An alert Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputy brought in a subject who had an active warrant, after he pulled the man over for a traffic violation.   

As Deputy Nick Robinson was on routine patrol on Highway 48, he observed a van that had no working tail lights; he then pulled the vehicle over near Lyerly Street.

The man told Deputy Robinson that a fuse must have blown and asked if he could fix it, and after receiving permission to do so, the man replaced the fuse, correcting the problem.

After the deputy asked to see the man’s driver’s license, he was told by the subject that his license had been suspended; when asked the man gave his name, Jonathan Strickland, and a date of birth. 

Deputy Robinson recognized the name as being that of a man with an active warrant; after confirming that the subject and the man with the warrant were one in the same, the deputy called for backup.

Following a consent search of the van, Strickland was placed under arrest without incident, and the vehicle was then turned over to the passenger in the van.