Derrick ClayMore than three months after police say he threw a bar stool into a window, causing it to shatter on a 3-year-old girl, a longtime Chattanooga criminal is back behind bars without bond while awaiting a Monday court date.
Authorities detained Derrick Clay, 28, Saturday at the Hamilton County Jail, records show. Before his arrest, Clay spent several weeks as one of the sheriff’s office’s 12 Most Wanted.
In addition to three charges of felony reckless endangerment stemming from the bar stool incident, he is charged with violating his probation on charges of attempted first-degree murder, possession of cocaine and possession of marijuana.
On the early morning of March 17, Shanica Smith called police and said Clay had come to her home at 3407 Wilcox Blvd. and knocked on the door while looking for his girlfriend.
When Smith told him he couldn’t come inside, Clay threatened to break her front window.