Reckless endangerment charges have been dismissed against two security guards caught on camera in a physical altercation that left a downtown Chattanooga bar patron unconscious last October, according to court records.
Mitchell M. Norman, 20, of Cleveland, Tennessee, and Clarence Wiley, 31, of Chattanooga, both had their charges “dismissed – per D.A.” in a May 12 hearing before Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Gary Starnes, according to court documents.
Both Norman and Wiley were charged with reckless endangerment after an Oct. 7 incident left Caleb Lewis Young unconscious outside the Boneyard Bar on Chattanooga’s Station Street.
“As in all cases, if the state cannot prove the offense beyond a reasonable doubt, the state may move to dismiss the case,” Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp said in a Wednesday email to the Chattanooga Times Free Press. “Based on the state’s investigation into the facts of the case and conversations with Mr. Young, the state of Tennessee cannot prove the underlying offense of reckless endangerment.”
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office / Clarence WileyVideo footage uploaded to YouTube showed Young trying to enter the bar through the rear entrance when he was stopped by Wiley and Norman, as previously reported by the Chattanooga Times Free Press.