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THP Trooper Traffic Stop Leads to Murder Suspect

October 9, 2007

Nashville, Tennessee --- A suspect being sought on murder charges is in custody after being stopped by a State Trooper for improper passing in Cumberland County.

State Trooper Joel Pennington stopped Stanley Marsellies Brown of Harriman, Tennessee, Sunday night at a Shell Gas Station on State Route 298. As Trooper Pennington was writing the citation, bolo information out of Cumberland County indicated a suspect was being sought for second degree murder in Roane County. The description of the vehicle, a 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, matched the one Trooper Pennington currently had stopped for improper passing.

After receiving back up from Crossville Police Department, Brown was arrested without incident and booked in the Roane County jail in Kingston, Tennessee, for second degree murder.

The Tennessee Department of Safety (www.tennessee.gov/safety) is responsible for ensuring the safety and general welfare of the traveling public. The department’s general areas of responsibility encompass law enforcement, safety education and motorist services, including the issuance of driver licenses. The department and its highly trained staff of Troopers are responsible for safety on more than 15,000 miles of state and federal highways.