Theft

Suspect charged in home robbery (05/22/12)
A suspect in the robbery of a Shelbyville man at his home last Wednesday faces multiple charges. John Vincent Lovvorn, 20, of Martha Street is accused of taking $800 from a Bridlewood Drive resident while striking him in the face and taking his phone, police 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. ...

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...

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...

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."...

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...

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...

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...

Local man accused in Tullahoma theft (02/09/12)
A Shelbyville man is being held under a $50,000 bond in Coffee County after being charged with theft in Tullahoma. David Paul Zwarton, 31, of Industrial Parkway was arrested by Tullahoma investigator Jason Kennedy in connection with the theft of jewelry from a residence on Old Shelbyville Highway on Jan. 25...

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...

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...

Court dates set for crime spree suspects (01/27/12)
Three men accused of a nearly year-long crime spree in Bedford County and other communities made their first court appearances on Wednesday. l Joey William Ostrander, 19, of Bragg Circle, Tullahoma, is charged with two counts of criminal conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, five counts of theft of property under $10,000 and five counts of attempted aggravated burglary. He is being held under $252,000 bond at the Bedford County jail. He will make his next appearance in court on March 15...

Two direct indictments presented to grand jury (01/24/12)
Two people had direct indictments presented to the Bedford County grand jury on Monday. Michael Tyrone Gant appeared before Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler on charges of theft under $500, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, possession of a weapon and possession of a firearm while committing a felony...

Gunman robs pawn shop (01/15/12)
An armed man held up a clerk at Volunteer Financial Services on Elm Street at mid-morning Saturday, Shelbyville police said. The amount of money taken from the pawn shop and check cashing center by the suspect, who police said was carrying a black pistol, was not available by press time...

Lott's appeal denied by court (01/12/12)
A woman serving an 18-year sentence for theft and credit card fraud has lost her appeal. Sheila Marie Lott had claimed she had received ineffective assistance of counsel and that her plea was not voluntarily made when she made an open plea in 2008 to a variety of charges...

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...

Chestnut Drive home ransacked (01/06/12)
It took less than 45 minutes for a flat-screen television, DVD player, XBox 360 with two controllers and more than $700 worth of games, a laptop computer, iPad, iPod Touch and jewlery to be stolen from a Shelbyville home Wednesday morning. The victim was away between 10-10:43 a.m., she told police...

UPDATE: Photo of vehicle burglary suspect released (01/05/12)
CD players were stolen from three vehicles and several other cars and trucks in a spree across northern and western Shelbyville early Tuesday night, police said. The CD players were taken at Walmart and Kroger on North Main Street and Pizza Hut, Lane Parkway. The face of a CD player was stolen from an unlocked car at Rite Aid Drugs, North Main Street...

Thief suffers cut while entering home (11/29/11)
A thief took jewelry, a knife set and a digital camera from a Belmont Avenue home and left behind a trail of blood, Shelbyville police said. The home was entered by breaking glass in a side door between 11 a.m. Friday and 1:38 a.m. Saturday, according to the report...

'Couponer' captured with 19 Sunday T-Gs (11/22/11)
A woman who described herself as a "couponer" told police she "probably got more papers than she had paid for" from newspaper vending boxes Sunday at Huddle House, North Main Street. Cherita Vaughn had 19 copies of Sunday's Times-Gazette and several copies of The Sunday News of Tullahoma in her vehicle, according to officer Mitchell Warren's report. She has been charged with theft of property...

Bike theft suspect runs when confronted (11/15/11)
A Thunder Rage bicycle reported stolen Sunday from the carport of a home on Belmont Avenue was recovered in late afternoon by two boys who confronted a suspect, Shelbyville police said. The boys, who told police the owner had asked them to watch for the bike, saw another boy pushing it behind a Cliffside Avenue home...

Stolen GPS helps police track truck (11/10/11)
A GPS-equipped phone stolen from a truck in Shelbyville helped authorities find a stolen truck in South Pittsburg, Shelbyville police said. The phone was stolen from a mix truck at Sequatchie Concrete, East Lane, along with rear view cameras from three trucks, police were told. An attempt was made to remove a compact disc player from one of the trucks...

Copper wire stolen from vacant houses (10/25/11)
Copper wiring was removed from two homes for sale in Shelbyville last week, police said. The unoccupied homes are on Ledbetter Street and Chockley Street, just off North Main. A witness said he saw a man removing copper wiring from walls on the Chockley Street home and a real estate broker noted the wiring missing at the Ledbetter Street location...

Copper thief leaves behind tools of trade (09/29/11)
A metal thief took an alcohol break while at work Monday night, police said. An estimated 1,000 feet of copper wiring installed at a North Main Street office building Monday had been pulled out or cut when Ogles Electric workers arrived Tuesday morning...

Potential scrap metal taken from 3 locations (09/27/11)
Two businesses and a home were struck by individuals possibly looking for metal to be sold as scrap, law enforcement agencies said. l Nine catalytic converters, with an owner-estimated value of $8,000, were stolen from Hockaday Automotive, April Lane, overnight Thursday...

