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The Manchester Police Department is attempting to identify a female that may have been involved in a car burglary. On Saturday, at approximately 2 pm, a vehicle was burglarized at Raider Academy and a brown Coach purse was stolen from the vehicle. According to a Facebook post, the car and items stolen belong to someone from Smith County that was visiting Manchester for a soccer play-day.
Later on Saturday afternoon, the female was captured on video in the Manchester Walmart using the apparently stolen debit and credit cards from the purse to purchase visa birthday gift cards.
If you can identify the female or vehicle she may have been in please contact the Manchester Police Department at 931-728-2099.
(All persons innocent until proven guilty).

A Beechgrove woman has been arrested in connection with a string of car burglaries and one count of fraudulent use of a credit card.
Tiffany Lee Corrigan, 22, of Old Hickory Road, Beechgrove was arrested July 27 by Tullahoma Police Investigator Tyler Hatfield on the charges.
Warrants allege that Corrigan took property totaling $3,643 from a vehicle on Safely Drive during a burglary.
She is also charged with taking property from vehicles at various other locations.
The warrants also allege that Corrigan took a credit card from a Huntington Place location and used it at Jackson Street Market and Deli and purchased $63.34 of items. The purchase of the items was captured on store security video.
Corrigan was booked into the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $17,500. She is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Aug. 6.

The month of July brought a record for the state’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) in terms of the amount of money people have been ordered to repay the state for TennCare fraud. In July, people convicted of TennCare fraud were ordered to make $154,000 in restitution to TennCare. In total, TennCare fraud restitutions have led to more than $3 million being repaid to the state.
The OIG, which is separate from TennCare, began full operation in February 2005 and has investigated cases leading to more than $3 million being repaid to TennCare, with a total estimated cost avoidance of more than $163.6 million for TennCare, according to latest figures. To date, 2,395 people have been charged with TennCare fraud.
Through the OIG Cash for Tips Program established by the Legislature, Tennesseans can get cash rewards for TennCare fraud tips that lead to convictions. Anyone can report suspected TennCare fraud by calling 1-800-433-3982 toll-free from anywhere in Tennessee, or log on to Office of Inspector General and follow the prompts that read “Report TennCare Fraud.”

Heroin use and abuse in the United States is rising among most age groups and income levels, according to a recent report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Usage has risen fastest, more than doubling, for young adults. The reasons behind the rise are complicated, said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden. But one thing is clear: There’s a connection to opioid prescription painkiller addiction. “The chemical is essentially the same,” he said. “So, when heroin is five times cheaper and much more widely available, it becomes something that’s driving this trend of rapid increase in heroin use.” It may be a case of unintended consequences, as Frieden said prescription painkillers became harder to obtain after limits were imposed because of addiction concerns. According to the CDC report, 45 percent of those who have used heroin had been dependent on prescription painkillers. Another finding: people without health coverage are more likely to use heroin. There’s also been a national uptick in heroin overdose deaths, more than 8,000 in 2013. Frieden said quality and potency varies on the street, and overdose-reverse medications aren’t always readily available in emergency rooms, although he said that needs to change. He underscored the need to keep opioid painkillers as medical treatment options despite the heroin connection, with pros and cons weighed carefully. “If someone has excruciating pain from a surgical procedure, or a car crash, or a severe, terminal pain from cancer, you absolutely want to provide all palliation,” he said. “For chronic non-cancer pain, you really have to look at the risks and the benefits.” Recommendations for stemming the tide of heroin abuse include increased access to treatment, including medication-assisted treatments; recognition of the link between past prescription painkiller dependence and future heroin use; and pain treatment plans for chronic sufferers that include options beyond medications.

