A preliminary hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Limestone County for an Athens man accused in a two-state crime spree sparked by jealousy that resulted in charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, car jacking, cruelty to animals and more.

Casey Cole White, 32, of 808 Pryor St., is set to appear at 1:30 p.m. before Limestone County District Judge Jerry Batts. During the hearing, the court will determine whether there is adequate evidence to require a trial for White. The hearing had been scheduled in December last year but had to be postposed until White filled out paperwork to seek a court-appointed attorney. Local attorney Dan Totten has since been assigned to the case.

White is facing 12 charges in connection with alleged crimes that occurred late Dec. 2 and early Dec. 3., 2015. The charges include one count each of attempted murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree theft, third-degree burglary, attempting to elude, cruelty to animals, and breaking and entering a vehicle. He is also charged with three counts of first-degree kidnapping and two counts of first-degree burglary.

White also faces multiple charges in Tennessee, including first-degree attempted murder, car-jacking, two counts of attempted carjacking and theft of more than $10,000, said Giles County Investigator Lt. Shane Hunter.

The complaint

According to a complaint filed by Limestone County Sheriff’s Investigator Leslie Ramsey, on the night of Dec. 2, White allegedly went to a home at 22608 Smith Road where his former girlfriend, Kerry Tyler, had recently moved with her two children. Armed with a 40-caliber handgun and a .380-caliber handgun, he entered the home and held Tyler and two other residents at gunpoint. When Tyler ran, White chased her and fired at her multiple times before she escaped. The other two occupants escaped from a window. Tyler’s two children were in the basement at the time. Because on a previous visit to the home White had been greeted by a man holding a shotgun who told him to leave, White fired his gun in front of him while running out the front door. During the process, he fatally shot the family dog.

Crime reports follow

Authorities in Limestone County and Tennessee responded to numerous crime reports after White left his ex-girlfriend’s home.

A man tried to rob, at gunpoint, a man in the 19000 block of Looney Road about 11:30 p.m. When the victim said he had no money, the assailant took the man’s car keys and stole his dark-colored 2007 Ford Explorer.

A man then attempted to hijack a trucker at the Tennessee Welcome Center near mile marker 3 on Interstate 65. Investigators there were told a man with two handguns jumped into the cab of an 18-wheeler and told the operator, “You’re going to drive me.” The driver refused and barricaded himself in his sleeper compartment and later told investigators the gunman was driving a dark-colored SUV.

The gunman ran across the parking lot at the welcome center to where a Kentucky woman was sitting in her car. He demanded she let him into the car. When she refused, the man began firing into the car, striking the woman “multiple times” in the left arm, Hunter said. The woman was later released from Vanderbilt Hospital.

While en route to the welcome center, Giles County investigators received another call about a car-jacking at a Pilot gas station at Exit 22 on Interstate 65. A man wielding a gun had approached the owner of a white 2012 Lincoln MKZ and had stolen the car.

Investigators found a dark Ford Explorer, which had been stolen on Looney Road, at the Tennessee Pilot station. They notified Limestone County sheriff’s deputies of the development.

Around midnight, a Limestone deputy spotted the Lincoln traveling south on I-65 at more than 100 mph. Deputies chased the driver, who then exited onto U.S. 31 southbound and proceeded through Athens and the Tanner Crossroads before driving into a ditch across the road from Swan Creek Mobile Home Park.

As officers surrounded the Lincoln, the driver — identified as White — stepped out of the car, held a gun to his head and threatened to shoot officers and himself unless he could speak with Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely. The sheriff arrived and eventually talked White into surrendering.

When apprehended, White allegedly said his intent was to kill Tyler and have police kill him. He added his only regret was that neither took place and that if he was released he would kill Tyler.