Stewart County, Tenn.–A man who threatened to kill anyone before he went back to jail was arrested early Sunday morning in Stewart COunty.
At 1 a.m. Sunday August 11th, Stewart County Deputies attempted to serve an order of protection on a suspect living in a camper off Old Hwy. 18.
The suspect refused to come out and had told family members that he would kill them and anyone else before he would go back to jail. It was determined that suspect had in fact served prison time for attempted murder of a police officer in another state, according to Sheriff Frankie Gray,
The Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team was called to the scene. After an hour of negotiation the suspect still refused to exit the camper.
The SRT deployed gas into the camper at which point the suspect exited. When the deputies attempted to cuff the suspect, he became combative and resisted arrest. Once arrested suspect was taken to the hospital to be cleared to be booked into jail,
Arrested was Michael McCulars, age 65, of Stewart.
The Stewart County Special Response Team is commanded by Lt. Robbie MacDonald and is composed of in addition to Stewart County Deputies, Cumberland City Police Zack Hawk.