Drunken Knife Carrying Man Found in the Street Arrested by Police

June 14, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Smithville Police have charged a man with disorderly conduct and public intoxication after encountering him in the middle of a city street carrying a knife and a bottle of whiskey

33 year old Cory Wade Foster of 990 Bright Hill Road is under a $2,500 bond.

Chief Mark Collins said police acting on a complaint encountered Foster holding a knife and a bottle of whiskey while standing in the street on Morgan Drive. Foster yelled at the officer saying that he (officer) would have to shoot him. After the officer talked with him for several minutes, Foster dropped the knife and was taken into custody without incident.

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