Tennessee State Trooper Detains Man Wanted in North Carolina

NASHVILLE –- A Tennessee State Trooper arrested a man wanted by North Carolina authorities during a commercial vehicle checkpoint in Cumberland County on Friday morning.

Trooper Chris Adams was conducting a commercial vehicle inspection on a 2015 Freightliner tractor trailer on Interstate 40 eastbound at mile marker 307 at approximately 9:33 a.m. today. It was during the inspection that the trooper ran a driver’s license validation check and discovered the driver had four felony warrants out of North Carolina.  The warrants included statutory rape (2), solicitation by computer (1) and indecent liberties with a child (1).

The driver, Shaun Michael Wiegand, 26, of Thomasville, N.C., was taken into custody and will await extradition back to Lexington, N.C. He is being held at the Cumberland County Jail.

Mr. Wiegand was transporting FedEx packages for U.S. Express. He was en route from North Carolina to California. 

The truck was released to the co-driver and returned to the roadway.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol has no additional charges at this time.   

The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s (TN.Gov/safety) mission is to serve, secure, and protect the people of Tennessee.