Tifton Police arrest man wanted for questioning in Albany stabbing death murder investigation
Source: Tift County Jail, Tifton Grapevine Newsletter
TIFTON, Ga. – According to Tifton Grapevine Newsletter, Tifton Police on Saturday arrested a man who had run from police and was wanted for questioning in the stabbing death of a man in Albany.
Dallas Rhett White, 31, was being sought in connection with the death of Michael Ray McConnell, 64, on Nov. 29, according to the Albany Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau.
White was arrested in Tifton at about 4:23 p.m. Saturday. Tifton Police Chief Steve Hyman said White was served outstanding warrants. His status in the Albany case is up to Albany Police, Hyman said.
One day, Nov. 30, after the stabbing death in Albany, the victim’s GMC Yukon was seen in Tifton being driven by a white male. Tifton Police attempted to stop the vehicle, “resulting in a chase,” police said. The driver fled the Yukon, and Tifton police were unable to find him at the time but secured the vehicle, police said.
White was considered armed and dangerous, Albany Police said.
He was booked into the Tift County Jail on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, and three counts of failure to stop at sign, and three counts of failure to use signal.
By FRANK SAYLES JR.
Tifton Grapevine
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