Timothy Lynn Kepner… Photo provided by the CCSD.

An Indiana truck driver is being held on a $205,000 bond in the Coffee County Jail following an incident of road rage on Interstate 24.
Timothy Lynn Kepner, 44, of Indiana was charged with two counts of ATTEMPTED criminal homicide and two counts of reckless endangerment on Aug. 30 by deputies from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department.
According to a report by Deputy Nick Graham, the Coffee County Communication Center advised officers that a semi-truck driver and a car were involved in an incident. The officer’s report states that the driver of the car told the deputy that they were exiting the interstate at exit 97 to go home when the truck driver fired one shot at their car. The bullet struck the windshield and lodging in the dash of the car. The occupants of the car were not injured.
The deputy met the truck and the car at exit 105. When the deputy spoke with the truck driver, he was told that the driver did not have a gun. But when they searched the truck, they found a Taurus 9mm pistol and two loaded magazines.
Kepner told the deputy that he fired the pistol for fear of his safety. He said that he thought that he was being followed by the occupants of the car.
Kepner is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Sept. 11.
Other deputies assisted on the scene.
We regret the mistake on the charges.

Moore County Criminal Investigators Shane Taylor and Mike Rainey have been working several burglaries, auto thefts, and theft of property complaints involving several cases in Moore and Franklin Counties.
On May 09, 2017 in the early morning hours, Deputy Jerod Bradford observed a truck spinning out in a crop field on Chapel Rd. in Moore County. Once Deputy Bradford approached, he noticed a small primer colored car sitting idle in the roadway, as they were watching the truck in the field. Once the deputy initiated his emergency lights, the car sped away in the opposite direction, as well as the truck. Deputy Bradford turned around and gave pursuit. The car was never found, but the driver of the truck lost control, and wrecked the truck into a tree at the intersection of Davenport and Essie Cleek. The driver fled and was not caught at the time. Deputy Bradford determined the truck was stolen from the scene of a burglary in Franklin County.
On May 11, 2017 Deputy Shaun Sherrill took a report of a stolen vehicle on Price Hollow Road. The suspects involved in the case also allegedly burglarized a business and made away with items totaling over $2,500.
On June 3rd, 2017, the vehicle was recovered abandoned and vandalized in a field in the edge of Franklin County off Rock Creek Road.
On June 21, 2017 Deputy Sherrill and Detective Taylor responded to a burglary and theft on Fergus Lane in Moore County. Officers spoke to multiple victims stating several thousand dollars of items were stolen. A neighboring property owner came to the scene and reported that his vehicle had also been burglarized and several things were taken.
More information was received of another burglary in Franklin County near the Fergus Lane, Moore County incident. A vehicle was stolen and was recovered in the same location as the Moore County stolen vehicle a few weeks earlier.
After tips, and other evidence, Detective Taylor was able to find some stolen property from one of the Moore County burglaries, as well as property from Franklin County burglaries.
On Friday August 25th, 2017, a Moore County Grand Jury heard evidence and returned a True Bill on the suspects.
On Wednesday (August 30, 2017) Detective Taylor and Deputy Sherrill arrested Daniel Myers Jr. and Dakota Ridner, both of Moore County, and Jason Paton of Tullahoma.
The Moore County Sheriff’s Department thanked the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, as well as the Tullahoma Police Department for their assistance in these investigations.

The American Legion Gold Star Post 78 in Manchester will be hosting the annual Patriot Day ceremony on the square in Manchester on Sept 11. The event will begin at 11am. The American Legion will be honoring local first responders as well as the many who died on 9-11-2001. The American Legion members invite everyone to come to square for the ceremony. They will be presenting plaques to deserving first responders.