Tennessee man arrested in Murray, KY after police respond to call of reckless driver

MURRAY, Ky. (KBSI) – A Tennessee man faces several charges in Murray after police responded to a call of a reckless driver.

Brandon Partee, 26, of Humboldt, Tenneessee faces charge of fleeing or evading police 1st degree on foot, fleeing or evading police 1st degree motor vehicle, operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, resisting arrest, wanton endangerment 1st degree, criminal mischief 1st degree, leaving the scene of an accident-failure to render aid, disarming a peace officer and disregarding a traffic control device.

Officers with the Murray Police Department responded to a call of a reckless driver around 10 p.m. on July 4.

Officers found the vehicle and stopped the driver.

During the stop, officers say the driver, Brandon Partee, 26, of Humboldt, Tenneessee, drove his vehicle backward toward the officers and quickly left the scene.

Officers searched the area and say that Partee had struck a house with his vehicle.

They say began to run from officers on foot.

As officers tried to arrest Partee, they say he resisted and knocked a firearm out of one of the officer’s hands.

Partee was arrested and taken to the Calloway County Jail.