KP Man Arrest With Kids

A messy scene for the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) arresting a Kingsport man over the weekend after reportedly discovering two children in the backseat of his vehicle without car seats or seatbelts. An arrest report says a Chevy Malibu was parked at the Valley Mart as a man and woman were screaming at each other. The deputy noticed that the driver, identified as Cory Daniel Eastham, 33, was “holding a plastic tea bottle filled with bourbon whiskey.” The deputy found a 5-year-old boy in the back and a 6-month-old baby in a car seat that wasn’t fastened.