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Credit Card Fraud In Tullahoma
Police are investing a fraud case totaling $16,197.36 at Kroger in Tullahoma on Jan. 6. Service Manager Jon Stephenson reported to Officer Tommy Elliott that two black males entered the store on Jan. 4 and made four fraudulent credit card transactions. The funds were loaded onto American Express gift cards. Stephenson stated that he believed that the same two men conducted similar frauds in Shelbyville and Decherd stores in Tennessee along with two Kroger stores in Huntsville, Ala. Detective Rana Pawlowski is investigating the Tullahoma...
Jury Selection Begins In Pearman
Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Jacob Pearman, the man accused of murdering his wife Carla Pearman, formally Carla Dillard of Manchester. The murder took place in their home in Murfreesboro on Valentine’s Day in 2013. He’s also accused of aggravated child abuse of Carla’s son. Judge David Bragg has granted a request that the jury be sequestered. That means the jurors will stay in a place all together and not be able to consume any media. The judge recently denied a request for a change of venue because of pre-trial publicity. Pearman confessed to punching and...
Drug Bust In Franklin County
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office personnel recently charged a Fayetteville, TN. man with Manufacture/Delivery, Sell of a Schedule IV (Xanax) and Possession of Schedule IV. A report filed by Deputy Martin Tyler stated that contact was made with Bradley C. Smith of 127 South Lincoln Rd., Fayetteville, TN. and an agreement was reached for Mr. Smith to deliver 22 Xanax pills to a location in Franklin County. Once Mr. Smith arrived at the previously determined location he was placed in custody by Sheriff’s Office personnel and transported to the Franklin County Jail where he was booked on a $30,000 bond....
Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week 9 January 2015
The Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the week for 9 January 2015 is Justin Jacobs. Justin is in fifth grade at Bel-Aire Elementary School in Tullahoma. He is the son of proud parents Leslie and Keith. He was nominated for this award because he is helpful, attentive and sets the example for all other students. He likes to hunt and fish and when he is not in school you can find him hunting or fishing something somewhere. Justin’s favorite subject is social studies because he enjoys learning about the civil war.. Justin was presented with a plaque (courtesy of K&S Trophies of Tullahoma) and a set of tickets to an up-coming Nashville Predators game. Congratulations to...
Two Pets Die and One Person Hurt In Tullahoma Fire
Fire heavily damaged a house on Ovoca Road Wednesday afternoon. The Tullahoma Fire Department was called to 1203 Ovoca around 1 p.m. where they found flames coming from the front of the home of Gerald Gibson and family. According to Fire Chief Richard Shasteen, the fire was started by a 5-year-old playing with a lighter who set a bedroom on fire and then the rest of the house caught fire. An individual in the house, Lloyd Chadwick, tried to extinguish the blaze but was unable to do so. He was transported to Harton Regional Medical Center where was treated...
2nd Lowest Number Of Traffic Deaths On Tennessee Roadways Since 1963
State officials say 961 people died on Tennessee roadways last year, the second lowest number since 1963 and only the fifth time traffic deaths have dipped below 1,000 since that year. It is also a 3.4 percent decrease in traffic-related deaths from 2013 when 995 people were killed. THP Col. Tracy Trott credits DUI and seat belt enforcement for the decline in traffic-related deaths. Troopers arrested 2,000 more people in 2014 than in 2013 for suspicion of DUI. Alcohol-related fatalities dropped 18.6 percent from year to year. Last year, troopers issued 102,758 seat belt citations, around 28,000 more than...
National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
On January 9th, 2015, Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. (C.O.P.S.) and partnering organizations will unite in support of law enforcement officers nationwide to promote a National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (L.E.A.D.). It is an opportunity to show law enforcement officers that our citizens recognize the difficult career they have chosen, in public service to us all. Each day 780,000 police officers across our country put a badge on and go to work knowing they may face extremely dangerous situations. Yet, they go to work anyway. Being a law enforcement officer is not just a job, it is a calling,...
Smyrna Student Has Tuberculosis, Several Others To Be Tested
Authorities say they will test nearly 100 people at a Middle Tennessee school for tuberculosis after a student tested positive for the disease. Dr. Lori MacDonald, medical officer for the state’s Mid-Cumberland region, told The Daily News Journal the Rutherford County student who tested positive had a “very low” bacteria count and it is unlikely there would be any more positive cases. However, officials plan to test nearly 100 students and staff members at Smyrna High School, where the patient attended. District officials say the student hasn’t attended classes since early...
