Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) A Knoxville man who told police he was an FBI agent is arrested after a crash late Sunday night.
According to court records, authorities responded around 11:30 p.m. to a crash in the 8500 block of Trout Road in Knoxville finding 40-year-old Mark Stephenson who told police that two friends ran away from the scene after wrecking his truck.
The report indicates Stephenson, who had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, resisted arrest for a time telling deputies he was “a federal agent with the FBI.”
Deputies later found keys to the truck in Stephenson’s pocket, and investigators found a damaged mailbox on Shipe Road that was “consistent with the front end damage” on Stephenson’s truck.
Stephenson was charged with DUI, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of an accident.
Our news partner, WVLT News, reached out to the FBI office in Knoxville, but a spokesperson said the FBI doesn’t confirm employment as a standard practice.
