Manchester Woman Charged For Taking Meat From Tullahoma Store Without Paying

A Manchester woman was cited into to Coffee County General Sessions Court after she allegedly took $183 worth of meat from a grocery store.
Melissa A. Brewer, 47, allegedly took the meat Friday, May 16, from Food Lion on West Lincoln Street in Tullahoma.
Store employee Jerry Franklin Bell reported to Tullahoma Police Officer Donnie Burnett that she observed Brewer taking the meat and when confronted she fled on foot to Wheeler Street. That’s where she was apprehended and taken back to the store for positive identification. Brewer is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court June 26.