CHEATHAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — State and local authorities are investigating how a convicted felon ended up with a Tennessee Department of Correction (DOC) badge and stolen handgun.
It all began shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 21 when members of the Ashland City Police Department stopped a vehicle driven by Seth Ryan Hall.
According to officers, when they ran the the 31-year-old’s license plate, there was no record of it with the state.
“Not gonna lie, my license is suspended,” Hall said.
On the body camera footage, you hear the officers interacting with Hall, a convicted felon who is reportedly well-known to police.
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“It’s not the first time he’s been in our jail, or other places, too,” Ashland City Police Chief Kenny Ray told News 2.
After getting consent to search Hall’s car, police said they found methamphetamine, a drug pipe, a .22 caliber handgun reported stolen out of Nashville, and a DOC badge.
“Why the frick would he have a C.O.’s badge?” one officer asked.