Darren Brewer, the CEO of Carrier411, was arrested by the Chattanooga Police Department on February 25 and charged with criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct after getting “rude” at a T-Mobile store and “grabbing his genitals,” according to a police affidavit seen by Overdrive.
At about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 25, a police officer responded to a call at a T-Mobile store on Gunbarrel Road in Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to the affidavit.
Once on scene, police spoke with the manager of the T-Mobile who told them that “two parties on scene were being rude and disorderly” and refused to leave, it continued.
The T-Mobile manager went ahead and trespassed both parties, who police identified as Brewer and Timothy Dooner, the former host of the What the Truck freight podcast.
Police advised both parties that they were trespassing and to leave before Dooner and Brewer “exited the business without further incident,” the affidavit said.
About 30 minutes later, though, the officer came back.
The officer had received a complaint that Brewer returned and the manager had locked down the store because of a party “standing in front of the store and ‘grabbing his genitals,’” witnesses quoted in the affidavit said.
When the officer got there, he found Brewer in the parking lot.
Multiple witnesses, including two women, an employee of the store and a customer, said they saw Brewer “come back to the property and stand in front of the business’ windows and also proceeded to gesture grabbing his genitalia,” the affidavit said.
The female customer at the T-Mobile “stated she was very uncomfortable due to him doing these gestures in front of” her child, who was also on the scene. Another customer showed a video of the incident, but only the captured Brewer walking away from the window and toward the parking lot.
The officer put Brewer in custody “for trespassing and disorderly conduct,” the affidavit read.
Mr. Brewer was then taken to Hamilton County Jail and released shortly after.
Overdrive contacted Carrier411 and was told by a rep that “T-mobile made a mistake and acknowledged it.” When Overdrive inquired specifically about the incident in the window described in the affidavit, the rep said someone from the company would reach out.
Overdrive did not hear back in the days that followed.
Representatives at the T-mobile store confirmed the incident took place and didn't deny any of the characterizations by police, but declined to comment.
Overdrive also contacted Timothy Dooner, who was on the scene, according to the affidavit. Dooner did not reply except to send the below image without explanation.
Your guess is as good as ours. Timothy Dooner
On social media, Brewer responded to an image of a supposed "criminal complaint" in "General Sessions Court for Hamilton County" alleging that he, on the same day as the T-mobile incident, was charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after visiting a "private residence" without authorization and that witnesses observed Brewer "positioned outside the residence looking through the window of a six-year-old female child."
Brewer didn't confirm or deny those details in his social media response, and Overdrive hasn't been able to verify the supposed "criminal compliant" with state or county officials.
The General Sessions Court for Hamilton County, Tennessee, said the only paperwork they had on Brewer was the affidavit describing events at a T-mobile shop, not any private residence.
