At approximately 11:45 p.m. on Monday, September 7, Eastman Fireman Johnny Howell was working at Eastman Fire Station #1 on 9th Avenue. He heard some loud banging, looked outside and saw a white male trying to break a window out of a car parked at Edwards Body Shop at 5324 Norman Street. Howell called for the police.When Eastman Police Officer Kale Dunn arrived, he approached the subject to see what was going on.
A minute later, Eastman Police Officer Billy Parker arrived, and he and officer Dunn spoke with the suspect, Michael Tillery, to see what he was doing.
A few minutes later, Eastman Police Officer John Meritt arrived on the scene.
Fireman Johnny Howell came out of the fire station and showed officer Parker where the suspect had allegedly tried to break the windows out of several vehicles. The suspect had allegedly forced the rear window of a 1999 Ford Expedition open and had taken several items out of the vehicle and placed them on the ground.
The suspect then allegedly took a large jack and tried to break out the driver’s side window of a 2005 Chrysler 300 but was unable to do so.
Tillery was standing at officer Parker’s police car’s driver’s side wheel. Officer Parker went to the passenger’s side of the vehicle, opened the door and told Tillery to get into the back seat.
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