A judge previously denied Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold’s request to be released from jail on November 4, 2016. Now, a group is trying to stop his pay.
A Davidson County chancellor hearing the ouster case against the Rutherford County Sheriff said Tuesday the indicted sheriff should be concentrating on clearing his name while in jail.
While acknowledging a citizens group must show “good cause” in trying to suspend him from office, Chancellor Bill Young said, “The court, quite honestly, is struggling with how a sheriff could do his job while he’s incarcerated and how a sheriff maintains the public trust of the citizens of this county as an elected law enforcement official while operating under the cloud of a federal indictment.”
Young said he expects to rule later this week or early next week on the citizens group’s request for Arnold to be suspended without pay until his ouster is decided. His salary is more than $127,000.
Arnold, Chief Administrative Deputy Joe Russell and Arnold’s uncle, John Vanderveer of Marietta, Ga., face a Feb. 7, 2017 trial on federal corruption charges stemming from an unauthorized scheme to profit from the sale of e-cigarettes to Rutherford County jail inmates. U.S. prosecutors said they made tens of thousands of dollars during an eight-month period and misled county and state officials about their involvement in the operation.

A 3-year old child is headed home to Ohio after being abducted Tuesday afternoon.
A Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesperson says that they received a BOLO (be on the lookout) from Genoa Township Police, in Ohio around 6:40 p.m.
The vehicle was a 2015 dark blue Camaro driven by Jason Parsons, 41, Westerville, OH. The suspect was traveling from Georgia on I-24 north.
A THP unit checked a truck stop in Monteagle and found the vehicle unoccupied. About 10-minutes later the suspect was located and taken into custody in Monteagle. The child was located unharmed.

The Tullahoma Area Chamber of Commerce, has announced that they will begin the process of searching for a new executive director. Diane Bryant will be retiring at the end of the year. She’s been director since 2005.
A search committee, headed by Tullahoma Chamber President Bill Yoder, has been created to accept and review applications, they hope to fill the position by the first of the year.

Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper, who is accused of pointing a gun at his wife during a domestic dispute earlier this week.
At the request of 15th District Attorney General Tom Thompson, TBI Agents began investigating 43 year old Shane Roberts on Tuesday (11/8/16). During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that Roberts pointed a THP-issued firearm at his wife during a dispute at their Lebanon home on Monday.
Agents arrested Roberts Tuesday night and charged him with one count of Aggravated Assault. Authorities subsequently booked him into the Wilson County Jail on $5,000 bond.

Hunting officials say a man has killed a whitetail deer that might break the world record.
The Tennessean reports that 26-year-old Stephen Tucker of Gallatin shot the deer with a muzzleloader Monday afternoon in Sumner County.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency District 21 captain Dale Grandstaff says the buck’s 47-point rack seems certain to break the state record and currently appears to be about an inch more than the world record.
Because the rack must undergo a 60-day drying out period before it is officially measured, the score could change slightly.
Grandstaff has measured the non-typical rack at 313 ¼ inches gross. The net score after deductions was 308 3/8 inches.
Grandstaff says the deer was likely 3 1/2 years old.

All current Motlow State Community College Tennessee Promise students have until Dec. 1 to complete eight hours of community service in order to remain eligible for the Tennessee Promise scholarship.
“There are numerous ways that students can complete their community service hours, including job shadowing, cleaning local, state, and recreational parks, or by assisting local non-profit organizations,” said Jonathan Graham, Tennessee Promise coordinator at Motlow.
“Last year, Tennessee Promise students volunteered a total of 318,183 hours which, according to tnAchieves, resulted in a monetary value of $6,592,751.76 given back to the State of Tennessee by Tennessee Promise scholars,” Graham added.
Students who still need to complete their community service hours can visit the Motlow Tennessee Promise webpage at tnpromise.mscc.edu for an up-to-date listing of community service opportunities in their area.
Students can also visit the tnAchieves website, tnachieves.org, which lists a host of community service opportunities for students in their local region. Community service hours can be submitted to the tnAchieves website as well.
Students must complete the tnAchieves program in their county to access Tennessee Promise funding. For further information regarding the Tennessee Promise program at Motlow State, contact Graham at jgraham@mscc.edu or 615-220-7839 or Debra Smith at dsmith@mscc.edu or 931-438-9766.

The staff of Coffee County Sheriff’s Department would like to thank everyone for the donations of stuffed animals. These are used by our deputies in the event of a crisis involving small children.
Recently Brenda and Dean Kingery donated 75 stuffed toys. Brenda stated that she wanted to do something for a good cause and especially children. Other folks have been making donations of stuffed animals and the sheriff’s department thanks you for your generosity.