Charles David JohnsonMcMinn County, Tenn., officials arrested a man this past weekend who they say was plotting to kill his wife.
Sheriff's 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.
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 back road while she was driving home from work," Guy said in a news 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 news release.
Johnson was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and solicitation to commit first-degree murder.
He remains in the McMinn County Jail on $100,000 bond set by McMinn County General Sessions Court.
The investigation is ongoing.