Coffee County Sheriff’s Department and Jail… Photo by Barry West
On Monday, Coffee County Deputies received a call of a subject causing a disturbance in Beechgrove. Upon arrival, Clay Lee Cockerham age 21 of Cheyenne Circle Beechgrove was at the bath house in Lakewood Park. As deputies were on the scene a man and woman pulled up and said the man had allegedly gone through their mailbox, destroying it.
Deputy Blake Simmons charged Cockerham with vandalism and he was booked in at the Coffee County Jail.
Early Tuesday, Cockerham allegedly attacked a corrections officers and struck him several times. Supposedly the man attempted to leave his cell and was being detained by officers when the attack occurred. The arrest warrant says that Cockerham scratched the officer’s face around and inside of his mouth leaving cuts and long scratches about his face.
Cockerham was additionally charged with assault and criminal attempt. His first court date was set for September 27, 2016.
