Good ol' fashion alert Public Safety police work took another bad guy off the street and just as importantly a dangerous stolen handgun Wednesday night.

33 second video of Sgt David Cutchen bringing in Truman Butler
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Officer Aaron Brown brings in Clarence Tatum.

About 1:30 am, Sgt David Cutchen saw a Jeep run a stop sign at Independent and Cemetery Streets and made a stop.  Seeing the back seat passenger moving around suspiciously, he called for backup.  Captain Pat Thomas and Officer Aaron Brown responded.

The jeep tag was run and came back as suspended registration, no insurance and improper tag.  The driver, 33 year old Clarence Edward Tatum, Jr was arrested.

Recovered Handgun

In a search of the vehicle they discovered a 5.7 caliber Herstal semi-automatic handgun.  The back seat passenger, Truman Butler, had tried to hide the gun under his seat.  The handgun was found to be a pistol stolen in the Southern Trading and Pawn burglary in August of 2006.


The gun had a 20 round clip containing bullets that are sometimes called "cop killer" because of their ability to pierce bullet proof vests.

30 year old Truman Vincent Butler IV of Bainbridge was arrested for receiving stolen property and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.  He is also wanted in Michigan for possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.