A tip from a Tullahoma business led Coffee County investigators to a home where allegedly methamphetamines were being cooked. Coffee County Sheriff’s Investigator James Sherrill received information from a Tullahoma business that alerted him of individuals purchasing a gallon of muriatic acid, tubing and 2 lbs. of crystal drain opener which are ingredients used in the production of methamphetamines. Charges are now pending against a Tullahoma man after deputies found a meth lab after searching the home on East Decherd Street in Tullahoma on Monday.
When authorities arrived they were given permission to search the residence.
One male suspect allegedly admitted to cooking methamphetamines. The man told officers that he had “been cooking the meth to help pay the light bill.
Names were not released because the case will be presented to the June term of the Coffee County Grand Jury.

A family traveling through Coffee County on I-24 were involved in one vehicle accident on Sunday. 16 year-old Andrew Fonseca was flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center following the crash and three others were transported by Coffee County EMS to a Manchester hospital.
The driver, Laura Fonseca 45, of Arlington Heights, Illinois along with passengers Herman Fonseca, 47, and Eric Fonseca, 12 were transported to Medical Center of Manchester for treatment of their injuries.
According to a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a 2009 Subaru Forester SUV was traveling eastbound at mile marker 110. The SUV went off I-24 into the median. The vehicle rolled over on its top when it struck the cable wire traffic barrier.

It will be at least 2015 before the city pool reopens in Tullahoma. It has been closed since the end of the summer in 2011. Tullahoma City Administrator Jody Baltz says that “value engineering” process is ongoing and the hope is to have a new bid package ready to advertise by the end of the month with the intention of opening the new pool in time for the summer of 2015, according to a report in the Tullahoma News.
The city had originally budgeted $2.45 million for the project. Of that amount, $42,250 has already been spent to purchase the adjacent lot at 512 Cedar Lane.
When bids for the project were opened on Feb. 27 of this year, Sain Construction Company was the only bidder, submitting a quote of $3,594,125. The company’s base bid for the work was $2,705,530, with an additional $534,031 for the indoor pool upgrades, $277,404 for the concessions stand and $77,160 for the parking lot upgrades to accommodate the additional traffic at the community center. City leaders turned down that bid so the project has been on hold.
The plan approved by the city board last summer calls for an outdoor water park with three intertwined water slides at 25.5 feet tall, a graduated pool beginning at 1 foot and sloping to a depth of 4 feet, a lazy river, a climbing wall, a shade structure with a mushroom-shaped fountain and dumping buckets and a poolside basketball hoop.

A Moore County man on trial for rape of an underage girl was found not guilty on Tuesday in a Lynchburg courtroom.
Randy Cleek, 51, of 703 Leon Clifton Rd., Shelbyville, was acquitted of all four counts, which included rape of a child, aggravated rape and recklessly engaging in sexual contact with the girl.
A Moore County Courthouse jury of eight men and four women, took less than three hours to return its verdict.
On Monday, the prosecution called four witnesses to the stand, the alleged victim, who is now 20 years old, her mother, Moore County Investigator Mike Rainey and one of the alleged victim’s former school teachers.
The alleged victim testified that she was assaulted by Cleek in a trailer while with Cleek at his father’s residence in Lynchburg.
Cleek was first accused of the sexual assault in 2011.
The defense presented only one witness, Clarence Estill Cleek, Randy Cleek’s father. He took the stand as the defense attempted to punch holes in the 2003 timeline established by the prosecutors.
Cleek testified that he was with the two the entire time, with the exception of possibly leaving them alone “for a few minutes” while he used the restroom, adding that he did not leave to get something to drink or to eat while they were there.
Under cross examination, the elder Mr. Cleek said that he was unaware of the nature of potential trouble his son was in when he drove him to the police station in 2011 to be questioned. He said his son had simply told him that he was in trouble and “might get arrested.”
He also said that he did not come forward to speak with investigators or prosecutors earlier in the investigation because he was told by defense attorneys not to speak about the pending case.
(Thanks to the Moore County News for information in this story)

This past Saturday at the Copperweld Arena, located in Nisbett Center on the Motlow College Moore County campus, graduation was held for 729 graduates. Energy, excitement and pride were not limited to graduates, however. Family members and friends filled the bleachers for the 44th graduation event. Motlow College opened in 1969 and held its first graduation in 1971. Keith Hamilton, corporate manager of the North America Manufacturing and Education Center for Bridgestone Americas Tire Operation in LaVergne, was guest speaker for two commencement ceremonies. The first ceremony, at 10 a.m., accommodated nursing graduates and graduates who took most of their courses on the Moore County campus. A second ceremony was held at 2 p.m. for graduates from Motlow’s Fayetteville, McMinnville and Smyrna centers. Hamilton spoke to the graduates about recognizing heroes in their everyday lives and how people would look to the graduates to be heroes in the future. He encouraged the graduates to take advantage of the opportunity that a college degree represents. Dr. MaryLou Apple, president of the college, emphasized the importance of graduation day and recognized outstanding students, including 21 who earned perfect 4.0 grade-point averages and honors graduates.