Overview
- Surveillance footage shows a shirtless, barefoot man approach a family’s car at a Marietta Shell station while the mother used a gas-pump hose and nozzle to keep him away.
- Bystanders stepped in to help and officers who responded to a 911 call stopped and arrested the suspect a short distance from the station.
- Marietta police identified the suspect as Jerahn Rashad Tucker and charged him with attempted kidnapping and simple assault.
- Officers also charged Tucker with possession of a THC vape after finding the device during a vehicle inventory.
- Police released video and an arrest warrant that say Tucker told the mother he had a gun, a claim investigators are still probing as they seek motive and any weapon evidence.