A Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office corrections employee was caught apparently intoxicated and “going through a Ford F150” by a Chattanooga police officer early Tuesday morning.
It was just one of 14 vehicles 23-year-old Samuel Bruns burglarized or vandalized throughout the morning in the parking garage of the Five Points Northshore apartment building, according to Hamilton County court records.
Officers found a trail of blood on the floors of the building and bloodied door handles, court records show. Miscellaneous items were found strewn throughout the stairwell leading into the garage.
Samuel Bruns mugshotSeveral vehicles were found with broken out windows, and Bruns’ hands and arms were bloodied – injuries that indicated he’d broken the glass and reached inside, officers noted. Blood was found inside and outside most of the vehicles.
Some vehicles had dents, and a new motorcycle had been pushed over, causing damage, court records state. Items from the vehicles were thrown all around the garage.