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Searchers roam river banks for Smelcer clues (05/24/12)
Searchers spent Wednesday morning along the banks of Duck River looking for bones or clues concerning Bobby Smelcer, whose skull was found in the Wolf Meadows area off Stewart Road in April. Several bones will be checked by forensics experts, Detective Sgt. Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said, but investigators suspect all are animal bones...

'Repo man' charged after fracas at home (05/23/12)
A "repo man" faces three counts of assault after an incident Sunday night at a South Linda Drive home. Archie Bobby Victory, 31, of Murfreesboro arrived at the home to recover two vehicles "without a writ," according to a police report filed by Sgt. Bobby Peacock...

Pot-smoking youths caught by park guard (05/22/12)
Five youths thought they could smoke pot in woods near Griffin Park without being caught Friday. They were wrong. A Shelbyville Parks and Recreation Department security guard discovered the boys in a wooded area just off the park's walking trail, Shelbyville police said...

Yells, stare result in charge of assault on officer (05/16/12)
A West End Circle woman was charged with assault on a police officer due to an alleged angry tirade Monday. Kendra Desiree Benson, 24, angrily yelled at officers that they hadn't arrived at her home quickly enough to prevent an alleged assault by a family member...

Victims assaulted near homes weren't robbed (05/11/12)
Two persons said they were assaulted outside their Shelbyville homes within the past two days. A resident of Canterway Apartments, Madison Street, told police he was attacked by three men Tuesday as he walked from the street toward the complex. Three men jumped from a blue Dodge truck by the mailboxes and one punched him in the face, knocking him down, while the other two kicked him. Detailed descriptions of the men were not given...

Marijuana found in possession of intoxicated man (05/08/12)
Shelbyville police say they confiscated 5.90 grams of marijuana from an intoxicated man "stumbling" along Hobson Avenue early Saturday night. Bruce Allan Prince, 30, of Depot Street admitted possessing marijuana when asked by officer Darrell Birdsong if he was carrying illegal narcotics...

Escape try cut short (05/04/12)
Swift action by officers on Thursday cut short an escape attempt at the Bedford County Courthouse. Joe Lee Carvel, 60, was appearing in Circuit Court on charges of aggravated assault, and had just been taken into custody on the orders of Judge Lee Russell for not paying a $200 administrative fee to pay for his court appointed attorney...

Habitual offender charged with DUI after crash injures motorcycle rider (05/01/12)
A repeat DUI offender, who has been declared a habitual traffic offender by the state, was charged again Saturday afternoon following a collision with a motorcycle in front of Bedford County Workhouse. Noel Garcia Lopez, 31, "stared at me and shrugged" when asked for his driver's license, insurance and registration information, officer Justin Smith said after the accident, which left the motorcycle rider with back and leg injuries...

Unprescribed Soma results in arrest (04/25/12)
Charges were filed against a man for possession of Soma (a muscle relaxer) without a prescription after his arrest on a DUI charge early Tuesday. Derek Ray Brewer, 18, of Tanner Circle was stopped near the Blue Ribbon Parkway-Evans Street intersection shortly after midnight after he allegedly crossed the center line twice, officer Chris Vest's report said...

Clyde the parrot taken in burglary (04/20/12)
A recent burglary in Shelbyville also involved the theft of an expensive bird. A woman on Templeton Street reported to police that when she returned from an out-of-town trip, her TV with stand, DVDs, various personal documents, such as Social Security cards and birth certificates for her and her children, were missing along with a queen sized box spring and mattress...

Stereo, phone stolen from vehicle (04/19/12)
A car stereo and cell phone were taken from a vehicle at a South Cannon Boulevard home around midnight Wednesday morning, Shelbyville police were told. Also, three metal pieces were missing from a tractor-trailer rig's wheel lift at a Sims Road shop when the owner returned at noon Friday after an hour away, police said...

Taxing situation: Flash drive stolen at library (04/17/12)
A flash drive containing four persons' tax information was stolen from a computer at Argie Cooper Public Library, South Main Street, on Friday morning, Shelbyville police said. The user said she got up at 11:40 a.m. to go to a printer and the drive was gone when she returned...

Stolen car sold as scrap metal (04/12/12)
A 1997 Mercury Villager van was stolen from a Warners Bridge Road residence in February and sold to a scrap metal firm, the owner told Shelbyville police Tuesday. The lock was busted at a shop behind the home a few weeks ago, the owner said. The following were arrested since Monday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. ...

