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A Tullahoma woman and a 17-year-old were arrested Nov. 15 after they allegedly broke into a residence on South Roosevelt Street.
Tullahoma Police Officer Tommy Elliott responded to a residence at 100 Roosevelt where police had a report of a burglary in progress. A witness reported to 911 operators that there were two white males and a white female in a green Ford truck at the residence. When the officer arrived he found the truck parked in front of the residence with Brook Elaine Crosslin, 19, and the 17-year-old sitting in the truck. Crosslin told Elliott that she drove the juvenile to the residence and he went to the door and kicked it in. The police report says that the teenager retrieved a black box from the residence.
The teenager told the officer that the resident of the address had stolen $250 from him and he broke in to get his money, according to a police report. When Elliott looked in the back of the truck in the black box he found three car stereos.
While the officer was talking with the teen he, according to the police report, detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from him. The police report states that the officer found a baggie containing marijuana, 50 pills believed to be Xanax and $622 in cash. Police also allege that they found a set of digital scales and a BB pistol. The teenager was charged in juvenile petitions with aggravated burglary, two counts of possession of schedule VI and schedule IV and possession of drug paraphernalia. He will appear in Coffee County Juvenile Court on the charges.
Crosslin allegedly told the officer that she was aware that the teenager had the marijuana in his possession. And because a witnesses said that Crosslin took part in the break in, she was charged with aggravated burglary, manufacture/delivery/sell of a controlled substance, theft from a building and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Her bond was set at $24,000 and she is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Dec. 10.
A third person was reportedly with Crosslin and the juvenile during the incident but he is said to have run from the area before Officer Elliott arrive. Tullahoma Police Officer Willie Young assisted Elliott in the investigation.

Few details are being released to protect the innocent, but according to Decherd Police Chief Ross Peterson, on Sunday the attempted sexual assault of a child was halted by alert patrons of a city establishment.
Peterson issued a statement to say that a man, identified as William Morgan Long, 74, arrived at the establishment and took a 6-year-old child into an empty room alone at the facility. Police say Long allegedly then attempted to sexually assault the child before a patron intervened.
Decherd Police were called and took Long into custody. He was then taken to Franklin County Jail where he was charged with sexual battery and is being held on a $275,000 bond.
Peterson went on to praise the patrons of the establishment for their quick response in protecting the child and said that Decherd’s thoughts and prayers go out to the family involved.
(Courtesy of the Herald-Chronicle)

On Monday, the contracting office at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) awarded the Test Operations and Sustainment contract; this contract will ensure AEDC remains the nation’s ground test and evaluation facility of choice… today and tomorrow.
National Aerospace Solutions, LLC (NAS), Reston VA, a joint venture between Bechtel National, Inc., Sierra Lobo, Inc., and GP Strategies Corp., was awarded a cost-plus-award-fee contract valued at $1.5 billion. NAS will perform work supporting unique test operations and sustainment of the over $11 billion worth of infrastructure at the world’s largest and most complex flight simulation test and evaluation complex. The period of performance is eight years (one base year, three one-year option periods, two one-year award term periods, and two additional one-year option periods) in addition to a 90-day phase-in period.
NAS was originally awarded the TOS contract in June, but an unsuccessful offeror protested the award. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) in October sustained the protest in part and denied it in part. In their decision, the GAO recommended the government make a new source selection determination. Based upon this new determination, the Source Selection Authority awarded the TOS contract to NAS. A transition date for NAS has not been set.
Other AEDC contracts are in the process of transitioning to performance.
Additionally, the government has extended the Aerospace Testing Alliance contract until March 2016 to ensure continuity of operations during the various contract transitions.

A Tullahoma man was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center after being injured in a single car accident on East Carroll Street Friday night. According to a police report by Tullahoma Police Officer Michael Wilder, a witness said that Friday afternoon around 4:45 p.m. Timothy Ferrell of North Washington Street was traveling along East Carroll Street when he began to accelerate and went off of the roadway.
The 1994 Nissan Altima struck a hill and then slid sideways and struck trees. The vehicle then rolled and came to rest on a tree. According to members of the Tullahoma Fire Department, a bystander used a fire extinguisher to extinguish the fire in the vehicle.
Due to Ferrell’s injuries, a medical helicopter landed on the scene and he was flown to the Nashville hospital.

