Clinton Public Safety was dispatched to North Bell Street at 1:47 this morning on a call from a North Bell resident who reported hearing some loud noise in the neighborhood. Officer Doug Richardson was flagged down by a man who said the noise had appeared to be coming from Bartee Circle. He reported he had observed a dark vehicle come out of Bartee Circle pulling a large metal object with sparks coming from it being drug on the street. Officer Richardson went to Jefferson Street and located the reported vehicle with a six-foot piece of metal beside it. A man reportedly said the metal had come from the side of the street, not on someone’s property.
Officer Richardson and Sgt. Wicker went to Bartee Circle and reportedly observed where the metal object had been drug from. The property owner did want to prosecute. 24-year-old Aresenio Lashawn Mims of 712 Jefferson Street was then arrested for charges of Petit Larceny and Trespass after Notice. He was being held in City Jail for arraignment this morning.