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Herald-Citizen.com: Driver charged after taunting officer at stop sign

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Cookeville say a driver tipped his hat to authorities at an intersection and then ran a stop sign.

According to the Cookeville Herald-Citizen, 32-year-old Perry Bridges Haile of Cookeville was charged with drunken driving and evading arrest.

Officers said they pursued his Lexus after the encounter at the intersection and found Haile out of his car and next to a briar bush, where he laughed at police trying to apprehend him.

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