Crash Results In Arrest

NEWPORT POLICE OFFICER JUSTIN SHELTON RESPONDED TO A VEHICLE CRASH ON MONDAY ON THE COSBY HIGHWAY NEAR WESTERN AUTO. AARON RAINES WAS STOPPED AT THE REDLIGHT AT THE INTERSECTOIN OF COSBY HIGHWAY AND JONES CIRCLE WHEN HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY RUSSELL MOORE CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. THE OFFICER REPORTED THAT MR. MOORE HAD SLURRED SPEECH AND PERFORMED POORLY ON THE STANDARD FIELD SOBRIETY TEST. HE WAS ALSO DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE OUT OF COLORADO. RUSSELL MOORE WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE COCKE COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT INCIDENT.