The Great Smoky Mountain Journal
Source: WVLT
Tuesday, January 01, 2019 02:41 PM
27-Year Old Kodak Man Arrested After Shooting Pistol In Air Through Sunroof
On the evening of Monday, March 19, officers with the Sevierville Police Department responded to several calls in the area of Turtle Dove Trail in the Mountain Meadows subdivision. According to police, the calls reported what sounded like multiple gunshots coming from a red vehicle, which was described by one witness as a red Pontiac Vibe.
Officers responded Monday but were unable to locate the vehicle, they said Thursday.
On Tuesday, March 20, an officer saw a red Pontiac Vibe driving east on Boyds Creek Highway. Officers made contact with the driver, identified as 27-year-old Scott Ryan Rodriguez of Kodak. Officers learned Rodriguez had marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his possession, and they searched his vehicle. In their search, they found seventeen 9 mm shell casings.
Police said Rodriguez told them that he had fired a 9 mm pistol into the air through his vehicle's sunroof.
Officers then used a search warrant on Rodriguez's residence, where they found a 9 mm Beretta pistol and several rounds of ammunition. They also found approximately 171 grams of a crystal substance that tested positive for methamphetamine in a field test. That substance was delivered to TBI for analysis.
Police said Rodriguez was charged with reckless endangerment with a firearm, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Additional charges were pending as of Thursday.
