Pat Summitt reports son’s debit card stolen, used in Knoxville

If you are going to steal something in Blount County, taking a debit card belonging to the son of Lady Vols head basketball coach Pat Summitt probably isn’t the best idea. And using it, four times, is equally ill advised.

But according to an Alcoa police report released today, that is exactly what Summitt told police happened.

According to the report, Summitt contacted police at 1:03 p.m. Tuesday to report that three debit cards, $60 in cash and an Apple iPod — all belonging to her 17-year-old son — were taken from a vehicle parked in front of her River Trace Lane home in Alcoa.

Summitt reportedly told officers that just before midnight she heard a “thump-like sound” outside her residence and went outside to investigate. She did not see anything and went back inside, the report said. She reported hearing a vehicle leave the area soon after she was back in her residence.

Once on the scene, officers spoke with the 17-year-old, who said he left his wallet in the parked the car at about 10:30 a.m. on Monday and did not notice it had been disturbed until noon the following day when was leaving to eat lunch with a friend.

The wallet was apparently left by the thief in the vehicle, but the cash and three debit cards were removed.

Officers reported it did not appear forced was used to gain entry into the vehicle and there was no evidence left by the suspect at the scene.

By the time officers had been notified of the theft, Summitt’s son reported the cards had been used four times in Knoxville — at a Kroger and Walgreens on Kingston Pike, and a Fav-O-Rite Market and Kenjo on Chapman Highway.

A sergeant with the Knoxville Police Department was contacted by Alcoa officers, “and he offered to assist by recovering the surveillance videos and the debit cards,” the Alcoa report said.

When contacted by The Daily Times today, no information was available from the Knoxville Police Department on the case, including any arrests or charges that had been filed or may be pending.

The incident is currently under investigation.