I don’t know what prompted Joseph Weaver to resign from his position at the Jacksboro Tennessee police department, but clearly, he’s upset about it. A very odd kind of upset, but definitely upset.
Weaver, according to police, admitted to throwing several cans of Vienna sausages at the home of the town’s vice mayor Jimmy Snodgrass, breaking two windows in the process. He is also said to have only paid for seven of the fifteen cans in question, choosing to obtain the rest free of charge by not putting them through the self checkout at the local Walmart before heading for the exit.
According to police interviews with others who were with Weaver that night, alcohol may have been a factor. He was apparently agitated about his resignation while having dinner and drinks, and told them that he needed to stop at Walmart once they left and that “it was going to be funny.”
He wasn’t wrong, I’ll give him that.
Probably less funny, however, are the charges of vandalism and theft he’s dealing with now.
Tackett said he got a call on July 11 to investigate the incident, adding he was told that JPD Chief Daniel Smith had said it involved “disgruntled ex-employees.”
While on the scene, Tackett said he found evidence of the vandalism: ran-over cans of Vienna sausages in the street and two of the home’s windows, broken.
The CCSO sergeant also spoke with Snodgrass, who said he woke up around 11 p.m. to several “loud thumps.” Snodgrass reportedly looked around his house after waking up, finding the broken windows and “various cans of Vienna sausages lying around his residence.”