Gas prices should slip lower this week after the price of oil hit its lowest settlement since August. Gasoline prices nationwide are averaging $2.17, after slipping 5 cents last week. Motorists are now saving an average of $11 for a full tank of gas.
The price of oil closed the week at $40.74 on the NYMEX.
The current price of gasoline in Tennessee is $1.98 – 4 cents lower than a week ago, 3.5 cents lower than last month, and 70 cents lower than this time last year.
The low price per gallon in Manchester is $1.78 and in Tullahoma it’s $1.87.

Gov. Bill Haslam says he is asking the federal government to suspend placement of Syrian refugees in Tennessee.
In a statement released to media, Haslam acknowledges that the federal government has the authority to place refugees but says “they have said in the past they would be open to cooperating with receiving states.”
Haslam says he wants to suspend placement of Syrian refugees in Tennessee “until states can become more of a partner in the vetting process.”
Haslam also says he is asking the U.S. Department of State for the status of any Syrian refugees currently slated to come to Tennessee.
Tennessee Office for Refugees State Coordinator Holly Johnson says the state has settled fewer than 50 Syrian refugees since her office took over the process in 2008.

First National Bank has been a big part of Manchester and the surrounding area since 1900 and has been in their current building near the square since 1973. If you’ve driven by the downtown area recently you may have noticed some work going on to renovate the downtown location.
According the Brent Parsley, Community President, “After 43 years it was time to update and give this location a facelift”
After engineers deemed the building solid and in great shape structurally, bank leaders started planning some upgrades to give the building a modern look. Not only will it look new and attractive on the outside but new features will soon welcome customers when they come inside. A coffee bar, computer stations for online banking and even a new elevator will be installed during renovations.
Parsley went on the say “First National Bank is committed to Manchester, and we are glad to stay here near the square area and help to preserve and improve the downtown area.”
Parsley also added “We ask everyone to excuse our mess for a while as we get this work completed, but we are open for business as usual while work is being completed”
An open house is planned for sometime in the summer of 2016 and everyone in the community will be invited.

According to a report by Coffee County Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Graham, deputies were alerted to the children being left alone at a mobile home on the Woodbury Hwy. One of the children, an 11 year-old called 911 around 1 a.m. Sunday morning saying that he and 5 other children were alone, scared and hungry.
Deputy Graham and Sgt. David Grosch went to the mobile home where the children, ages 3 to 11 were home alone with no heat and nothing to eat.
According to the police report, the 11-year-old told the officers that his mother and the mother of some of the other children told him that they were going to find the father of one of the children and that they would be back in about 30 minutes. He said that that was at 9:30 p.m. and at 1 a.m. they got scared and worried Jamie Lea Edwards, 32, of Old Woodbury Highway and Bambi Kay Sue Weir, 34, of Roadway Inn Manchester had been gone for several hours.
The officers transported the children to the Coffee County Jail for their safety until the Department of Children Services arrived.
Officer then alerted other officers to be on the lookout for the pair and they were located at Vi’s Bar located on the Hillsboro Hwy. They were transported to the Coffee County Jail along with Timothy Edward Gibson, 23, of Oakdale Street, Manchester.
Edwards told officers that her mother was watching the children, but she was not at the house. Gibson told the officers that he was aware that the children were home alone.
Some of the children were turned over to the custody of DCS who placed them with family members and others directly to family members.
Investigator Kelly Smith charged Edwards, Weir and Gibson with reckless endangerment. They were all placed in the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $25,000 each and are set to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Dec. 14.

Mark Edward Fairris age 39 of Chattanooga was arrested by Manchester Police Officer Alberto Garza on Sunday, Nov. 15. Fairris was charged with counterfeiting or misuse of state revenue.
According to the arrest warrant Fairris passed a $20 counterfeit bill at the Kangaroo Store at 1200 McArthur Dr in Manchester.
Manchester police also discovered that Fairris was wanted by US Marshalls for bank robbery in another area.
Bond was set at $50,000 and he’s set for Coffee County General Sessions Court on November 24, 2015.