This past Friday (11/14/14), Manchester Police seized a vehicle and numerous items inside the vehicle related to a credit card theft/fraud scheme. The scheme has been linked to several states and several thousand dollars in merchandise purchased with the stolen cards and identities.
Three suspects were attempting to use a fraudulent card at Rite-Aid in Manchester to purchase pre-paid cards. Manchester Police Department officers located the suspects and notified other agencies for their assistance.
Agencies involved in the investigation were Manchester Police, Tennessee Highway Patrol and the United States Secret Service.
Charges were filed against; Leroy Destine Jean who had 10 credit cards with 6 being fraudulent, Eddy Jean had 13 cards including 11 fraudulent and Israel Tassy had 18 credit cards with 11 being fraudulent. All three men are from Miami, Florida. Manchester Police impounded the 2015 Chevy Tahoe the men were traveling in.
The suspects were booked into the Coffee County Jail.

For the second time in a week an area business was robbed at gunpoint. On Monday Tims Ford Liquor store on the Cowan Hwy in Winchester was held up. The person involved in the crime was described as being a black male holding a black handgun and he was wearing a black mask. The man forced the clerk into a backroom and then took an undisclosed amount of money and fled. Winchester Police is investigating and searching for the suspect.
Last week Carroll St. Liquors was robbed at gunpoint in Tullahoma by an unknown subject. Chief Paul Blackwell told WMSR News that the subject looks very similar to the person involved in other robberies in the area. The subject entered the store, grabbed the clerk, and held them at gunpoint while demanding money from the cash register. The stores surveillance system shows the suspect entering the store from the west and exiting in the same direction.
If you have any information about any of the cases please contact authorities.

Two Republican state senators have filed legislation to repeal the state’s Common Core standards.
The measure would set up a so-called Tennessee Standards Commission that would recommend to the State Board of Education standards to be used in the state’s K-12 public schools.
Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Dolores Gresham and Senate Government Operations Committee Chairman Mike Bell say the move is designed to ensure Tennessee students continue to improve by applying the highest standards, while exerting state control over education.
Several attempts to repeal the standards failed during the last legislative session. Lawmakers did manage to delay the testing component of the standards.
Gresham told The Associated Press on Monday she believes she will get the support she needs to pass the proposal.