JACKSBORO, Tenn. (WVLT) – A former Jacksboro Police Department employee, Joseph Weaver, is facing charges, accused of stealing cans of Vienna sausages to vandalize the home of Jimmy Snodgrass, the city’s vice mayor.
An affidavit obtained by WVLT News outlines the entire event from the eyes of Campbell County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Tosha Tackett.
Tackett said he got a call on July 11 to investigate the incident, adding he was told that JPD Chief Daniel Smith had said it involved “disgruntled ex-employees.”
While on the scene, Tackett said he found evidence of the vandalism: ran-over cans of Vienna sausages in the street and two of the home’s windows, broken.
The CCSO sergeant also spoke with Snodgrass, who said he woke up around 11 p.m. to several “loud thumps.” Snodgrass reportedly looked around his house after waking up, finding the broken windows and “various cans of Vienna sausages lying around his residence.”
Tackett also spoke to one of Snodgrass’ neighbors, the report said, who had a security camera that could have captured the incident. However, the cameras were not working at the time.
Following a lead (the Vienna sausages were allegedly a brand only sold at Walmart), Tackett visited a nearby Walmart and spoke to an employee.
That employee then told Tackett that she’d thrown away a receipt that morning that showed several cans of Vienna sausages, which prompted Tackett to look into the store’s security footage.
Tackett said that Weaver was caught on camera at the Walmart’s self checkout, buying only seven of 15 cans of Vienna sausages and a black t-shirt before getting into a black van and heading in the direction of Snodgrass’s home.
CCSO Lieutenant Mickey Owens tracked down another person who was inside the van, Tackett said, and interviewed them.
“[The witness] stated that while eating and drinking numerous alcoholic beverages at the Indian River Marina, [Weaver] was agitated about the incident in which he resigned from his employment at the Jacksboro Police Department,” the report reads.
The report adds that, when others with him asked Weaver why he needed to stop at Walmart after leaving the marina, Weaver only said “it was going to be funny.”
Weaver has reportedly admitted to the crime. He was charged with vandalism and theft. Story Courtesy of WVLT
