A 19-year-old Crossville resident was arrested early Sunday morning, August 2, 2026, after deputies caught him driving across double yellow lines on Vandever Road.

According to a Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office incident report, Deputy Jacob Moore was on routine patrol around 2:00 AM when he observed a red Lincoln MKZ traveling inbound and crossing over the center double yellow lines into the oncoming lane.

After conducting a traffic stop near Ted Davis Road, the deputy made contact with the driver, identified as Samuel Quinton Aytes. The report notes that Aytes appeared lethargic, smelled of alcohol, and admitted to consuming four or five “Twisted Tea” beers roughly an hour prior to the stop. When asked if he should have been driving, Aytes reportedly answered, “No, Sir.”

Aytes agreed to perform standardized field sobriety tests, which deputies stated he failed. He was subsequently placed under arrest for underage driving while impaired.

Deputies secured a search warrant for a blood draw, which was completed at Cumberland Medical Center. The collected blood evidence was entered into the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office evidence vault and will be sent to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) lab for testing.

Aytes was booked on a $2,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in General Sessions Court on September 14, 2026, at 8:30 AM.