Melvin Lee Southern intake photo provided by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department.
Melvin Lee Southern, 46, was arrested Nov. 29 by Tullahoma Police Officer Tim Brandon following an incident East Grizzard Street.
According to the officer’s report, Southern stabbed Scotty Brawley with a wooden handle pocket knife. According to the report, Brawley was stabbed in the chest and forearm.
After the stabbing incident, Southern left the area and went to his residence on Noblitt Lane.
Southern was booked into the Coffee County Jail on the charges and is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Dec. 17.
