Justus Sheffield, 18, the Gatorade National Baseball Player of the Year was arrested on Monday in Tullahoma. Sheffield was charged with aggravated burglary and underage drinking.
Also facing charges of aggravated criminal trespassing are Samuel Greyson Grow, 18, and Robert Tyler Burns, 19.
Sheffield was arrested by Tullahoma Police for allegedly breaking into a residence on Cumberland Avenue around 4:30 a.m. Monday.
According to the report, Jeremy Thurman, who also lives at the address, told police that he was asleep when he was awakened by someone knocking on his door. After ignoring the knock for a while, Thurman stated that he heard a noise in the kitchen and looked up to see Sheffield walk through the house toward Brody Thomasson’s bedroom.
Thurman stated he heard shouting and yelling, so he got up and called police.
According to the report, Thomasson told the officer that he was asleep when Sheffield allegedly ran into his room and started “yelling and threatening to beat him up for messing around with his girlfriend.”
Sheffield, who was drafted last year by the Cleveland Indians is facing charges of aggravated burglary and violation of the drinking age law. He was released after posting $5,500 bond. He is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Feb. 5.
Burns and Grow were charged with aggravated criminal trespassing. They were booked into the Coffee County Jail and were released on bond of $3,000 each. They are also to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Feb. 5. (Tullahoma News)

Manchester Fire and Rescue responded to 409 Rose Street on Monday for a house fire. When firemen arrived they found a fire in the downstairs of a two story house.
The occupant was alerted to the fire by smoke alarms the Manchester Fire and Rescue had recently installed.
Deputies from Coffee County Sheriff’s department and officers from the Manchester Police Department helped to escort the resident from her front porch.

According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, in each state, there was at least one county with a median annual household income more than $7,000 lower than the state’s median income.
In many of these counties, residents struggled with low educational attainment and limited job opportunities. In five years through 2013, the percentage of adults who had attained at least a bachelor’s degree was below the comparable national figure of 28.8% in 45 of the 50 counties.
In Tennessee the poorest county is Grundy County. A typical household in Grundy County earned less than $27,000 annually between 2009 and 2013. This was especially poor even in Tennessee, where statewide incomes tended to be among the lowest in the nation. Low educational attainment rates partly explain the low incomes. Only 10% of Grundy adults had at least a bachelor’s degree, and just 70.5% had completed at least high school, both among the lower rates reviewed.
> County median household income, 2009-2013: $26,814
> State median household income, 2009-2013: $44,298
> Poverty rate, 2009-2013: 29.7%
> Unemployment, 2013: 9.5%

On Monday morning Motlow State Community College President MaryLou Apple announced her upcoming retirement effective June 30, 2015.
The Tennessee Board of Regents search for new presidents normally requires a six month process. More information will be released closer to the date of her retirement.
Apple at her retirement will finish her 9th year as President of Motlow College. She came to Motlow after serving as vice-president for academic affairs at Walters State Community College in Morristown.