Man Tells Police He Wanted To Go Back To Jail

A Tullahoma man told police that he shoplifted so he could “go back to jail.”
On Sept. 9 James Crockett Dodson, 24 of Bragg Circle allegedly told Tullahoma Officer Derrick Derlien that he took $98 worth of beer from Food Lion because he wanted to go back to jail to finish his parole.
He was taken into custody and transported to the Coffee County Jail where he was charged with theft—shoplifting. His bond was set at $2,500 and he is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court on October 9.