The man who breached security at Martin Elementary School in January — causing concern of school employees and the community — pleaded guilty a high misdemeanor charge with his sentence including a ban from all school property in Cumberland County.
Tyler Royce Wolfe, 26, formerly of Holly Ct., Fairfield Glade, entered a guilty plea to aggravated criminal trespassing, a Class A misdemeanor, and is serve 30 days in jail followed by 10 months 29 days of supervised probation, in addition to the school property ban.
Neither a motive for the breach of school security nor Wolfe’s reason for entering Martin have been publicly stated.
On Jan. 11, Crossville Police were called to Glenn Martin Elementary School on Miller Ave. around 11 a.m. on a report of a man after a school counselor reported to school resource officer Joel Stevens a man “dressed in all black and a backpack” walked out the front door of the office and left the building.
Police learned the man was first confronted by a physical education teacher who told Stevens the man entered the school through a rear door to the gym, according to an offense report filed at the time.
The PE teacher confronted the man, who was unknown to school staff. Once exiting the school, the man walked quickly to a 2018 Honda Fit, ignored Stevens’ commands to stop, and sped away. Responding officers were provided a license plate number and Crossville Police Dets. Tyrel Lorenz and Jonathon Tollett spotted the vehicle traveling on Hwy. 70 E., stopping it without incident in the area of Plateau Lanes bowling alley.
They identified the suspect. A search yielded no weapons, but the black backpack and cellphone were seized.
Police were able to learn Wolfe worked as an Uber driver in Knoxville and was planning on attending Arizona State University with assistance of an Uber higher education program.
Wolfe was indicted on June 24 on charges of aggravated criminal trespassing and escape. The escape charge — for fleeing from SRO Stevens — was dropped in exchange for the guilty plea.
Wolfe reported to the Justice Center on Oct. 18 to serve the 30-day sentence.