MORRISTOWN (WATE) – A Hamblen County man was taken into custody after he crashed a stolen vehicle and in a store on Monday night, according to police.
Leonard Phillips was charged with burglary over $500 and vandalism for the damage at Cherokee By-Lo Market.
A Morristown police officer responded to an audible alarm at the store. They saw Phillips walking away from the store near a broken front window. Sever cartons of cigarettes were missing, according to officers.
Phillips left the scene in a black pickup truck in an apparent attempt to elude police and crashed on Buffalo Trail at Davis Street, officials said.
At the crash scene, officers discovered the pickup truck Phillips was driving was reported stolen on Monday morning by K and J Auto Sales on South Cumberland Street.
Phillips has also been charged in connection with the stolen vehicle.
