Police were alerted to a man walking in traffic on North Eastman Road and trying to flag down motorists. Near Reedy Creek, an officer found him holding extended utility knives in each hand while, "flailing his arms."
A woman, 36, claimed that a child accidentally bumped into her daughter, so she told the other juvenile she should say, "Excuse me." An altercation ensued, then escalated to a 20-year-old man allegedly pushing her.
After taking off his shirt and throwing a knife to the ground, according to an officer’s report, the suspect advised he was going to "fight me like a man."
At 5 a.m., reports of gunfire led police to the area of Dale Street. When a patrol officer attempted to speak with a pedestrian, the man ignored commands and cut down an alley, then ran through yards and jumped a fence.
On Pleasant Hill Road, police found a Chevrolet Blazer lying on its side. Witnesses said that when they arrived at the scene, a juvenile was lying in the road and a woman was behind the wheel. She then ran to her nearby residence.
Police were alerted to a donkey that looked to be in poor health in Church Hill, with a check of a pasture finding the animal having trouble getting up and walking.
For the second time in two months, police were alerted to indecent exposure at the Kingsport Pavilion. An 18-year-old female reported that a man pulled beside her, then "lifted up his lower body … positioned his hips towards her. "
At 7:40 p.m., dispatchers began fielding calls about a man slicing his wrists along East Stone Drive. An officer spotted the suspect in southbound lanes of North Eastman Road, finding he was "covered in blood and holding a razor knife."
At 12:30 a.m., police were alerted to a possibly intoxicated person on the Kingsport Greenbelt. Near Riverfront Park, a responding officer located a naked man, age 23.
Police were alerted to a man walking along Lone Star Road, lunging towards passing vehicles and trying to hit them with a metal pipe.
A resident of Model City Apartments — age 67, and recovering from an illness — realized she had left her phone in her car, then flagged down an unknown man who was walking by. She gave him her keys and asked that he retrieve it.
As a man used the bathroom at Belk in the Fort Henry Mall, he noticed someone holding an iPhone over the top of his stall. He said that the suspect then placed his hand under the divider two separate times and "made a motion."
On Walnut Hill Road, a woman allegedly rammed her husband’s vehicle with her own, pushing him into a ditch. She then exited with a metal pole, hit his windshield multiple times and threatened, “I’m going to kill you, you cheating bastard.”
Officers responded to a motorcycle crash on South John B. Dennis, finding the rider of a 2008 Yamaha had hit a pickup. Witnesses said that just prior to impact, the 18-year-old had been "riding a wheelie" and traveling at a high rate of speed.
Deputies responded to a Kingsport home to deal with an increasingly erratic neighbor. In the latest incident, according to the complainant, the suspect kept beating on the door, then hopped on their mower and rode away.
