On Friday, October 17th, a Chattooga County officer was dispatched to Highway 48 to search for a white pick up truck that had been driving with no tail lights on. The officer discovered the pick up truck at the intersection of Back Berryton Road and Filter Plant Road.

The truck began to lose control and ran off the road as the officer tried to pull the driver over. The officer found two women in the truck and asked them to tell him what happened. One woman, later identified as Heather Corey, told the officer that she had just met the man that had been driving the truck, but he had run off into the woods after the truck lost control.

More units arrived on the scene after hearing the report of an accident. After a while, the officers heard a whistle and a male voice that said that he was "giving up." The man stepped to the road and spoke with Ms. Corey and said "I love you, baby." He asked the officers if he could give Ms. Corey money to come help bail him out. The officers allowed it, so Ms. Corey took the money from him. Later, the initial officer that attempted to pull the truck over spoke with Ms. Corey. He asked Ms. Corey why she chose to lie about knowing the driver, to which she replied that she didn't want him to get in trouble.

Ms. Corey was placed under arrest for obstruction and taken to the Chattooga County Jail.