Convicted child abuser Timothy Whitset faces a new set of criminal charges after confronting an officer with a gun in an effort to avoid arrest in a cocaine case.
North Precinct Officer Anthony Jackson was investigating a report of a man selling drugs out of a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo at a convenience store near Whites Creek Pike and Trinity Lane. Jackson spotted the car and followed it onto Old Matthews Road where he attempted to make an investigative stop. Whitset slowed down and jumped from the driver’s seat of the moving car with a pistol in his hand. Jackson yelled for Whitset, who ran into a tree line, to stop and drop the gun. Whitset stopped and turned toward Jackson with a .380 semi-automatic pistol still in his grasp. Jackson fired one shot in Whitset’s direction, causing Whitset to drop his gun and surrender.
A subsequent search of the car revealed a set of electronic scales with cocaine residue and a quantity of crack cocaine.
Whitset, 24, of Jones Avenue, is charged with possession of cocaine for resale, possession of a pistol by a convicted felon, aggravated assault, and evading arrest. His bond is set at $133,000.
Whitset was convicted of felony child abuse in September 2005 and received a six-year sentence.
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