A Fentress County man observed by a Crossville Police officer tossing a cigarette butt out a vehicle window found himself in very hot water.

The incident took place May 23 shortly before 3 p.m., when an officer spotted a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze leaving the area of the Red Roof Inn off N. Main St. driven by 25 year old Cooper Smith of Jamestown.

Permission to search the vehicle was granted. That’s when officers found nine oxycodone pills and a Taurus .38 caliber handgun. A check of the weapon showed it had been stolen in a residential burglary in Fentress County. Smith told officers he obtained the handgun in a trade for a rifle

Smith is charged with possession of a stolen handgun, possession of oxycodone and driving on a suspended license, according to CPD’s Lt. Dustin Lester’s report. 

Smith was also cited for littering.

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