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Sobriety checkpoints planned (05/03/12)
Sobriety roadside safety checkpoints are planned in three locations over the next two weeks, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Department. One is planned during the week of May 6 at Huffman Road and Red Hill Road in Normandy (the intersection east of the town toward Normandy Lake). During the week of May 15 checkpoints are planned at the intersections of State Route 437 (the Shelbyville bypass) at Railroad Road and U.S. 41A South at Mullins Mill Road...

County's response to lawsuit requested (05/01/12)
Attorneys representing four deputies suing over unpaid overtime claim that Bedford County has not responded to a number of discovery requests. Sheriff Randall Boyce and the county were sued last August by David Sakich, Kevin Holton, Scott Jones, Todd Hammond "and others similarly situated" under the Fair Labor Standards Act, claiming they were denied overtime and straight time compensation and were worked "off the clock," also alleging they were retaliated against for exposing the issue...

Patriotic documents donated to sheriff (04/26/12)
ACLU, beware. June Griffin has you in her sights. Griffin, of Dayton, presented large, framed copies of the Ten Commandments, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence to Sheriff Randall Boyce on Monday. The documents now hang in the lobby of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department...

Investigators take aim at drug dealers (04/25/12)
Investigators aren't identifying the source of 15 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $18,000 yet -- saying arrests are anticipated -- but they have a message for drug dealers. "If you're dealing drugs in Bedford County we're gonna get you," Sheriff Randall Boyce said...

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...

Lawsuit vs. county to stay active (10/25/11)
A federal judge has denied Bedford County's request for summary judgement in a wrongful death suit, suggesting that the credibility of the jail's nurse may be in question. Attorneys for the county had been asking for dismissal of the remaining claims involving county jail inmate Larry Dale Byford, 54, who died at Vanderbilt Medical Center in 2009 after suffering an apparent heart attack while incarcerated...

Plan may hike deputies' holiday pay (10/20/11)
Bedford County Sheriff's Department wants to reduce the number of officers who attend court sessions and use the savings to provide holiday pay for those officers, according to discussion Tuesday night at the meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' law enforcement committee...

Trial set Nov. 1 over jail death (10/05/11)
Following more than a month of motions in a wrongful death suit against the county, a federal judge has set a trial date for November in Winchester Since August, attorneys for the county have been asking for dismissal of the remaining claims involving county jail inmate Larry Dale Byford, 54, who died at Vanderbilt Medical Center after suffering an apparent heart attack while incarcerated...

DTF actively fighting drugs (09/27/11)
Drug enforcement continues to be a priority in Bedford County, the head of the 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force said. County detectives who are suing Sheriff Randall Boyce and the county over alleged unpaid overtime stated last week that the investigation of drug activity here has been "all but completely eliminated" following the disbanding of the sheriff's department's Criminal Suppression Unit...

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...

Attorney general says sheriff can be certified (09/02/11)
Tennessee's attorney general has ruled that Sheriff Randall Boyce has satisfied all requirements to be certified in his office, following a request from the county's financial committee to clarify his status. The sheriff has been embroiled in an ongoing dispute with the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission following his election in 2006 over the issue of whether he should have gone through basic law enforcement officer training after his election or whether his certification as an officer from the 1970s, plus attendance at a school for new sheriffs and other in-service training, was sufficient.. ...

Retaliation alleged by plaintiff in suit (08/31/11)
A sheriff department employee claims that retaliation is continuing against those who filed a federal lawsuit over unpaid overtime. He says the retaliation is in the form of displaying news articles about the matter at Bedford County Jail. Two weeks ago, maintenance worker Jeremy Beech joined a lawsuit filed by four detectives who allege they have worked for two years without being paid overtime, and were demoted for informing county officials about the situation...

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...

Sheriff's status in question (07/27/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners' financial management committee agreed Tuesday night to ask for a state attorney general's ruling clarifying the status of Sheriff Randall Boyce. Boyce has been in an ongoing battle with the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission since his election in 2006. ...

Witnesses, exhibits listed in wrongful death suit (07/24/11)
A list of witnesses and exhibits has been filed in federal court in a wrongful death suit against the county, sheriff and members of his staff. Doris Rollins, sister of Larry Dale Byford, 54, is suing 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...

Closer look at Sheriff's Department policies urged (07/22/11)
Commissioner Denise Graham said Tuesday night that the county commission's law enforcement and workhouse committee needs to take a more active role in reviewing sheriff's department policies on an ongoing basis. Sheriff Randall Boyce said the department's thick policy manual is updated every two years but that he would welcome committee involvement in the process...

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...

Drug dog's hard bite into crime (04/21/11)
County commission member and sheriff's department captain Tony Barrett defended the expenditure of up to $4,000 in dental work on the county's drug dog, Sem, telling the commission's law enforcement committee on Tuesday that the work is paid for by seizures and fines...

Mounted patrol holds 'meet and greet' (03/22/11)

Impound lot security drives committee (03/17/11)
Bedford County Sheriff's Department is still trying to figure out the best place to place an impound lot; the department is researching a site adjoining Bedford County Highway Department, although a member of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and property committee said Tuesday night he sees security issues at that location...

