on bond.
Deputies were dispatched to Tevey’s residence Feb. 17 after a call came in of physical assault with the suspect waving a handgun around threatening people.
When deputies arrived at the home, Tevey had already run away through the back yard, reports show.
There were several witnesses at the scene, including five children. The adult witnesses said the family was having a discussion around the kitchen table when Tevey, who’d been drinking, began using racist and profane language and threatened to kill everyone in the home.
Tevey allegedly punched one man in the face during the argument, threw a woman on a bed and held her down, and then pulled out a .38-caliber pistol and began threatening people, reports show.
Although deputies couldn’t immediately locate Tevey, most of the family members left the home.
Approximately an hour later, another call came in that Tevey was back at the residence trying to get in.
Tevey fled the scene again before deputies could get to him.
“I spoke to two witnesses and they stated the offender was beating on the door threatening to kill them all if they didn’t’ let him in to get his stuff,” Deputy Aaron Thomas said.
Warrants were taken out for Tevey’s arrest, and he was subsequently taken into custody 10 days later on Feb. 27.
A Hixson, Tennessee, woman is facing weapon and drug charges in Catoosa County after a routine traffic stop resulting in a drug bust and discovery of a concealed handgun, police say.
According to the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office:
Lauren Deshea Lowrance, 18, of Gates Road in Hixson, Tennessee, was arrested Feb. 26 on charges of possession of meth, possession of meth with intent to distribute, possession of tools for the commission of a crime, and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. Her bond was set at $18,500.
Lowrance’s run-in with deputies began just before 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 when a deputy noticed a vehicle traveling along Oak Street in Rossville with the headlights off.
It was quickly discovered that the male driver of the vehicle, 26-year-old Nakota Luke Petet, had a suspended Georgia driver’s license, reports show.
The third person traveling in the car was a 15-year-old juvenile.
During questioning, Lowrance told deputies that she had a gun in her purse.
After Lowrance and Petet were detained, the vehicle was searched, at which time deputies discovered plastic baggies of meth in the glove compartment of the vehicle, and a similar baggie in the driver’s side floorboard.