Troy King of Grundy County plead guilty to 2nd degree murder in Coffee County Circuit court Wednesday. He was accused of murdering Thomas Colucci at a residence just outside Manchester in November of 2012. He also entered a plea of guilty to theft over $1,000.
Investigators alleged that Troy King killed Colucci and they said robbery was a motive for the murder.
U.S. Marshal’s Service arrested Troy King in the San Diego, Calif., area on March 6, 2013, and after fighting extradition was returned to Coffee County May 10, 2013, on charges of premeditated first-degree/felony murder, first degree/felony murder and theft of property over $1,000.
Troy and his wife Connie King were set to go on trial August 10 for the murder. She reached a plea deal with prosecutors to testify against Troy.
Connie King was arrested in July of 2013 in Daytona Beach, Fla., on charges of felony murder and premeditated first-degree murder. She was returned to Coffee County July 18, 2013.

We have an update on the money missing from the Tullahoma Little League.
According to League President Heather Tucker, the alleged offender, the treasurer of the league had admitted to her and Paul Jackson, the regional league president, that he had taken the money. That person has now been identified as Timothy Ryan Brewer, 31, of McKellar Drive in Tullahoma.
According to an arrest warrant on or about September 24, 2014 to July 23, 2015, money was embezzled in the amount of $12,091 from two separate accounts belonging to the Tullahoma Little League Association. According to Jackson, Brewer admitted taking $4,000 from the league, and repaid that amount, but they later discovered another $8,000 missing.
Brewer turned himself in at the Coffee County Jail and was charged with theft of property and was placed under a bond $25,000 on Thursday.

On Wednesday Officer Daniel Ray of the Manchester Police Department spotted a female behind the former Southern Family Foods on the Hillsboro Blvd.
According to a warrant, the officer spoke with the woman who stated that she was calling her mother. The officer states that the subject appeared nervous and impaired. In the warrant Officer Ray is said to have noticed a cut green straw in the passenger floorboard and asked the subject if she had anything illegal in the vehicle and would she allow police to search and she agreed. The woman then attempted to grab a blue bag. Officers took the bag and located numerous cut straws with residue allegedly on them along with 4 glass pipes with residue allegedly inside of them. The warrant goes on to state that police located 41.5 oxycodone pills in an Advil bottle and a cigarette pack. Supposedly a further search of the vehicle located 1.5 grams of a white crystal like substance allegedly thought to be methamphetamine in four separate plastic baggies. The warrant also indicates that officers located a set of scales, butane lighters, butane fuel, a grinder and a plastic squeeze container with what appeared to be residue.
Amy Louise Jones, age 34 of Shelbyville was charged with possession of schedule II and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was booked at the Coffee County Jail under a $10,500 bond. She has a court date of August 25.

A two vehicle crash occurred in Manchester at 5:06pm Wednesday afternoon. The head-on collision took place at the intersection of Belmont Rd and the Old Tullahoma Highway.
The driver of one of the vehicles, 78 year-old James L Slagle of Manchester and 68 year-old Candice Slagle were injured and taken by Coffee County EMS to Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma for treatment of their injuries.
The driver of the other vehicle, 43 year-old John N Jones of Manchester was uninjured.
The Manchester Fire Department assisted at the scene.

It’s back to school time. The new school year begins Friday (July 31) for students in the Manchester city school system as they have registration for one hour and the first full day of classes is set for Monday (August 3).
Students that attend school in the Coffee County system will have an abbreviated day on Tuesday, August 4 and the first full day of classes will be Thursday, August 6.
The Tullahoma school system began their 2015-16 school term with the first full day of classes on Wednesday.

The Tullahoma Little League has discovered money missing from its banking account and the Tullahoma Police Department has started an investigation.
Allegedly at least $4,000 was taken over a 10 month period.
According to League President Heather Tucker, the alleged offender, the treasurer of the league had admitted to her and Paul Jackson, the regional league president, that he had taken the money. That person has since resigned.
Allegedly money was embezzled by writing checks to himself from two separate accounts and by taking money from T-shirt sales and league raffles.
Detective Johnny Gore is continuing to investigate the case and charges are pending so the name of the former treasurer was not given.