Cannon County Sheriff’s Deputies recently responded to a report about a Cannon County man just sitting in the middle of Rains Ridge Road. According to Sheriff’s Department reports, Deputy Paul Reed was at the Sheriff’s Department when he was approached by a citizen who he had spoken to before about drug activity. The man stated that there was a man acting weird just sitting on the old road that was no longer used. He further stated that the man was lying on the ground and then jumped up and continued to act erratically. Deputy Reed followed up by going out to Rains Ridge Road where he saw a black truck and a blue SUV and a man standing by the window of the SUV. The man was identified as Marlin Prater. Once Prater saw Deputy Reed, he went back to his truck and while doing so started to throw stuff into the weeds. Several times Deputy Reed instructed Prater to stop and Prater wouldn’t comply. Once Prater did stop, Deputy Reed asked Prater asked him why he was throwing things into the woods, Prater responded that he just got off probation and didn’t want to be in trouble. After searching Prater’s truck, and looking through the weeds for the discarded items, Prater was arrested for possession of Schedule 3 and Schedule 4 drugs.
