Fight Over Liquor Bottle Results In Arrest

Cannon County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested and charged a Bradyville man who was involved in a fight with his brother over a bottle of liquor.  Tuesday according to Cannon County Sheriff’s Department reports, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a call on Dickens Hill Road.  Upon arrival, Glenn Smotherman told police that he and his brother Randall Smotherman had been into a physical altercation over a bottle of vodka.  After speaking with Glenn, they they went to speak with Randall.  Randall had a bloody nose from the altercation.  The mother Mary Smotherman told Deputies that Glenn started the argument and then struck Randall in the nose.  Because of the evidence of a bloody nose it indicated that Glen was the primary aggressor.  Deputies arrested Glenn Smotherman and charged him with simple assault.  He will answer to the charge in Cannon County General Sessions Court April 5th.