A convicted Athens felon was found in possession of a handgun following his arrest early Tuesday for driving a pickup truck with a shredded tire while drunk, Athens-Clarke police said.
An officer was parked at a restaurant in the 1200 block of Oconee Street about 1 a.m. when he heard the sound of metal on asphalt approaching, police said.
The sound was made by a pickup’s tire that was so badly shredded pieces of rubber were “flapping all over the place,” the officer wrote in an incident report.