David Quillin, Chief of Police

200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660

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Information received and relayed by Central Dispatch, and later confirmed by responding officers, stated that the suspect, later identified as Ronald Lynn Hudson, had entered the structure and threatened to stab multiple residents with a knife. He had then kicked open the door to an apartment not his own, ransacked the room, broken a window, barricaded himself inside, and set the room on fire.

Upon arrival of K.P.D. and K.F.D. personnel, most of the tenants had already vacated the building; however, the few that remained were safely evacuated. The first responding Kingsport Police Officer approached the apartment in question. One of the tenants had already kicked the door back open and had tried unsuccessfully to encourage Mr. Hudson to come out.

The officer observed Mr. Hudson inside the burning room with knife in hand. He ordered him at gunpoint to drop the knife and exit the room. Mr. Hudson refused numerous commands to drop the knife and initially advanced upon the officer; however, he suddenly retreated back inside the burning apartment.

Backup officers arrived, and additional commands were given for him to exit the apartment without the knife. He eventually complied and was arrested without further incident. The fire was successfully extinguished soon thereafter by K.F.D. Firefighters before it was able to spread to other apartments.

Mr. Hudson was charged with Aggravated Burglary, Multiple Counts of Aggravated Assault, Attempted Aggravated Arson, and Felony Vandalism over $1,000. He was initially confined in the Kingsport City Jail, but has since been transferred to the Sullivan County Jail in Blountville. At his arraignment, his bond was set at $50,000 by the presiding judge. He currently remains incarcerated.

Mr. Hudson’s precise motive for this bizarre incident is unknown. The Kingsport Police Department wishes to commend both the Police and Fire first responders who exercised extreme courage, sound judgement, maximum restraint, and decisive action to bring this situation to a peaceful resolution with neither injury nor loss of life to anyone involved.

50 Years of Age

Kingsport, TN

2) Aggravated Assault (Multiple Counts)

3) Attempted Aggravated Arson

4) Felony Vandalism over $1,000

Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit

423-229-9433 (Desk) • 423-224-2786 (FAX)

ThomasMPatton

David Quillin, Chief of Police

200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660

http://Police.KingsportTN.gov • www.KingsportPDBlog.com

The training aid in question goes by the trade name Odor Trace and is known as a Mixed Odor Delivery Device, or MODD for short. The MODD was initially designed to mix the various odors of modern homemade improvised explosives for bomb detection K-9 training purposes, without actually mixing the chemical components themselves.

Keeping the chemical components physically separate and combining only the odors makes for a much safer training aid that is much less volatile and therefore much less prone to tragedy that could occur from an unintended detonation of an explosive training aid. The MODD is expected to sell in the neighborhood of $500.

As a United States Military veteran, Hubbard knows quite well the results of such an accident. He served in the U.S. Army from 2005-2012. In 2010, he was fortunately able to walk away relatively unscathed when a truck in which he was riding hit a roadside I.E.D. (Improvised Explosive Device). However, shortly after he left the military, the unit to which he was previously assigned lost some individuals after an explosive K-9 training aid unexpectedly detonated.

This is not the first product that Hubbard has developed that has direct ties to his former military service. Another of his products that goes by the trade name Polar Skin, was developed for the treatment of heat stroke and was initially designed for soldiers working in the extreme temperatures of the Middle East. Since its initial success with the military, Polar Skin has also found favor with civilian firefighters, smoke jumpers, law enforcement personnel, and athletes.

Hubbard is a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School and West Virginia University. Per Vivo Labs is located at 2042 Brookside Lane in Kingsport. Their current customer list includes the United States Department of Defense, other federal, state, and local government agencies, some private entities, and a few foreign governments.

The Kingsport Police Department would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank Mr. Hubbard for his service and for this generous donation that he has made to our K-9 Unit.

For additional information about Per Vivo Labs, please visit the following links:

http://www.pervivolabs.com/

http://www.timesnews.net/Business/2017/05/31/Training-bomb-sniffing-dogs.html?ci=stream&lp=1&p=1

Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit

423-229-9433 (Desk) • 423-224-2786 (FAX)

ThomasMPatton

David Quillin, Chief of Police

200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660

http://Police.KingsportTN.gov • www.KingsportPDBlog.com

17-023291 (Fraudulent Use of Stolen Credit Card)

17-024981 (Fraudulent Passing of Stolen Checks)

The victim’s checking account was immediately closed. However, also in the safe when it was stolen was a credit card that she rarely used and did not initially realize was missing.

On August 29, 2017, the victim received her credit card statement and found four unauthorized charges, for a total of over $2,700, made fraudulently at Home Depot between August 13 and 19, 2017.

On September 11, 2017, the victim received notification from her bank that six of her checks were passed, for a total value in excess of $1,000, at Walmart between August 16 and 20, 2017.

Further investigation by Detectives in the K.P.D. Criminal Investigations Division turned up surveillance video footage of a sole white male adult suspect, not only making the charges at Home Depot, but also passing the checks at Walmart.

A photo of that suspect taken from some of that footage has been included in this release. Anyone who recognizes him is asked to contact Detectives by calling 423-229-9429 or call Kingsport Central Dispatch at 423-246-9111.

Alternatively, if an individual who is able to supply information related to this or any other case wishes not to be identified, tips can be submitted anonymously via online “Citizen Feedback” forms available at the following link:

https://www.kingsporttn.gov/city-services/police-department/contact-us

Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit

423-229-9433 (Desk) • 423-224-2786 (FAX)

ThomasMPatton