UPDATE: Man who struck East Ridge Officer ‘Smiley’ during c…

Police Pursuit Crash East Ridge Tennessee in East Ridge, Tennessee: Ta'Bious Tezmon Wheat led police on a multi-agency chase from Marion County, Tennessee into Georgia on July 1, 2024, during which he struck East Ridge Police Officer Alan Resendiz, known as 'Smiley,' with a stolen vehicle while the officer was attempting to deploy spike strips on I-75. Officer Resendiz was hospitalized and later discharged. Wheat was sentenced to ten years in both Tennessee and Georgia (20 years total) after reaching a plea deal, with the Georgia sentence for evading arrest and the Tennessee sentence for attempted second-degree murder.