Witness follow crash suspect to his home (04/10/12)
Witnesses helped Shelbyville police capture a man suspected of causing an injury accident Saturday night on Colloredo Boulevard. The witnesses followed Pedro Monje Palido, 54, from the crash site at the Lipscomb Street intersection to his home on Wheeler Street...

Alleged shoplifter takes aim at accuser (04/05/12)
A woman accused of shoplifting allegedly attacked a Walmart manager Tuesday, Shelbyville police said. Kimberly O'Neal, 44, Belmont Avenue, shoved the manager and "slapped" at her as she put a clipboard in front of her face, knocking it into her head, as they entered the security office, officers were told...

Suspect resists arrest after causing accident (04/03/12)
A Shelbyville man is accused of resisting a police officer's attempts to arrest him after running away on foot from a traffic accident late Saturday afternoon. Gregory Maurice Marlin, 29, Horse Mountain Road, was being sought by Shelbyville police after allegedly getting into his car and leaving a fight in the Cottonwood Drive-Quarry Street area...

Wallet stolen from home as owner sleeps (03/30/12)
An intruder took $60 from a wallet next to a woman while she slept at her Cedar River Road home early Thursday, Shelbyville police were told. The victim said she fell asleep on her couch and awoke at 1:45 a.m. to find her purse opened and the wallet lying nearby...

Keys left in car tempt thief (03/29/12)
A 1997 Honda Accord was taken from the parking lot of Magnolia Village Apartments, Landers Street, between 9-10:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to Shelbyville police. The car is black with a green hood and passenger side fender and has loud mufflers and a broken driver's side mirrors, the owners said...

Taser calms unruly man in emergency room (03/27/12)
A Taser was used on an intoxicated man at Heritage Medical Center's emergency room after he became "very aggressive" toward medical personnel early Sunday, Shelbyville police said. Four officers struggled with Jose Luis Acosta, 35, of Landers Street, who police said was "kicking his legs and swinging his arms," before officer Jody Shelton used the Taser...

Crowded jail issue comes up for discussion (03/22/12)
Bedford County commission member Linda Yockey told the commission's courthouse and county property committee earlier this week that it should again consider the possibility of buying the Regions Bank building on the square to use for the county's severely-overcrowded judicial system...

Crash takes life of Bedford Co. woman (03/20/12)
An 89-year-old Bedford County woman has died of injuries in a two-vehicle accident on State Highway 64 west of Shelbyville at midday Sunday. Jewel M. Cole of Uselton Road died Monday, officials said. She was hurt when the car in which she was a rear seat passenger was involved in a collision with a large pickup truck pulling a bulldozer on a trailer...

Heavy metal, television attract thieves (03/18/12)
Four thefts were investigated Thursday by Shelbyville police. l An estimated 1,000 pounds of metal was taken from behind a home on South Cannon Boulevard, officers were told. The owner said he hadn't been aware the metal was missing until being told by a neighbor...

Jilted lover takes out anger on stop signs (03/16/12)
After a breakup with his girlfriend, a Shelbyville man took out his frustration by spray painting stop signs Wednesday, police said. Daniel Perez Cruz, 25, of Wildcreek Road was found by Maj. Jan Phillips near four four-way stop signs on East Franklin Street behind the Shelbyville post office, where a caller told police a man was spray painting the signs...

Police try to identify users of stolen card (03/15/12)
The public is being asked to help identify two women accused of using a stolen credit card at three Shelbyville businesses Sunday. "The victim left the card in a tube at Walgreens," Detective Sgt. Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said. "Then she got information the card was being used."...

School bus shot while parked (03/14/12)
A Bedford County school bus was shot three times near Haley over the weekend, according to a Shelbyville police report. The driver said she parked the bus at her Haley Lane home Friday afternoon, when it was running normally, and it began overheating Monday morning as she was picking up students...

'Clean-up' effort won't include metal (03/13/12)
Two men who said they were trying to clean Shelbyville by picking up cans were charged Saturday with stealing metal from Walking Horse & Eastern Railroad, Shelbyville police said. Robert Henry McConnell III, 28, and John Daniel McCullough IV, 29, both of Kayden Street, were standing near railroad equipment on West Jackson Street when officers arrived...

