Kidnapping Charges Filed Against Manchester Man

kidnapping2A Manchester man was arrested April 30 after he allegedly kidnapped three people. Bobby Joe Wade, 57, of Interstate Drive Manchester was named in an eight count indictment by the April term of the Coffee County Grand Jury for three counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, three counts of aggravated assault, aggravated robbery and employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony.
Coffee County Sheriff’s Investigator James Sherrill alleges that on Jan. 15 Wade held the three people against their will by holding a shotgun on them and took money from one of the three.
The indictments also allege that Wade carried the shotgun for the purpose of going armed during the commission of a dangerous crime. (Tullahoma News)