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Report: Homeowner shoots, hits tire; burglary suspects flee, found later
oakridgetoday.com ^ | 9 April, 2013 | John Huotari

Posted on 04/22/2013 12:50:30 PM PDT by marktwain

Melton Hill Drive property Saturday, authorities said. He hit a tire.

But the trio was able to escape in the black car—at least temporarily, authorities said.

The three were arrested later after a search that included the Clinton Police Department, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department, and a Knox County Sheriff’s Department helicopter, the CPD said in a news release posted on its website.

It all started when Jimmy Foster, the Melton Hill Drive homeowner, returned home Saturday and found the black Taurus in his driveway as well as people allegedly loading what appeared to be his property into the vehicle, the release said.

Foster pulled into the driveway and got out of his vehicle, the release said. The suspects allegedly rammed his vehicle with the Taurus and then turned their vehicle, driving toward him. Fearing for his life, Foster drew a firearm and fired several shots at the vehicle, the release said.

It said he struck a tire, but the suspects fled.

The CPD and Anderson County Sheriff’s Department began a search. CPD Sgt. Jason Stokes located the suspects’ vehicle on Burly Nelson Lane, off of Blockhouse Valley Road. He apprehended two of the suspects: Nicholas David Hedge, 22, of Hall Road in Knoxville, and Amanda Marie Webber, 21, of Carroll Hollow Road in Clinton.

The third suspect— Christopher Lynn Harness, 22, of Dutch Valley Road in Clinton—had allegedly fled on foot.

K-9 units from the CPD and Sheriff’s Department, joined by a helicopter from the Knox County Sheriff’s Department, began a perimeter search of the area. After about one hour, the Knox County helicopter located Harness at the ridge top between Blockhouse Valley and West Wolf Valley, the release said. As Harness allegedly fled on foot toward West Wolf Valley, he was apprehended by Anderson County deputies John Acker and

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: banglist; defense; guncontrol; home; secondamendment; tn
Three young, white suspects.
1 posted on 04/22/2013 12:50:30 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

That was fast....Of course Dano didn’t have to check with Obama.


2 posted on 04/22/2013 12:52:34 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: marktwain

Meth-heads?


3 posted on 04/22/2013 12:53:29 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: marktwain

Fools prolly didn’t know how to change a flat tire. There may be some redeeming qualities in the uneducated and lazy LIV’s.


4 posted on 04/22/2013 1:43:20 PM PDT by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: Ken522

My thoughts exactly. The girl apparently is a mother, so I feel sympathy for her children and hope that there are law-abiding relatives to take them in.


5 posted on 04/22/2013 2:01:06 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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