Public defender's laptop stolen (03/07/12)
A laptop computer belonging to Public Defender Jack Dearing has been lost or stolen, Shelbyville police were told Monday. A computer technician updating software in Dearing's office told him the computer was missing, police said. The computer was last seen between September and November 2011, Dearing told police, and he was unable to find it at his office or home...

Short chase of stolen car ends with arrest (03/06/12)
A short chase ended with the arrest of a man driving a stolen vehicle Saturday night, police said. The vehicle driven by Marty Dale Harris, 43, fit the description given by a citizen reporting a reckless driver, officer Tracey Nelson's report said. Nelson stopped Harris in front of the old hospital on Union Street for driving without lights, but as she approached he sped away; the car stalled at the Union Street-Lane Parkway intersection as officers Chris Vest and David Dye arrived, police said...

Suspect admits breaking church's windows (03/02/12)
A man arrested for allegedly attempting to vandalize a Shelbyville church Thursday admitted to breaking glass on three other occasions, police said. Darrin Amani Thompson was arrested following a foot pursuit which ended on Edgemont Drive, within a block of Edgemont Baptist Church, according to detective Sam Jacobs' report. Thompson was charged with three counts of vandalism and was being held on $1,500 bond Thursday...

Thief breaks into Shelbyville church (02/29/12)
A thief stole from a Shelbyville church Monday, police said. The pastor of Faith Baptist Church, Neeley Avenue, who lives nearby, told police his wife thought she heard a noise like someone kicking a door from the direction of the church about 5:30 p.m...

Marijuana found following traffic stop (02/28/12)
Marijuana was confiscated from a La Vergne man following a traffic stop Friday night, police said. Jesse Andrew Garrett, 21, said he had a bag of marijuana in his clothing as Sgt. Charles Merlo was arresting him. Officers found a partially smoked joint in the car's floorboard but no marijuana in Garrett's clothing...

County counters inmate's claims (02/26/12)
Attorneys for the county are asking for summary judgment in a federal class action lawsuit centered around the county's bail bonding system. Ricky Robertson has been suing Bedford County since late 2010, claiming that it operates a system of setting bail for those arrested and presented to a judicial commissioner "that is not based on the individualized assessment of that particular person's likelihood to flee."...

Electronics taken from Dover St. residence (02/26/12)
A 60-inch television, 28-inch television, XBox 360 and games and $250 were stolen from a Dover Street home between 2:30 p.m. and midnight Thursday, Shelbyville police said. The back door was pried with a crowbar recovered by police near the door. The following were arrested since Thursday by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Shelbyville Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. ...

Driver of stolen truck arrested (02/24/12)
A Dickson man claiming he'd driven to Shelbyville to meet a woman contacted through Facebook Chat was arrested early Thursday after police discovered his truck had been reported stolen. Police checked the truck at 1:18 a.m. at Mane Street Center, North Main Street, and discovered Zachary Craig Huff, 19, lying in the seat. Huff initially gave a false name, birth date and Social Security number before admitting his real identity, officers said...

Night of smoking, drinking ends with crash (02/22/12)
A Manchester man who said he had been drinking at a hookah lounge in Murfreesboro was charged with DUI after a two-vehicle crash early Sunday on North Main Street. Cae Aguilera, 23, was "only worried about his cell phone," which he had lost in the crash with a SUV driven by David Estes of Shelbyville shortly after 5 a.m., officer Chris Vest's report said...

'Missing child' wasn't in wrecked car (02/16/12)
"Where is my baby?" Sarabeth Smith's cries startled police officers arriving at the Eaton Drive-Railroad Avenue-North Hillcrest Drive-East Lane Street intersection, where she had driven into a ditch moments earlier Tuesday night. Officers and emergency fire and medical crews searched the area for some time while Smith, 21, of Anthony Road near Wartrace, was "combative and cussing officers at times."...

Teens' indoor playground is no more (02/15/12)
The fun's over for three boys who used a building at Sanford Corp., Sharpie Way, as their personal playground. Police arrested the boys -- two age 17 and one 15 -- after viewing them on video cameras set up in the building following a previous entry...

Utility trailer taken from farm (02/14/12)
A utility trailer was stolen from a pole barn next to a Nashville Dirt Road home last week, the Bedford County Sheriff's Department reported. The only other theft reported on a relatively quiet weekend was a wallet and contents including $400 taken from the front seat of a car at a Green Lane residence overnight Friday, according to Shelbyville police...

