Man and woman found parked in car arrested for PI

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF) – The call of a couple of people, suspected of being intoxicated, came in to Central Dispatch around noon on March 18.

Campbell County Sheriff’s Deputy Zachary Daugherty located a man and a woman in a car in the parking lot at Big O’s Git-n-Go. Employees at the deli -gas station told Daugherty the black Mustang had been parked there since early morning hours with a man and a woman in it.

Found in the passenger seat was 37-year-old Katherine Marie McKenzie of Jacksboro. The deputy received a report that McKenzie changed clothes in the back seat of the car exposing herself to customers. She allegedly told Daugherty that she used meth the night before.

The man in the driver’s seat was identified as 40-year- old Christopher Ryan Kinney of Caryville. Kinney allegedly admitted to using meth the night before.

Daugherty performed a Terry frisk for weapons on Kinney and located a pipe in Kinney’s pocket. Kinney said the pipe was used for smoking meth.

McKenzie and Kinney were charged with PI (public intoxication). Kinney was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 03/29/2021-6AM)