Charles David JohnsonMcMinn County officials arrested a man this weekend who they say was plotting to kill his wife.
Sheriff deputies arrested Charles David Johnson, 47, of Athens, Tenn., after another man told them Johnson had approached him with a scheme to kill his wife and set her car aflame, according to McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy.
Police say Timothy Ryan, 44, told police Johnson approached him in the middle of the week about the plot, and Ryan called police when he realized Johnson was serious.
"The plan seemed to involve Mr. Ryan renting a moving truck, which at a designated time he was supposed to crash into Mrs. Johnson's car on a backroad while she was driving home from work," Guy said in a press release. "He was then supposed to dowse her car with gasoline and set it on fire. Mr. Ryan said that when he realized Mr. Johnson was serious he was compelled to contact law enforcement."
Detectives went to Johnson's house Friday to interview him and reportedly found other evidence of the plot, according to the release.
Johnson was charged with conspiracy to commit 1st degree murder and solicitation to commit 1st degree Murder.
He remains in the McMinn County Jail on $100,000 bond set by the General Sessions Court.
The investigation is ongoing.