A man on Hamilton County’s 12 Most Wanted list was arrested Monday near the Chattanooga Housing Authority’s Greenwood Terrace Apartments in Eastdale.
Lorenzo Jarrett Jr., 38, has been on the 12 Most Wanted list since June 24. He has outstanding warrants for probation violations related to domestic assault, habitual traffic offenses, failure to appear and violation of sex offender registration.
Chattanooga Police responded to a report of an assault in the 2000 block of Emma Kate Drive. The victim told police that Jarrett had assaulted him earlier in the day, but he declined to press charges against him.
After confirming the warrants for Jarrett, Chattanooga Police officers located him at a home on the same street.
Jarrett resisted arrest, however, police safely took him into custody.