Home Invasion

Gunshots scare off intruder (11/22/09)
Residents of southern Shelbyville from Brookhaven subdivision to the city limits are being warned by police to be on alert after a woman fended off an intruder in her home early Friday. Several reports have been received of a "peeping Tom" in the area over the past few weeks, Detective Sgt. Brian Crews said...

Home invaders face 25-year prison terms (10/29/09)
Two men who broke into a Shelbyville home and held three children at gunpoint will be spending the next 25 years behind bars following a pair of sentencing hearings this week. The lengthy sentences were handed down against Jose Gomez and Wilson Palacio of Smyrna on Monday...

Halfway home marks first year (10/27/09)
Through ups and downs, the Halfway Home of Shelbyville has remained open for one year, and the number of lives it has affected over the course of that year is growing. Led by Jay Pope, many have passed through the 6-month program, which serves as a transitional home for men who want to start a new Christian-based life following incarceration. Pope had success stories to share on Friday at the home's chili and corn bread benefit lunch, held at Pope's Lighthouse Church on Church Street...

Committee approves liability insurance plan (10/22/09)
Bedford County Financial Management Committee, at a special called meeting Tuesday night, approved purchase of five years of trailing liability coverage for the former Bedford County Nursing Home, acting on recommendation from their insurance agent, Joe Hunt of H.B. Cowan Insurance, and attorney John T. Bobo...

Gunman admits 'showing' weapon (09/22/09)
The man who held three children at gunpoint during a January home invasion in Shelbyville pleaded guilty Monday, just days after his partner-in-crime was found guilty by a Bedford County jury. Wilson Palacio will learn on Oct. 26 what his sentence will be after he admitted he was guilty of three counts of aggravated robbery and a single count of aggravated burglary...

Gomez found guilty of robbing children at gunpoint (09/18/09)
A jury swiftly found a Smyrna man guilty Thursday after three Shelbyville children testified about the men who robbed them at gunpoint during a home invasion earlier this year. It took less than 30 minutes for the jury to convict José Gomez on a single count of aggravated burglary and three counts of aggravated robbery...

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