A Tullahoma man was arrested Dec. 21 for possession of drugs after deputies went to a residence in Tullahoma Village.
According to a report by Coffee County Sheriff Deputy Brandon Reed, officers went to serve a warrant, but when they arrived they smelled the strong odor of marijuana coming from the apartment. When they knocked on the door, Corey Somerville, 29, of South Franklin Street opened the door and was advised why Reed and Investigator James Sherrill why they were there plus that they smelled marijuana. The officers entered the apartment but were denied permission by the person renting the apartment to conduct a search. They allegedly spotted a bag of marijuana and of cocaine.
Sherrill went to the sheriff’s department and obtained a search warrant and returned to the apartment and conducted a search. The officers allegedly found four and half grams of cocaine and 17 grams of marijuana as well as a set of digital scales that had cocaine residue on it.
Somerville was charged of manufacture/delivery/sell of a controlled substance. He was booked into the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $50,000. He is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Jan. 25.
Tullahoma Man Arrested for Possession of Drugs
