On Saturday night Coffee County Deputy Lee Marcom responded to 4076 Woodbury Hwy in Manchester about a suspicious vehicle. When Marcom requested the subject to move his vehicle to the nearby Dollar General parking lot, the man allegedly sped away and Marcom pursued. According to Marcom’s report, the man identified as Randy Joe Williams age 37 Silver St Tullahoma ran at least one stop sign and was speeding through a subdivision and ended up in a residential backyard. The deputy says he approached the subject’s vehicle telling him to get out of the car. Williams allegedly accelerated his vehicle...

On Wednesday morning at approximately 2:25am Deputy Kevin Smith was dispatched to 365 Stacy Rd in Summitville for a reported structure fire. According to Smith’s police report, upon his arrival he spoke with the victim Tanya Rymer who told him the fire started in the home due to grease on her stove that was apparently left on. The report went onto to say that Rymer stated that she is unsure of the damage done but was assuming the value is around $20,000. Summitville Fire Department responded and extinguished the early morning...

Four people have been booked into the Franklin County Jail and charged with multiple crimes including aggravated burglary. On Monday February 29th Franklin County Sheriff’s Office personnel responded to a report of a burglary on Damron Road. After making contact with the owner of the residence, deputies notified investigators who through investigation were able to make contact with four individuals who are believed to have committed the crime. Peter Laflam (703 Lynchburg Rd., Winchester), Lynette Amber Partin (5447 Cathey Ridge Rd., Manchester), and Lynn Julie Smith and Anthony Wagner both of (1829 Oak Grove Road, Decherd) were arrested and...

Manchester Firefighters completed Engine Company Operations Training-First 5 Minutes this past weekend with the Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department (MFRD). Manchester Firefighters along with firefighters from across the state participated in this very in-depth training in the MFRD training area. Captain Terry Smith from MFRD was the lead instructor for the training along with a several other Captains and Lt’s and firefighters from MFRD. They provided outstanding training to all who attended. The firefighters went through several evolutions in the key areas of the scene, from Incident Command, to Rapid Invention Crews (RIT) to fire attack crews. Firefighters attacked the...

Todd E. Dalton, the second of four defendants charged in the 2013 Corey N. Matthews’ murder, will go on trial Wednesday once the jury has been selected. All four defendants one time all lived in Coffee County. Last summer, David Jenkins, who was the first of the defendants to go on trial for Matthews’ murder, was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole on June 9, 2015. Matthew’s badly beaten body was found March 24, 2013, in a cornfield in Cowan by a Cowan Police Officer who had been searching for the man...

A Manchester man has been charged the theft of a dirt bike belonging to an Alabama man. Eugene J. Kinney III, 19, of Manchester has been charged with theft of property. An Alabama man reported on Feb. 26 to Tullahoma Police Officer Mickey Blanton that his dirt bike was stolen from him in the parking lot of Bel Aire School. Matthew Sapp reported that he had advertised the bike for sell on Craigslist and an individual in Tullahoma had contacted him about it. Sapp drove to the school parking lot to let an individual see it but when the...