Large-screen TV stolen from house (02/08/12)
Two incidents involving stolen property were reported Monday to Shelbyville police. A 55-inch television, DVD player, muzzleloader, camera and jewelry were taken from a Deery Street residence, police were told Tuesday. Several parts of a central air unit were cut off at a building on South Cannon Boulevard, Shelbyville police were told...

Drugs among items taken in home burglaries (02/07/12)
Home burglaries kept Shelbyville police busy over the weekend. l Prescription drugs, jewelry and a pair of sunglasses were stolen from a South Brittain Street home between 9-10:30 p.m. Friday, police were told. A door was kicked and glass in a second door broken to gain entry...

Angry intruder strikes out at diner (02/03/12)
Fears of a melee at a Deason restaurant Thursday ended without anyone being injured as Bedford County deputies quickly arrived to calm the situation. Kimberly Ann Goslee, 44, of Parker Sain Road was charged with domestic violence after causing a disturbance at Midway Diner, U.S. 231 North, during the lunch hour...

Victim's tip helps police catch auto burglary suspect (02/02/12)
An observant theft victim helped Shelbyville police catch the man charged with breaking into his car Tuesday night. Mark Eschbach of Railroad Avenue was charged with auto burglary and is suspected in several other auto burglaries in the area around Walmart over the past two weeks, police said...

Two charged with stealing $6,500 ring (01/31/12)
Two suspects have been charged with taking a pistol, money bags and an expensive ring from a truck in Shelbyville. Roman Martinez, 21, and Miranda Ann Register, 27, both of a Greenwood Avenue home, have been charged with theft of property over $1,000, according to Shelbyville police. Martinez is also charged with burglary and criminal impersonation and is jailed on $31,000 bond. Register, who police were told is Martinez's girlfriend, is being held on $3,000 bond...

Police seek ID of credit card suspect (01/26/12)
Shelbyville police are seeking the public's help in identifying a woman accused of using a stolen credit card. A photo of the alleged suspect, as store personnel said she was leaving Shelbyville's Walmart, has been released by police. The victim said she thought she lost her credit card at a Shelbyville restaurant on Jan. 17, Detective Sgt. Brian Crews said. Her bank statement showed five transactions made after the card was stolen, including one at Walmart on Jan. 18...

Two Shelbyville businesses burglarized over weekend (01/24/12)
A Shelbyville business was entered for the third time in recent weeks overnight Thursday, police said. An Apple iPod Touch, a relatively small amount of petty cash and approximately 50 unsigned gift certificates were stolen after 8 p.m. Thursday at Curves, Colloredo Boulevard...

Debts mount quickly on stolen card (01/19/12)
A Wartrace woman racked up over $1,000 worth of charges within 30 minutes using a stolen debit card Tuesday, Shelbyville police said. Nora Chere Quick, 35, Anthony Road, Wartrace, admitted the spree, officer Chris Vest's report said. Quick told officers she saw a friend's wallet in his vehicle while he was in his home in Shelbyville, took the card and visited three large retail stores and a gas station. Quick then took the card home and cut it apart, Vest said...

Puffing pot in public leads to driver's arrest (01/18/12)
Smoke marijuana while driving on a busy street during the day, and you might just get caught. Police say they found marijuana in a vehicle after a caller reported seeing a man in a black Dodge smoking marijuana from a pipe while driving on U.S. 231 North Saturday afternoon. The caller told police the man stopped at a convenience store...

Suspect accused of 3 burglary attempts (01/13/12)
A Shelbyville woman has been charged with aggravated criminal trespassing after allegedly attempting to break into three homes during daylight hours Wednesday. Police arrested Holly Denise Knoblauch, 25, outside a Buffalo Valley Drive home where a resident said she heard loud noises, then saw a woman slamming the front door with her body and fist...

Ring's lure sends suspect to jail (01/12/12)
A Shelbyville man is accused of taking a wedding band from a friend's home and selling it for cash Tuesday. Frankie Dewayne Fuller, Jr., 24, Woodland Avenue, allegedly spotted the ring, valued at $600, on a chain hanging from a wall at the Fairground Heights home, police were told. The ring belongs to a woman who shares the home with his friend...

Thieves break into drug store, steal pills (01/10/12)
An undetermined number of pills were taken from a Shelbyville drug store around sunrise Sunday. The burglary alarm at McGee's Prescription Shop, Union Street, sounded at 6:08 a.m., Detective Sgt. Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

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