By Tabitha Evans Moore
Editor & Publisher

LYNCHBURG, Tenn. — On Saturday April 25 during the annual Spring in the Hollow Festival, an Alabama man experienced a real life example of try that in a small town.

As folks shopped the plant sales, waited in line for ribeye steak sandwich, and strolled through the streets of historic Lynchburg Square, an Alabama man sped through going visibly faster than the posted 10 miles per hour as bystanders waved their arm attempted to slow him down. He also drove right past Moore County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Shane Taylor, who immediately called dispatch.

Moments later Sergeant Douglas Carson pulled over and arrest a 25-year-old Alabama man, Zachary Michael Sheely of Huntsville, Alabama, for reckless endangerment committed with a deadly weapon (the vehicle being the weapon, per the statute).

According to the incident report, Sheely drove through the square at a high rate of speed, sounding his horn at pedestrians attending Lynchburg spring event. Chief Deputy Taylor and other attempted to stop the driver due to his reckless behavior, but the subject swerved around another vehicle to evade them. According to several witnesses, people attending the event were almost struck by the vehicle, according to the report.

Carson apprehended the suspect along the Fayetteville Highway near the Metro Utility Department and transported him to the Moore County Jail.

According to Tennessee Code 39-13-103B, reckless endangerment committed with a deadly weapon is a Class E felony typically resulting in one to six years in prison and a fine of up to $3,000. •

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