Man on bicycle flees police and is tasered near 8th St, Newport TN


A man riding a bicycle refused to stop for police near the grammar school on 8th Street. He then fled on foot through private property. Officers pursued him and used a taser to stop and capture him.
Audio|Source: Cocke County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS, Newport Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Bill with a mail on a bicycle here, near the grammar school on 8th Street.
00:06
Campbell. Campbell.
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Central is still rolling.
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He's declining to stop.
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Where you at, Eli? I'm here at AeC.
00:19
Oh, I think.
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He's cutting through private property here.
00:26
Central, he's going to be out on foot chasing him.
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He's going to be going toward Woodlawn from Rubel Avenue.
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Copy out on foot, headed toward Woodlawn.
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Here.
00:47
We're looking for the location 31 we're going back over toward Rubel two more.
01:18
104, I'm on over here.
01:22
He's in a fence and I can't get in there.
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104 coming to you.
01:36
Top his tasers deployed.
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He's successful tasers.
01:44
He's still got him in him. He still got him in him.
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Copy.
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Location mentioned:
8th St, Newport, TN 37821
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