A McMinnville Highway man has been arrested recently and charged with a felony arrest after he allegedly gave a false report concerning a stolen vehicle. It all started at Davenports service station in Woodbury when 29 year old Matthew Richison called the Sheriff’s Department to report a stolen vehicle. Also about the same time another call came into dispatch that a man stated he walked out side an found a unoccupied car in his driveway that had struck his parked vehicle. The tag of the car match the complainants name involving the stolen automobile. Richison stated that the previous night, he parked his 2012 Kia, somewhere along Gassway Road to look for a camping spot because he did not want to sleep at his residence. He stated that he left the car running and walked off into a field. A unknown car pulls up and someone gets in his car and both cars drive off. He stated that he walked back to Woodbury to seek help. The deputy then told Richison that his vehicle had been involved in an accident and was located in someone’s yard on Gassaway Road. The deputy also advised Richison that if he was giving a false report after crashing his vehicle he would be subject to a felony arrest. After further investigation at the scene it appeared that the driver of the vehicle drove straight through a curve, exited the roadway to the left and struck a parked car hard enough to spin it around an separate the rear axle from the frame. The Kia appeared to be a total loss but deputies thought it was strange for the key to be missing from the vehicle. Furthermore in plain sight there was a game console that was still in the car and nothing seemed to be missing. The deputy stated in his report that after speaking to Richison there appears to be probably cause that he was in fact driving the vehicle when the crash occurred and he gave a false report of the vehicle being stolen after he left the scene. Richison will answer to the charges in Cannon County General Sessions Court July 5th.
