On Target News reported during the week of Bonnaroo that many accidental calls were being made to the Coffee County 911 Communication Center. They began on Tuesday and did not end until the festival closed on June 18. In total, close to 1,000 accidental 911 calls were made over six days, flooding the communication center. …
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The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have arrested two individuals in connection with the incident that occurred on 6/17/23 during Bell Buckle’s Moon Pie Festival. Michael Lee Grimmett, age 30, of Christiana, TN was taken into custody on 6/20/23 and charged with Felony Evading Arrest and Reckless Endangerment. James Nicholas Barrett, age 31, …
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During the Moon Pie Festival in Wartrace, TN, two motorcycles came through a blocked-off area on Saturday morning. One of the motorcycles hit and severely injured one of the runners in the 10-mile and 5-K run. It is believed that one of the motorcycles is black and the other one is white. The person in …
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Manchester Police has responded to multiple accidental 911 calls on the Bonnaroo grounds. It’s likely that these calls are a result of “Crash Detection Mode,” a new feature on Apple iPhones. Please be mindful and consider deactivating this feature on your phone until Bonnaroo concludes.
At approximately 5:15 on Tuesday afternoon (June 13, 2023), a subject entered Davis Market at 2481 Old Alto Highway, produced a firearm, and demanded money from the clerk at the register. The subject appears to be a black male, wearing a medical mask, sunglasses, and a large hat to obscure his face. The subject stole …
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A McMinnville woman, Desiree Mears, will not be charged after she shot and killed a man on Monday. Warren County District Attorney Chris Stanford said just before noon, the Warren County Sheriff’s Department and McMinnville City Police Department responded to a shooting on Grandview Avenue in McMinnville. Law enforcement determined that Maurice Malone, 38, had …
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An inmate at the Grundy County Jail escaped custody Monday morning. Deputies are looking for 56-year-old Ronald Pernell Fults, who is facing several charges, including DUI, evading arrest, resisting arrest, and 15 traffic charges. Fults was leaving the courthouse along with other inmates, all shackled in the parking lot. Sheriff Gunter says a deputy saw …
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation into the actions of a now-former investigator with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department has resulted in an indictment. In September 2022, at the request of 31st Judicial District Attorney General Chris Stanford, TBI agents began investigating then-drug investigator Steven Carpenter on complaints involving potential official …
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Franklin County Sheriff’s Department Corporal Ethan Hall recently arrested Jeremy Myers because he had a warrant for the theft of a motor vehicle. Corporal Hall also found Myers to be in possession of 1.1 ounces of suspected fentanyl and 2.1 ounces of suspected marijuana. $22,462.00 of U. S. currency was seized as well. Myers was …
Luther Hayes was hired by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department as a Corrections Officer on May 22 and was fired and arrested on June 2. Hayes (age 44) was charged with introduction of contraband into a penal facility, driving while in possession of methamphetamines, possession of a controlled substance, and because he came into work …
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