Randall Boyce

Officials search for skull clues (04/18/12)
A team of deputies and rescue workers was searching Duck River on Tuesday afternoon in the area where a human skull was recovered earlier in the day, but Sheriff Randall Boyce said he wasn't expecting any more related items to be recovered. "'We've got a team floating the river," Boyce said. "They put in at the bridge, about a mile and a half from the location where the skull was found. They'll see if there's anything. It's not likely they'll find anything else."...

Suspect, sheriff debate legality of home search (04/03/12)
A man recently arrested on drug charges has filed a federal lawsuit against the county mayor, sheriff and officers claiming his home was searched without a warrant and that he was assaulted. But an arrest report by a detective involved in the litigation tells a much different story than the plaintiff does once several details are added to the tale...

Trial date set in OT lawsuit (02/16/12)
A trial date in a lawsuit against the sheriff and county over unpaid overtime has been set for November. On Tuesday, members of the Bedford County Commission revised the minutes of their January meeting to reflect that a suit filed by four detectives against Sheriff Randall Boyce and the county had not been settled...

Hord case set; sheriff files denial to claims (01/12/12)
While one lawsuit against the sheriff and county has been settled, a trial date has been set for next year in the litigation filed by the department's former child abuse investigator. Meanwhile, the county filed documents Wednesday denying many of the allegations made against the sheriff...

Deputies to be paid OT (01/11/12)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners, after a closed attorney-client meeting, voted Tuesday night to settle overtime lawsuits brought against the county by sheriff's department employees, and to pay back wages owed to sheriff's department dispatchers...

Bypass, sheriff's woes among Top 10 stories (12/29/11)
The opening of a long-awaited, long-requested bypass around Shelbyville was cause for celebration in August but soon became cause for concern. That bypass, and the legal troubles of Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce, are the next two entries in a countdown of the year's top local stories as determined by a poll of the Times-Gazette staff...

Hearing scheduled in suit vs. sheriff (12/23/11)
A federal judge has ordered a hearing to see if a preliminary injunction will be issued to halt alleged retaliation against sheriff's department employees who may wish to join a lawsuit over unpaid overtime. U.S. District Judge Harry S. Mattice, Jr. has set Jan. 5 in Chattanooga for a full evidentiary hearing over claims made by four detectives who filed suit against Sheriff Randall Boyce and Bedford County...

Judge to hear 2 suits vs.county (12/16/11)
A federal magistrate has determined that two suits filed against the sheriff and county are related and will not need to be assigned to a different judge. U.S. Magistrate William B. Mitchell Carter issued an order this week stating that litigation filed in August by four detectives and the lawsuit by the county's former child abuse investigator, Rebecca Hord, "is related" and that there is no need for reassignment since both cases are currently assigned to the same district judge, Harry S. ...

Detective sues over dismissal (12/09/11)
The county's former child abuse investigator has filed a federal lawsuit against Sheriff Randall Boyce and Bedford County, claiming she was fired for supporting other officers suing over unpaid overtime, and also for her race and gender. Rebecca Hord filed a complaint Wednesday in U.S. District Court under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Tennessee Human Rights Act (THRA) for failure to pay overtime, racial and gender discrimination, as well as retaliatory discharge...

Detectives hit disbanding of drug unit (09/16/11)
Detectives suing the sheriff and county over alleged unpaid overtime claim that the investigation of drug activity in Bedford County has been "all but completely eliminated" following the disbanding of the department's Criminal Suppression Unit. The 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force also investigates drug activity in Bedford County and is not involved with or affected by the lawsuit...

Sheriff: No retaliation for lawsuit (09/08/11)
Sheriff Randall Boyce claims no overtime was approved for members of his department's crime suppression unit, denying allegations by detectives that they have been victims of retaliation for filing a lawsuit. An affidavit from Boyce was filed Wednesday in federal court in response to the suit, as well as a detailed answer to the allegations, with the sheriff saying the detectives are not entitled to any back pay...

County wants end to jail death claims (08/21/11)
Submitting over 300 pages of depositions and documents, attorneys for Bedford County are asking a federal judge to dismiss the remaining claims of a wrongful death suit involving a county jail inmate. In Oct. 2009, 54-year-old Larry Dale Byford died at Vanderbilt Medical Center after suffering an apparent heart attack while incarcerated at the county jail...

Plaintiff joins suit against Boyce (08/17/11)
A maintenance worker with the sheriff's department has joined a lawsuit filed by four detectives alleging unpaid overtime, while the officers are asking for a court injunction to prevent retaliation against others who want to participate in the litigation...

Boyce, others dismissed from lawsuit (08/07/11)
A federal judge has sent a wrongful death suit back to Bedford County's circuit court, dismissing the sheriff, the head of the county workhouse and others from the litigation. Doris Rollins, sister of Larry Dale Byford, 54, had filed suit against Sheriff Randall Boyce, Capt. Tim Lokey of the county workhouse, Donna Delrio, who works as a nurse at the jail, the county and "John and Jane Doe, employees of Bedford County, Tennessee," over her brother's death...

Detectives sue sheriff on OT pay (08/05/11)
Four Bedford County sheriff detectives are suing Sheriff Randall Boyce and the county in federal court, claiming they have been denied overtime pay for the past two years. David Sakich, Kevin Holton, Scott Jones and Todd Hammond "and others similarly situated" filed suit Thursday under the Fair Labor Standards Act, claiming they were denied overtime and straight time compensation and were worked "off the clock." They also allege they were retaliated against for exposing the issue...

New law protects sheriff (06/07/11)
The issue of peace officer certification for Sheriff Randall Boyce has been rendered moot with the passage of a new law signed by Tennessee's governor -- just one day before the state Supreme Court refused to hear the sheriff's appeal on the matter...

Immigrants feel new law's chill (03/09/11)
A local chapter of a statewide activist group claims that a new Tennessee law has resulted in a tenfold increase in the number of inmates being held for federal immigration authorities. However, Sheriff Randall Boyce said he is simply following the new rules, confirming that many more individuals are being turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Negligence claim added to lawsuit (01/02/11)
A medical negligence claim against a nurse and Bedford County has been added to a wrongful death suit filed in federal court against Sheriff Randall Boyce and others. In October, Doris Rollins, sister of 54-year-old Larry Dale Byford, flied a suit against Boyce, Capt. Tim Lokey of the county workhouse, Donna Delrio, who works as a nurse at the jail, the county and "John and Jane Doe, employees of Bedford County, Tennessee."...

Boyce seeks re-election as sheriff (02/03/10)
Randall Boyce has announced his candidacy for re-election as Bedford County Sheriff in the May 4 Democratic primary. He was first elected sheriff in 2006. Boyce, a Bedford County native, lives in Wheel. He has two children and three grandchildren. He is a certified law enforcement officer with numerous in-service hours...

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