The former husband of a Bedford County teacher missing since February 2011 has been charged with trying to drown his girlfriend in Florida. The Shelbyville Times-Gazette reports that Tyler Mook was on a boat with the girlfriend, his brother Andrew Mook and another woman in Palm City, Fla., on Oct. 4, Florida investigative reports indicate. The reports indicate Tyler became enraged after his girlfriend asked him to slow down the boat. He is accused of throwing the woman off the boat, following her into the water and holding her under until Andrew came to her rescue. Andrew and the...

Coffee County Historical Society, located in the historic courthouse on the square in Manchester, is now open on Saturday mornings from 9:00 to 1:00 for the convenience of its members and visitors who work during the week. The office remains open on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 to 1:00 as well. The Historical Society has been in operation since 1969 and during that time has published quite a number of books on the history of the county as well as marriage records going back to 1853, and transcribed census records for 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880, which are...

On July 5th, 2011, Manchester Police Department took a preliminary investigative report on a missing person, Leo Paul George Massicotte III.  Mr. Massicotte was last seen on July 3rd exiting a vehicle and walking in the direction of A.E.D.C. property towards the Hillsboro area. Investigator Ray “Butch” Stewart was assigned the case and began searching for Mr. Massicotte. Manchester Police, along with surrounding agencies performed a search on A.E.D.C. property. That search did not result in locating any evidence. Several interviews were performed by Inv. Stewart and other members of the Manchester Police Department. When all leads and interviews...

James Addison Haley, 20, of East Fort Street, Manchester of was arrested recently and charged with kidnapping involving a former girlfriend. The 20 year-old Haley was also charged with aggravated assault and vandalism. According to warrants, after entering the woman’s home on the New Tullahoma Highway in Manchester an argument turned in to a physical altercation. The warrants allege that Haley chocked the woman and forced her into his vehicle and drove her to the Barton Springs area of Normandy Lake where he drove her around and allegedly threatened to kill her numerous times. He also allegedly forced the...

Two inmates who escaped from the Coffee County jail late Friday morning were captured about two hours later. Authorities said Shawn Luce and Brandon Grant were caught in a wooded area near the Koss Center Alternative School around 1:30 p.m. College Street Elementary School, located directly across the street from the jail, was placed on lockdown as a precaution while the inmates were on the loose. According to officials, the pair escaped as welders were fixing some doors. Luce and Grant will face a number of charges including escape and evading arrest. The Manchester Police Department assisted the Coffee...

A Franklin County woman is charged with TennCare fraud involving doctor shopping, or using TennCare healthcare insurance to go to multiple doctors in a short time period to obtain controlled substances. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has announced the arrest of Angela Shetters, 36, of Estill Springs.  She is charged with fraudulently obtaining TennCare controlled substance benefits to which she was not entitled by doctor shopping for the painkiller Hydrocodone. Shetters was arrested again last week after being accused by a grand jury in Coffee County of two counts of fraudulently obtaining controlled substances by doctor shopping. She...