Assault And Battery

Court denies Parrish reduced prison time (12/13/11)
A Shelbyville man who fired shots at a home in 2009 after a drug deal went bad has been denied an appeal for a shorter prison term. Derrick Lamont Parrish, 34, formerly of Cedar River Road, is serving a 16 1/2-year sentence after entering a best-interest plea on a number of felony charges...

Assault charge filed after stabbing (12/06/11)
A Shelbyville man has been charged with aggravated assault after allegedly stabbing another man over the weekend. Chuck Allen Webster, 65, told police he stabbed another man in his West Lane Street home. The victim's single knife wound to the back is not life-threatening and didn't penetrate any vital organs, police said...

Kibble sentence to be determined (12/02/11)
A Shelbyville man will be sentenced in February after making a plea agreement to charges of running his ex-girlfriend off the road and attacking her with a tire iron. Lavario Devon Kibble, 31, of Barksdale Lane, agreed to a sentence of five years at 30 percent, but how he will serve it will be up to Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell, who will conduct a hearing on that matter on Feb. 2...

Peebles cleared of sex charges (11/03/11)
Following a two-day trial, a Shelbyville horse trainer was found not guilty by a Bedford County jury of sexually related charges involving minors. J.W. "Dick" Peebles, 61, of Holt Avenue was arrested in January and charged with two counts of sexual battery, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and solicitation of a minor...

Assault suspect denies hiding in shed (10/12/11)
The victim of an attack at a Deery Street home Monday night refused hospital transport despite suffering a "busted eye, a laceration on his left arm and his left ear lobe was split in half," as police described his condition. And the suspect, Robert Gordon Lovvorn Jr., 39, of Deery Street, said he was not hiding in the shed where the victim told police he had gone...

Brotherly love disappears in fight (09/28/11)
Coffee County authorities arrested a Normandy man Sunday for allegedly stabbing his brother. The Tullahoma News reported that Bill Freeman, 46, of Normandy Road, Normandy was charged with aggravated assault for the alleged stabbing of Jackie Freeman...

Jett appeal sought too late, judge says (09/22/11)
A Bedford County man who pleaded guilty to sexually related charges has lost an appeal claiming he was denied a full and fair hearing. Donald R. Jett had appealed Bedford County Circuit Court's summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief concerning his 2006 conviction of aggravated sexual battery in which he pleaded guilty. Jett received a sentence of 12 years of incarceration to be served at 100 percent...

Dates scheduled for Peebles trial (08/07/11)
A Bedford County horse trainer is to stand trial this fall on charges he committed sex crimes against three minors. Dick Peebles will have a jury trial on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 for two counts of sexual battery, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and solicitation of a minor...

CLARIFICATION: Peebles case bound over to grand jury (06/09/11)
A horse trainer accused of sex crimes against three minors waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday, and has been bound over to the next session of the grand jury. Dick Peebles appeared briefly before General Sessions Judge Charles Rich, and his attorney, Clay Parker, stated that Peebles was voluntarily waiving his right to the hearing, which would have determined if there is enough evidence in the case to bind him over to the next grand jury session...

Peebles hearing set for June 20 (05/26/11)
A preliminary hearing for a horse trainer accused of sex crimes against three minors has been set for next month. Dick Peebles will appear before General Sessions Judge Charles Rich to see if there is enough proof in the case to bind him over to the next session of the Bedford County grand jury, which is scheduled to meet on June 20...

Woman's screams scare away attacker (03/23/11)
An intruder attacked a sleeping woman in a Bethany Lane home at mid-morning Tuesday, leaving behind a toboggan and pair of gloves, Shelbyville police said. The woman told police she awoke when he began choking her around the neck, holding a spoon which she said was being used as a weapon. He ran away when she began screaming, she said...

Cathey charges dropped (03/11/11)
A man who was scheduled to stand trial on for kidnapping and assault this week was released with the charges dismissed after the alleged victim could not be located. But prosecutors say that the charges could be refiled if the woman reappears to testify...

Standoff ends in arrest (01/25/11)
A man shooting guns and threatening anyone who approached was arrested after a standoff at his Patricia Drive home early today, Shelbyville police said. Bret Rollins, 41, was being evaluated at Heritage Medical Center his morning, Lt. Jason Williams said. Rollins will be charged with two counts of reckless endangerment and one count of aggravated domestic assault, according to Williams...

Racer to face resentencing (01/13/11)
A new sentencing hearing for a local real estate developer has been ordered by the Tennessee Court of Appeals in a case surrounding a 2008 incident at Duck River Speedway. In a 30-page opinion, the appellate court ruled on several matters in the case of Marvin Bobby Parker, who was found guilty in 2009 on the charges of reckless aggravated assault, two counts of simple assault, and reckless endangerment...

