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Man Arrested after Attempted Carjacking and Stabbing Incidents
Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum says that Dylan Hilton of Fairview, TN tried to carjack someone before he stabbed a store clerk in Monteagle. He will be charged with attempted auto burglary and attempted carjacking, in addition to charges from the stabbing incident. Shrum said Thursday, Hilton tried carjacking a man at a gas station off of Highway 127 in Pelham. He tried stealing the car while the man was getting gas, and a fight ensued before the suspect fled. The store clerk’s name in Monteagle is Satish Patel. He was released from the hospital. The Grundy County Sheriff’s...
Dow Chemical Wants Pesticide Study Dropped, According to Leaked Documents
A conservation group is raising questions about Dow Chemical’s attempts to convince the Trump administration to drop studies that show its pesticides could harm endangered species. In a series of leaked letters, Dow executives asked Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to withdraw recently released “biological evaluations” that show three insecticides – including Dow’s chlorpyrifos – are likely to harm 97 percent of threatened or endangered species. Brett Hartl, government-affairs director for the Center for Biological Diversity, said killing those studies would scuttle a four-year process undertaken to calculate risks and set limits on where the pesticide can be...
DAV Needing Drivers
Your Coffee County Disabled American Veterans (DAV) operates a transportation service, driving Veterans to and from area VA hospitals and clinics. This service is FREE of charge to Veterans, and DAV membership is not required. The program relies on volunteer drivers who are willing to set aside some of their time to drive these honorable Veterans to their appointments. Right now, DAV is down to ONE driver. If he gets sick, there may be no transportation for many local Veterans who have no other way to get the health care they earned through military service. Many of our Veterans...
Traffic Stop leads to Multiple Charges against Tullahoma Man
On Wednesday, Jerry Glenn Norrid age 48 of Oakwood Road Tullahoma was stopped for a traffic violation by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Jason Boles at the Highway 41 and Expressway Drive intersection in Manchester. Upon making contact with the subject the trooper recognized Norrid from a prior arrest as being a habitual motor offender. A check of his driving privilege revealed he was revoked 3rd offense and was a habitual motor offender. According to arrest warrant, upon arrest in plain view in Norrid’s vehicle was allegedly a bag containing white crystal methamphetamine, weighing approximately 28 grams. Also allegedly found was...
Tullahoma Man Facing Drug Charges
A Tullahoma man was arrested May 3 for possession of drugs and other charges. Dushawn Nathaniel Mitchell, 37, of Cedar Lane Tullahoma was charged with simple possession/casual exchange, unlawful drug paraphernalia use and activities, assault and resisting arrest. According to a warrant obtain by Tullahoma Police Officer Brooke Earhart, Mitchell was stopped for not wearing a seatbelt and expired tags. According to an arrest warrant, when the officer made contact with Mitchell she allegedly noticed a strong smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The officer then asked him to step out of the vehicle and began to search...
Hate Crime Report released by the TBI
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released two reports, detailing the volume and nature of crime identified as hate crime and violence against the state’s law enforcement officers. The annual studies compile crime data submitted to TBI by the state’s law enforcement agencies through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS). Among the findings from ‘Tennessee Hate Crime 2016’: • Overall, the number of offenses in which the bias was known decreased approximately 32% from 2015 to 2016. • Males (53.7%) were victimized at a higher rate than females (46.3%). • Simple Assault was the most frequently reported bias-motivated...
Former Rutherford County Sheriff Receives Four Years in Prison
Former Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold has been sentenced to four-years in prison. The ruling from Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin E. Aspen came down Thursday. The former sheriff, according to terms of the plea deal, will have to pay 60-thousand dollars in restitution to Rutherford County. In January, Arnold, 40, pleaded guilty to three counts of a 14-count federal indictment lodged against him in connection with an unauthorized scheme to sell e-cigarettes to county jail inmates and pocket the money instead of sending the proceeds to the county general fund and trying to conceal his involvement. He has...
Drivers will be able to choose license plates with the phrase “In God We Trust”
The House has given final approval to a bill that would allow Tennessee drivers to choose license plates with the phrase “In God We Trust” on them. The chamber voted 85-0 to approve the bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Bill Sanderson of Kenton on Thursday. The Senate earlier this week approved the measure on a 29-1 vote. The original version of the bill would have required “In God We Trust” to appear on all plates, but the state attorney general’s office said that move would likely have been unconstitutional. Senate Minority Leader Lee Harris of Memphis was the only...
