Highway 58 Man Charged In Fatal Hit And Run In Dayton, Tn.

  • Saturday, September 24, 2016
Douglas Edward Alvey
Douglas Edward Alvey
A Highway 58 man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit and run of a Rhea County man.
 
Walter Hale was badly injured and later died after he was struck in Dayton.
 
Authorities were led to Douglas Edward Alvey, 52, through video from the We Care business in Dayton, where the 60-year-old victim worked.
 
After officers with the Dayton Police Department and Rhea County Sheriff’s Department had been searching for two weeks, Alvey was taken into custody by officers of the Dayton Police Department and the Rhea County Sheriff’s Department with assistance by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department.
 
The truck identified in the video was located in Hamilton County early Friday morning.
 
Alvey was charged with criminal homicide.
 
He is currently being held without bond.
 
Alvey is due to appear on Tuesday morning in Rhea County General Sessions Court before Judge Shannon Garrison.

A $2,500 reward had been offered in the case.

Suspect in the case was caught on camera inside We Care store at Dayton
Suspect in the case was caught on camera inside We Care store at Dayton
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