Heavily damaged Manchester Patrol car… Photo by Barry West

Alford Lazo Jr age 34 of Murfreesboro Hwy Manchester was arrested on Thursday afternoon for DUI, driving on a revoked license (3rd offense) escape, evading arrest, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, theft of property, vandalism, violation of the implied consent law, violation of probation, and three attachment warrants and he’s facing a parole violation (no bond). Other charges are pending.

Alford Lazo Jr… Photo provided by the CCSD

On Thursday afternoon Manchester Police officers and Coffee County deputies responded to a call about a possible impaired driver passed out in his car at Sonic. Apparently the subject left the area and drove to Old Bushy Branch Road with officers following. The subject was then stopped where the officer obtained his identification. Lazo allegedly drove off leading police on a pursuit where he finally crashed to end the pursuit. The man was apprehended and placed in the back of a Manchester Patrol car. A short time later the subject escaped the rear of the patrol car and then jumped in the front of the police car driving away leading police on a second pursuit. Lazo Jr apparently attempted to strike several officers with the vehicle eventually crashing the vehicles in a field.
Three county vehicles received damage with one being extensive and the Manchester police car the subject attempted to leave in was heavily damaged along with one other vehicle receiving damage in the second pursuit. Coffee County Investigator Kerry Farrar received injuries in the pursuit and was treated and released from Unity Medical Center.
At this time Lazo Jr is being held on a bond of $177,100 and is set to be in court on April 28, 2016.

On Thursday morning Coffee County deputies responded to the Dollar General store on McMinnville Highway in reference to a theft and assault. When Corporal Stephen Sharketti arrived the victims told Sharketti that they were attempting to detain the subject for theft of items valued at $40.00. According to the arrest warrant the victims told officers that Jennifer Danielle Webb age 30 of Lowell Colony Rd Manchester stole items and concealed them in her purse. The warrant goes onto say that after taking the items from her purse she became agitated and grabbed a box cutter from the area and began threaten and fighting with employees and that’s when one of the employees allegedly received a three inch laceration on her arm. Upon deputies making contact with her, she apparently refused to comply with instructions to remove her hands from inside her pants where she was allegedly hiding contraband.
Webb was charged with, resisting, halt, frisk, stop, arrest or search, 2 counts of aggravated assault, failure to appear and theft of property. Bond was set at $29,000 and her court date was set for May 9, 2016.

On Friday morning Manchester Officer Jordan Watson stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation on Highway 55 near the Red Raider Academy. A check of John T Anderson’s driving privileges revealed his license to be revoked/suspended. The vehicle was allegedly stolen out of the state of New Mexico.
Anderson age 52 of Sewanee, TN was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and theft of property. His bond was set at $16,500 and he’ll be in court on April 26, 2016.

A special called meeting of the Manchester City School Board will be held at 5pm on Monday inside the administration building on Fort St. This meeting is being held to further discuss the Director of Schools position.
Board member Susan Parsley made a motion last week to approach current Coffee County High School Principal Dr Joey Vaughn with a contract for director of schools. This comes after Vaughn recently pulled his name from consideration. Board member Lisa Gregory said at last week’s meeting the board should consider offering interim director Sandra Morris a limited contract of somewhere between 60-120 days until a new director can be named.