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Bondsman Privileges Suspended in Coffee County
Ryan Barker, who is a bail bondsman in Manchester had his privileges suspended last week by Circuit Court Judge Vanessa Jackson. Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott told WMSR News that his office presented information that Barker had coerced a woman to have sex with him in exchange for making bonds. “A woman went to the Manchester Police Department and notified them of the allegations and they in turn notified me,” Northcott said. The TBI was then asked to conduct an investigation. The investigation is continuing, and no charges have been filed at this...
Shooting Involving McMinnville Police leads to One Man’s Death
At the request of Warren County District Attorney General, TBI Special Agents continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding an officer-involved shooting shortly after midnight Friday morning at a home in McMinnville. Preliminary information indicates the incident began when law enforcement officers from the McMinnville Police Department arrived at a home in the 1300 block of Chestnut Ridge Road in an attempt to arrest 34 year-old Clifford Keller on several outstanding warrants. At the time, Keller was also out of jail on a furlough and recently failed to report back to jail when ordered. During the exchange Friday morning, the...
One Peson Dies in Traffic Crash in Kentucky–Injures Tullahoma Man
One person was killed, and a Tullahoma man was taken to the hospital after a fiery two vehicle crash. It happened at Highway 60 east last week in Daviess County near Owensboro, KY. Kentucky State Police say 38-year-old Donald Gibson of Hardinsburg, KY, who died in the crash, was traveling east in his pickup truck while 50-year-old Eric Norton of Tullahoma, TN, was heading west in a semi-truck. They say Gibson crossed the center line and hit the semi. News reports indicate that both vehicles caught on fire. Norton was taken to a Kentucky hospital in critical condition. The...
Gun Related Crimes Up in Tennessee
Gun-related crimes are up in Tennessee by 24 percent, according to the TBI. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its findings on Thursday in a report called Firearm Violence in Tennessee. It details the nature and volume of reported gun-related crime from 2013 to 2016. “I am deeply concerned with the findings of this report reflecting a substantial increase in firearm-related crimes in our state,” said TBI Director Mark Gwyn in a news release. “This increase puts an additional strain on Tennessee’s law enforcement resources and poses a serious threat to public safety.” During that time frame, murders involving...
It’s Time for the Manchester Downtown Stroll
The first ever Downtown Christmas Stroll in Manchester will be held on Friday, December 15 beginning at 5pm. Retail shops and restaurants will be open with lots of specials, and they’ve got some surprises up their sleeve as well! Santa will be on hand, carriage rides and Thunder Radio will also be there playing Christmas music. Current participants include: High Cotton Sprout Children’s Shop West Main Brick Oven The Mercantile Pretty Discoveries Coffee Cafe Black Iris Arts The Place to Be Harvest Local Foods Naturally Tranquil Spa Family Music Center Mid TN Vapor Shop and Smoot’s Sponsored by First...
Three Georgia Men Facing Several Charges in Coffee County
Three Georgia men were arrested on Dec. 13 on multiple charges following a traffic stop by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Jason Boles. The trooper stopped a vehicle at exit 114 on Interstate 24 for a traffic violation. As the trooper approached the vehicle operated by Demontay Alexander Reid, 24, of Atlanta, Georgia. Reid and passenger Tevin M. Cameron, 26, of Atlanta, Georgia got out of the vehicle and started to video the officer as he approached their vehicle. Trooper Boles instructed the men to get back into the car. Passenger Markus Nigua McGahee, 31, of Atlanta took off running and...
Manchester Man says he was Stabbed in Tullahoma
A Manchester man reported to Tullahoma Police that he was stabbed while walking along East Moore Street on Dec. 10. Chad Heaton reported to Officer Joe Brown that on Dec. 10 that he was walking in the area of the maintenance building of Dossett Apartments on East Moore Street when he was attacked and stabbed in the ribs. He told the officer that the dark skin muscular man attacked him from behind. Heaton told Officer Brown that his attacker was wearing a “grayish green hoodie” and had dark curly hair. He told the officer that he had been to...
December is National Drugged and Drunk Driving Prevention Month
Now through December 31, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office is partnering with state and local law enforcement agencies to increase enforcement of drunk-driving laws. The campaign will include increased public messaging and more sobriety checkpoints state-wide. December is National Drugged and Drunk Driving Prevention Month. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an average of 300 people have died each year in drunk driving crashes the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. At this time in 2016, there had been 208 deaths related to impaired-driving. So far this year, there have been 167 in...
