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Brandon Horn of Jackson Circle, Tullahoma who is accused of having pipe bombs in his home had his case bound over to the Coffee County Grand Jury Thursday afternoon.
The 26 year-old Horn was arrested Feb. 15 after law enforcement found what was described as four pipe bombs in his residence.
At the time of his arrest Horn was on his way to court in Franklin County. In the meantime, Franklin County Sheriff’s Department deputies were notified, and they located him at the Franklin County Justice Center. Deputies found several weapons in his vehicle which was a violation of the law because he had been convicted of domestic violence in 2012, which prohibited him from having a weapon.
Horn was originally charged with possession of weapons of mass destruction, but that charge was changed to four counts of possession of a prohibited weapon and four counts of possession of a weapon and probation violation.
Horn continues to be held in custody at the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $800,000. General Sessions Judge Jere Ledsinger bound the case over to the May term of the Coffee County Grand Jury.

On Wednesday (April 11th, 2018) a man was reported to be at Fred Deadman Park in Manchester acting suspicious. Manchester Officer Andy Neesmith arrived and spoke to the male subject. Allegedly the man gave the officer several different names and dates of birth. This was allegedly done to hide his true identity from Officer Neesmith. Also, the subject had a pill bottle with different types of prescription medicines inside and did not have a prescription for the meds.
The man was arrested and fingerprinted at the Coffee County Jail. Results of the fingerprint revealed his name to be Dylan James Perry age 26 of Manchester and he had several outstanding arrest warrants from New York state.
Perry was charged with being a fugitive from justice, criminal impersonation and possession of legend drugs without a prescription. His bond was set at $155,000 and he will appear in Coffee Court on April 16, 2018.

Grundy County School Board members voted Thursday night to have 11 co-valedictorians this school year.
The Grundy County district’s Facebook page said all students with a 4.0-grade point average will become co-valedictorians.
The reason stems from a high school senior arrested earlier this month.
Senior Trevor Sanders was arrested recently for saying something about the selection process of the school’s valedictorian.
Trevor Sanders tried speaking up after a controversial selection.
Sanders and the rest of the school found out this year’s graduation would be a little different.
The school announced the valedictorian for the class of 2018 would be a female who is graduating in just three years, not four.
When Trevor began to ask why, he was told he needed to meet with school administrators to talk about him speaking out.
In that meeting he asked to record the conversation. Soon after, he posted it on his public Facebook page.
The young man says he made no remarks about the female that was chosen as a person in the recording.
School administrators can be heard telling Trevor that he’s harassing the newly-chosen valedictorian.
Sanders was released after spending over 12 hours in jail.
The Grundy County School Board met Thursday night and voted to go with the 11 co-valedictorians.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has announced a partnership with the Country Music Association (CMA) Foundation to launch a $1 million competitive grant opportunity focused on expanding students’ access to high-quality music and arts education.
Tennessee: State of the Arts is a first of its kind public-private partnership to ensure more students across the state of Tennessee will have access to a quality arts and music education. School districts in Tennessee will have the opportunity to apply for funding to improve or develop their music education programs. The statewide initiative will kick-off with the 2018-19 school year.
In its first year, State of the Arts grants will be awarded to as many as eight districts across the state. The three-year grants will be administered by the Tennessee Department of Education and may fund a range of strategies including, but not limited to:
● Professional development for music teachers;
● Additional arts and music supplies; or
● Materials and equipment used to address equity challenges, or expansion of local arts educational outreach programs.
Grant applications will be made available by the Tennessee Department of Education in July 2018.

Congratulations to Student of the Week -Jack Beachboard!!! Jack is an eleventh grader at Coffee County Central High School.
Jack was nominated because “he is so involved in many activities, he is a great student with a tremendous work ethic; and he is a gentleman at all times. He is exactly what we want in a student at CCCHS ” says CCCHS Principal, Dr. Joey Vaughn. Jack is a member of the Future Business Leaders of America. Jack is a member of the CCCHS Swim Team. Jack enjoys being outside and camping, when he is not in school. Jack future plans are to attend the University Tennessee and hopes to be a VOL on their swim team.

Rosalyn Partin, owner of the Manchester H&R Block, has been inspired to recognize great kids in our community all through hockey season. What does hockey season have to do with our local students? Well, H&R Block gives each Student of the Week a set of Nashville Predators Hockey tickets, a commemorative plaque, as well as a special letter of recognition.
Pictured with Jack is Rosalyn Partin of H & R Block and Dr. Joey Vaughn, Principal of CCCHS School.