HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — The recent snowfall across Tennessee actually helped law enforcement in the southeastern part of the state track down a fugitive from Georgia Sunday morning.
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said it received an anonymous tip around 8 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12 that Brandon Frady — who was wanted in Catoosa County, Georgia, for aggravated assault, simple battery, criminal trespass, and two counts of cruelty to children — could be found at a home near the 2600 block of Banks Road.
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While deputies were checking the residence, officials said Frady was seen walking towards East Brainerd Road on Banks Road, but he was gone by the time deputies arrived there. As a result, additional deputies and a K-9 unit with the Collegedale Police Department responded to the scene and established a perimeter.
Authorities said they found fresh tracks left in snow behind the Quick Mart on East Brainerd Road, which they followed across a creek and up a steep ridge until they spotted Frady hiding in the brush behind a fallen tree.
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According to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Frady was taken into custody without incident, transported to the Hamilton County Jail and Detention Center, and charged with evading arrest…