SUSPECT CLAIMED HE HAD BEEN RECENTLY BAPTIZED; COPS SAY HIS ‘DIVINE MESSAGE’ THAT HE RECEIVED WAS DUE TO BEING INTOXICATED DUE TO SMOKING POT (WHICH WAS OBVIOUS MUST HAVE BEEN VERY HIGH QUALITY)
According to the arrest report by the Paintsville Police Department,on early Monday evening, June 9, officers were called to an attempted carjacking on Second Street in Paintsville. The auto theft was unsuccessful, but witnesses gave the police officers a description of the suspect and pointed the direction in which he fled.
A short time later, officers found a male culprit matching that description, who was identified as Tracy Ray Coffey, 52, of Salyersville, KY. The intended carjack victim was brought to the scene, and whereupon he positively identified Tracy Coffey as the person who attempted to steal his car.
According to the police arrest report,Tracy Coffey told the police officers that he had recently been baptized and “claimed that the Lord had placed it on his heart to take the vehicle.” Tracy Coffey reportedly also then admitted to having smoked marijuana earlier in the day.
Tracy Ray Coffey was arrested by Paintsville Police Department officer Justin Jackson, and was charged with *CARJACKING, *PUBLIC INTOXICATION-CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (EXCLUDES ALCOHOL), *DISORDELY CONDUCT, 2ND DEGREE, and *MENACING. The carjacking charge is the most serious offense, which is a class B felony, and for which is punishable by 10 to 20 years in prison.
