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                                           Farris Dobbins 

A Knox County man is in custody at the Sevier County Jail following an early morning carjacking and assault Wednesday in Kodak.

The attack occurred on W.A. Brown Road at approximately 7:30 a.m. when the victim, Bobby Hilliard, was driving and came upon a traffic accident. A gray Honda was upside down on the road. Hilliard stopped his vehicle to render aid and spoke to the driver. Hilliard exited his Dodge pickup truck and started calling 911, when the driver of the Honda quickly got into Hilliard’s truck in an attempt to flee the scene of the accident. Hilliard attempted to stop the suspect and got into a scuffle with the man. The suspect, later identified as Farris Jay Dobbins, 19, of 203 Barber Road, Strawberry Plains, pulled a pistol and fired at Hilliard. Dobbins fled in Hilliard’s truck and began traveling toward Asheville Highway.

Dobbins fled just a short distance before crashing the vehicle. He then fled on foot.  Shortly afterwards Dobbins was arrested in Jefferson County by Jefferson County deputies who found him lying in the bed of a pickup truck that was stopped at a check point.

  Dobbins was arrested and identified by Hilliard. Investigators found several items that belonged to Dobbins in Hilliard’s truck including a Ruger .380 pistol that was allegedly stolen from Knox County. Dobbins is awaiting arraignment in the Sevier County Jail where he was charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated assault. Other charges are pending. It was determined that Dobbins has outstanding warrants in Jefferson County.