More info on CW's previous crimes:
“When Casey is on his medication ... Casey’s an alright guy,’’ said attorney Dale Bryant. “When he’s off his medication, he usually self-medicates through drugs, usually methamphetamine, and that’s when things become a problem."
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Court records show he had dozens of arrests in the mid-2000s, when he was in his early 20s, though most were for nonviolent crimes and traffic citations – such as reckless driving and public intoxication.
In 2006, he was arrested on a domestic violence/harassment charge involving his mother.
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It wasn’t until early December 2015 that Casey White’s brushes with the law took a drastic turn.
In the early-morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, he broke into a Limestone County home and stole two handguns.
Later that night, authorities said, he went to his ex-girlfriend’s house armed with those two stolen guns.
Casey White’s ex fled to a neighbor’s house, with Casey White firing multiple shots at her as she ran down the hall to escape. He then aimed his guns at two men who were inside the woman’s house.
The men, sheriff’s officials said at the time, jumped through a window and ran next door but a 911 caller told police two children were still in the house.
Casey White fired multiple gunshots in the house, killing a dog. The two children weren’t injured and were rescued by deputies after Casey White fled the home.
Just over an hour later, law enforcement received a second 911 call from a man saying Casey White had entered his house demanding money.
When the man said he didn’t have any, Casey White took his keys, a Ford Explorer and a 9mm pistol.
Casey White resurfaced about 30 minutes later at the Tennessee welcome center along Interstate 65, where he approached a woman sitting in her vehicle.
When she refused to open her car door, Casey White opened fire into the vehicle, shooting the woman in the arm. He then drove north to another interstate exit where he carjacked a Lincoln sedan at gunpoint.
Deputies spotted White in the stolen Lincoln as he drove back into Limestone County. When they tried to stop him, he fled south on U.S. 31 reaching speeds of over 100 miles per hour.
A standoff ensued after Casey White got the car stuck in a field.
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Four years later – in February 2019 - he was convicted of a total of nine charges, including trying to kill his ex-girlfriend and kidnapping her two roommates.
Other charges included first degree robbery, first degree burglary, third degree burglary, breaking and entering a vehicle, animal cruelty for shooting a dog and attempting to elude.
He also is still facing charges in Giles County, Tenn., from that 2015 incident.
Casey White was sentenced to 75 years in prison and was serving that sentence at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Jefferson County.
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