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...

Thomas told to prove claims vs. deputies (03/08/11)
The majority of a federal lawsuit against the county, sheriff and several deputies filed by a man who pleaded guilty to starving hundreds of cows has been dismissed with prejudice. However, a federal judge ruled that individual claims of malicious prosecution against three deputies can continue in federal court, but those accusations must be backed up with proof within two weeks...

Wrongful death suit will enter federal mediation program (03/08/11)
A wrongful death suit against the county is headed into federal mediation, while parts of the suit may be remanded back to the local court level. Doris Rollins, sister of 54-year-old Larry Dale Byford, is suing 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...

Bullets fill air after gunpoint ride down 231 (03/08/11)
A Normandy-area man allegedly fired at his fleeing ex-girlfriend near a Deason convenience store after forcing her to drive from Murfreesboro at gunpoint on busy U.S. 231 early Saturday night, authorities said. Christopher Vernor Locke, 42, Rippy Ridge Road, was arrested early Sunday at the psychiatric unit at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, where he walked in with his pastor about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Deputy Charles Kimbril of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said...

Dismissal of lawsuit against county sought (03/01/11)
Attorneys for the county are asking that a wrongful death and medical malpractice suit be "dismissed with prejudice" in an amended answer filed in federal court on Monday. Doris Rollins, sister of 54-year-old Larry Dale Byford, is suing 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...

Boyce ruling overturned (02/13/11)
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has overturned a 2009 chancellor's ruling that reinstated Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce to peace officer certification, which allowed him to run for reelection last year. But the sheriff said he will appeal the ruling, saying the matter was "new legal ground."...

Medical malpractice claim added to suit (01/20/11)
A federal magistrate has allowed a motion adding a medical malpractice claim to a wrongful death lawsuit against the sheriff, jailers and the county. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan K. Lee ruled Monday that a motion to amend the complaint filed by Doris Rollins, sister of 54-year-old Larry Dale Byford, was granted...

County refutes claim in suit (01/11/11)
Attorneys defending the county in a wrongful death lawsuit are asking a federal judge to deny a motion adding a medical malpractice claim to the litigation. Last week, Doris Rollins filed an amended complaint in her 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."...

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."...

Trial set in inmate death suit (12/08/10)
A trial date has been set for late next year in a wrongful death suit filed in federal court against Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce and others. United States District Judge Harry S. Mattice has scheduled a jury trial for Nov. 1, 2011 in Winchester to hear the suit filed by Doris Rollins, sister of 54-year-old Larry Dale Byford...

Burglary suspects captured (11/19/10)
An investigation into a frightening home invasion last Friday morning has led investigators to the discovery of over $100,000 worth of stolen items and four arrests for a series of burglaries in both Bedford and Rutherford counties, as well as outside Tennessee...

Ride to the top: Mounted patrol at prestigious equine event (09/29/10)
Think of them as the Olympic Games for horses. The Alltech World Equestrian Games opened this weekend in Lexington, Ky., being held on American soil for the first time since the games began 20 years ago. In fact, it is the first time the games, held every four years, halfway between the real Olympics, have been held outside of Europe...

Lowman will retire as sheriff's administrator (09/29/10)
Larry Lowman has announced that he will retire as administrator of Bedford County Sheriff's Department effective Oct. 22. "From the beginning ... my main interest has always been to make decisions that were in the best interests of the Sheriff's Department and the citizens of this county, and to represent the sheriff's department in a professional manner," said Lowman in a news release. ...

Deputy's new job: Stop DUIs (09/16/10)
Thanks to a highway safety grant, a new Bedford County deputy will be soon be on the road looking for one thing only -- Drunk drivers. The Sheriff's Department was awarded a grant of $42,955 this week to support alcohol and traffic enforcement, according to an announcement by Gov. Phil Bredesen and Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely...

FBI agent, county detective honored for fraud case work (07/13/10)
FBI Special Agent Richard Poff and Detective Sgt. Brian Farris of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department have been awarded plaques of appreciation by Sheriff Randall Boyce for their work on the $40 million Roger Ritch fraud case. "This was the largest fraud case of its kind that has ever happened in Bedford County and quite possibly one of the largest in the nation," Boyce said. "The fraud scheme led to the foreclosure of hundreds of homes in our county...

Jail inmates' tasks to change (07/07/10)
Sheriff Randall Boyce says some of the county agencies now benefitting from jail inmate labor will soon have to temporarily share those inmates with the sheriff's department as he prepares to figure out how and where to accommodate more records storage for the county jail...

Early voting begins (04/15/10)
Early voting began Wednesday for the May 4 primary elections; it will continue through April 29 in the basement of the county courthouse. Hours are 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesdays, 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. Fridays, and 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays...

Sheriff's department seeks permission to open own impound lot (03/25/10)
Bedford County Sheriff's Department, which impounds confiscated cars at several privately-owned lots around Shelbyville, wants to operate its own impound lot, initially on land the county owns between Union and Dover streets. Sheriff Randall Boyce discussed the project Tuesday night at the meeting of Bedford County Financial Management Committee...

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