A Chattanooga man was arrested over the weekend after he reportedly threatened to kill a woman over text messages.
The woman called 911 at about 1:40 a.m. on Saturday and told dispatchers that Bennie Melton, 24, pointed a gun to her head and threatened to shoot her, according to Hamilton County court records. Police were sent to a separate location at which she asked to meet.
When they arrived, the woman told police she knew Melton and had picked him up from his workplace in the Brainerd area. While she was driving, though, she got a text message from a contact named “Baby Daddy.” Melton saw it and became upset.
“Mr. Melton started arguing with her about this Baby Daddy texting her,” court records state. He then grabbed the steering wheel and tried to crash into another vehicle, the woman told police.
The woman finally dropped Melton off at his family member’s house and left, court records show. But he then called her back to the house, and she complied.