WHTA suspends Peebles' license (01/07/11)
The Walking Horse Trainers' Association has suspended the license of a trainer who has been accused of sex crimes against three minors. The WHTA announced Thursday the action against Dick Peebles, who was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of sexual battery, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and solicitation of a minor...

Trainer faces sex charges (01/05/11)
A member of the Celebration Hall of Fame was arrested and accused of sexual offenses involving teenage girls. J.W. "Dick" Peebles, 61, of Holt Avenue, Shelbyville, was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of sexual battery, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and solicitation of a minor...

Suspect charged with assaulting officer (01/04/11)
A man was charged with assault on a Shelbyville police officer and resisting arrest after a struggle early New Year's morning. Police were sent to the Nutmeg Drive home of William Thomas Mayberry, 29, to check on his well being after being told he had threatened to take his life, which he later denied...

Police have their hands full with angry suspect (11/23/10)
An intoxicated man accused of attacking others and their property with fists, objects and saliva -- and allegedly looking to randomly attack someome -- didn't calm down even after a Taser was used on him Friday night, police said. Adam Leopaldo Bravo, 22, Earnhart Street, punched a woman in the cheek and broke the windshield of a car with a beer bottle at a West Lane Street home, officer Jose Garza's report said...

Appeals court backs local rulings in sexual battery, crack cocaine cases (09/17/10)
Tennessee's criminal court of appeals has upheld convictions and sentencings in two separate cases that came before one of the county's Circuit Court judges. n The court upheld the conviction of aggravated sexual battery against Derek Alton Badger, who claimed there was insufficient evidence to convict him after he confessed to the crime...

Hearing scheduled in kidnap-assault case (07/07/10)
A preliminary hearing is set for July 30 for a man facing aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault charges. Larry Dean Meek, 25, of Cates Street will appear before General Sessions Judge Charles Rich, who will determine if there is enough evidence to bind him over the grand jury...

Court dates scheduled for kidnap, assault suspect (06/23/10)
Prosecutors say that a man facing aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault charges will either be bound over to the grand jury next month or have a date set for a hearing. Larry Dean Meek, 25, Cates Street, was in court for a second time Tuesday following an alleged attack on his ex-girlfriend in February that followed an argument over $50...

Suspect wrecks while fleeing victim's husband (12/02/09)
A traffic accident led to a Shelbyville man being charged with sexual battery Sunday, city police said. Police found an abandoned, wrecked car belonging to Leonel Bautista Hernandez, 24, Shadow Drive, at the intersection of Dunnaway and South Brittain streets...

Marijuana, stolen gun found after traffic stop (05/03/08)
A gun stolen 15 years ago was recovered during a traffic stop late Thursday night, Shelbyville police said. Officer Jody Shelton said he stopped the car occupied by driver Jake Allen Raby, 22, East Lane Street, and passenger Damon Juvea Hickmon, 21, King Arthur Trailer Court, due to no headlights in use at night. A strong odor of marijuana was coming from the...

Copper taken from underneath home (04/24/08)
An estimated $2,500 worth of copper wiring was stolen between April 16 and Monday from a home under construction in Valley View Estates subdivision on Red Hill Road in Normandy. Builder John Morton told the Bedford County Sheriff's Department the wiring was taken from underneath the home...

Officers follow their noses to drug suspects (04/22/08)
Police say the smell of marijuana led them to two suspects early Saturday night. An off-duty officer said he saw a car drive under Veterans Memorial Bridge near Fisherman's Park in downtown Shelbyville, then smelled a marijuana odor coming from the vehicle a few minutes later...

Flat Creek residents help catch burglary suspects (03/28/08)
A father and son have been charged in a series of daytime home burglaries in the Flat Creek and Wartrace areas after alert residents helped officials track the suspects. James Arthur Brown, 43, and Joe Brown, 20, who are both listed as residents of Forest Hills Apartments in Shelbyville, were arrested Wednesday while driving on New Hope Road. A 17-year-old girl was also charged...

Marijuana discovered during traffic stop (03/21/08)
The driver of a car initially stopped due to a defective taillight was charged with possession of marijuana after a vehicle search Wednesday night. Michelle Lynn Andrus, 21, Shelbyville Mills Road, was stopped by Officer David Curley in the parking lot of a Madison Street bar, As a computer check showed her license had been revoked for DUI, Andrus allegedly told a waitress who was checking on the commotion that she would "have to be arrested for DUI."...

Trucker charged in serious wreck (03/20/08)
The truck driver accused of causing an eight-vehicle pileup March 12 on Madison Street has been charged with reckless endangerment. Teresa K. McInnis, 46, of Morrison was arrested after arriving at Shelbyville police headquarters Tuesday to pick up a copy of the accident report...

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