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Last Wednesday (January 31st, 2018) Manchester Police Officer Daniel Ray stopped a vehicle at the corner of McArthur and Keylon streets for a traffic violation due to neither person wearing a seat belt. Permission was given to search the vehicle. Ray allegedly located a plastic baggie in the passenger floorboard where Brent Andrew Morgan age 38 of Deer Lodge, TN was sitting. The arrest warrant states the baggie contained a pill bottle, that also contained a plastic baggie. Allegedly inside the plastic baggies was 1 gram of heroin, 3 orange oxymorphone pills, and two used syringes. The warrant goes on to state that Ray located a container of urine that Morgan allegedly admitted to having in an attempt to pass a drug test to obtain medication.
Morgan was arrested and transported to the Coffee County Jail. While being searched by correction officers they allegedly located a white crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine weighing approximately 0.42 grams in the Morgan’s jacket inside of a plastic baggie.
Morgan was charged with schedule I and II drug violations, unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities, falsification of drug test and contraband in a penal institution. He was released from jail after posting a $30,000 bond. Morgan is set to appear in Coffee County court on March 27, 2018.

On January 10, 2018, Coffee County Deputy Joey Ricco responded to a call at 5991 Murfreesboro Highway due to possible shoplifters at Dollar General. Upon arriving one of the workers advised the subjects left in a Silver Kia Sorento with a temp tag.
Surveillance video showed three African-American females all wearing blue jeans, one had a red and white jacket along with a bandana, another wearing a white jacket with some type of pattern on it, and the third had a white jacket but the video was unable to see her face due to it being covered up.
The Dollar General Store employee advised the items that were taken from the store were baby items that allegedly filled up two laundry baskets.
Investigator Jason Dendy is asking for the public’s help with identifying the females. You can contact Investigator Dendy at 931 570 4427.

We have good news to report today. On Friday the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department issued a missing child alert. Maneshia Kidd age 17 of Beechgrove, TN was reported missing on January 31, 2018. She was last seen at her residence on January 24, 2018 and made contact with her family via Facebook on January 25.
Kidd was safely located by authorities on Saturday morning. The sheriff’s department thanks the public and the media for its help with this case.

Coffee County Justice Center was cleared Thursday morning after receiving a bomb threat.
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department arrived on the scene around 9:30 Thursday morning. Sheriff Department employees and a search dog quickly began to look through the building. An all clear was given by Sheriff Steve Graves at 10:30am.
Due to a bomb threat that was called into Bedford County on Wednesday, the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department was prepared for any possibility of a threat being called in and arrived quickly on the scene after the threat was made.
The Justice Center was closed while the search was conducted but reopened after the all clear was announced.

A 36-year-old Tullahoma man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to 23 counts raping a 14-year-old, allegedly since the age of 5.
Jeremiah Lee Allsopp of Macs Lane was arrested Aug. 29, 2016 on 102 counts of rape of a child, sexual battery, sexual battery by an authority figure and incest. The charges were filed after a 14-year-old girl was taken to Harton Regional Medical Center where she tested positive for rape.
Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott stated that Allsopp pleaded guilty to prevent the young girl from having to testify in a trial.
After entering the plea to Coffee County Circuit Court Judge Vanessa Jackson, Allsopp returned to the Coffee County Jail and was then transferred to the custody of the Tennessee Department of Corrections.
After his sentence is completed he will be required to be on the state sex registry for the rest of his life and will be under state supervision.

For three hours Tuesday afternoon, the offices of The Tullahoma News were placed on lockdown by the U.S. Marshals.
The lockdown was ordered after a fugitive from justice from the federal courts in Chattanooga and a female companion were discovered staying in the cab of a tractor trailer truck that was parked in the back-parking lot of the newspaper.
Two marshals met with The News Publisher Brian Blackley just before noon and made him aware that the man was in the parking lot in the truck and of their plans to arrest him. The officers then began their plans to arrest the fugitive, who has not been identified by federal authorities.
The marshals told Blackley that the man was a “methamphetamine trafficker” along the East Coast. The officers also stated that the man had warrants for his arrest in several states for drug trafficking.
After some three hours two marshals approached the truck and instructed the man to exit the truck with his hands up. He got out and they immediately handcuffed him and took him into custody. The female companion was not arrested. (Courtesy of the Tullahoma News)

A Winchester police investigation led to human remains being discovered at a 124 Spring Hill Drive, and authorities have determined it was a person reported missing on Jan. 18.
Winchester Police Chief Ritchie Lewis said the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has examined the remains to determine an identity. He said the autopsy results were released last week, and the person has been identified as James Leon Wood, age 50, who resided at 124 Spring Hill Drive.

DREMC members should be on guard for an electric bill payment scam that has hit DREMC members this week.
The people behind this fraud are using the name of Walter Griffin and instruct members to pay their overdue electric bills or they will be disconnected. The scammers have left this number, 818-813-7701, ext. 105, with members to call back for instructions on paying their bill. Once members call this number, they are instructed to go to their nearest retailer that sells Green Dot cards. In some cases, the scammers know the members’ address, but not their account number or the exact amount of their bill.
DREMC mails late notices if your bill is past due, and the notices include a scheduled disconnection date. There also are a variety of ways to pay bills, including in the local offices, by phone talking to a DREMC representative on lines manned 24/7, online at www.dremc.com and by using their free and secure mobile app download.