Metal stolen from chicken barns (09/21/11)
Sheet metal has been stolen from three of five chicken barns on Reese Street, Shelbyville police were told Monday. The theft is thought to have occurred around Sept. 1, according to the complainant. l Prescription medication was taken from an Evans Street home during the day Monday, police said...

Several items stolen from home (09/20/11)
A handmade hickory back chair and stool, handmade quilt and a Huffy mountain bike were stolen since Sept. 1 from a Pope Lane home, the Bedford County Sheriff's Department was told Wednesday. The following were charged since Thursday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts...

Ring, GPS taken from vehicle (09/02/11)
A white gold diamond ring valued at $1,100 and a GPS unit were stolen from an unlocked car at an East Depot Street home late Wednesday night, police said. The following were arrested since Wednesday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts...

Boat, bike stolen from Depot Street (08/26/11)
Two items were stolen from East Depot Street homes Tuesday. A flat-bottom boat was taken from outside 1315 E. Depot during the day Tuesday and a red Murray mountain bike with flashing lights was stolent 701 E. Depot Tuesday night, Shelbyville police said...

News story leads to stolen bike's return (08/18/11)
An employee of Middle Tennessee Metal Recovery, who said he saw a story in Tuesday's Times-Gazette about a mini-bike being stolen, realized the mini-bike had been sold to him for scrap metal Monday. He notified Shelbyville police and retrieved the mini-bike, which was returned to its owner...

Game systems stolen from home (08/07/11)
A Playstation, XBox 360, Nintendo Wii and games for each were stolen from an Industrial Parkway home during the day Thursday, Shelbyville police said. Officers were given a suspect's name. The following were charged since Wednesday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts,...

Items stolen from inside, outside of vehicles (08/04/11)
A wallet and money were stolen from the console of an unlocked vehicle parked at a Bethany Lane home overnight Monday, Shelbyville police said. l The license plate was taken from a car at a Sherwood Court residence Monday night, according to police...

Two charged with using stolen credit cards (07/28/11)
Two persons were charged Wednesday in connection with a spending spree around Shelbyville using credit cards stolen from a wallet at the Medical Arts Building. Joseph Harold Davis, 44, Cedar River Road, intentionally entered the building to steal a wallet, officer Jon Cooke said in a report. Davis and Ashley Nicole Mahaffey, 22, Raby Avenue, used the cards at six Shelbyville businesses after he dumped the wallet in a trash bin several miles away from the medical building, according to police...

Man says pair of attackers knocked him out, stole car (07/26/11)
Two men attacked a Tullahoma man and stole the car he was driving after he stopped at a pay phone on North Main Street early Sunday, police were told later in the day. The victim told police one of the men hit him in the back of the head, knocking him out, as another asked for a cigarette. The men were described as white and accompanied by another man, all arriving in a maroon Chevrolet pickup truck which drove into the lot from Butler Street...

Utility theft suspect puts blame on friend (07/14/11)
A Carlisle Avenue resident has been accused of stealing utility service from Shelbyville Power Co. Electric and water services to the home of Karrie Danielle Wisdom were disconnected May 28, a SPC official told Shelbyville police. A meter reader discovered on Tuesday that the services were reconnected without authorization...

Safe hit at church (06/07/11)
A suspect who attempted to break into the safe at Eakin Elementary School shortly after 11 p.m. Friday narrowly evaded Shelbyville police officers. But a safe at a Shelbyville church was cracked the same night, according to police. "We don't have any reason to believe they were connected," police detective Charles Merlo said...

More than $3,000 lost in stolen purse (06/02/11)
A purse containing $3,000, a passport and two Social Security cards was taken when they were left unattended in a buggy at Family Dollar, Madison Street, for less than 10 minutes Monday afternoon, police said. Also reported to Shelbyville police: l A wireless earpiece and $200 were stolen from an individual at Blue Ribbon Circle on the Celebration Grounds, police were told Tuesday...

Taser, briars bring suspect to halt (05/24/11)
A Shelbyville police officer said he was forced to use a Taser on a fleeing suspect Friday. Randy Allen Ray II, 29, of Baker Street ran into a wooded area behind his home when officer Jon Cook, who was outside the residence, said he needed to question him about alleged theft and forgery of checks, police said...

Drug charge (05/22/11)
Two wrought iron benches and a child's four-wheeler and Radio Flyer wagon were stolen from the garden area and shed of a home in Highway 82 East in Bell Buckle between early May and Thursday, a Bedford County Sheriff's Department report said. A neighbor told investigators a red over brown small extended cab pickup truck was seen at the home last Sunday...

Youth tries to enter game machine (05/12/11)
A Shelbyville teenager has been charged with attempting to enter a game machine after breaking into a Madison Street convenience store late Monday night, police said. The boy, who is not being identified because of his age, is shown on video entering Fast Lane Market about 11:30 p.m. by breaking a door with a rock...

Items stolen from several outbuildings (04/27/11)
A chain saw sharpener, 10 gas engines, a non-working air compressor, an aluminum radiator, several electric motors, a well pump and tank, scrap metal, four ceiling fans, a tool box and contents and five fans were stolen from outbuildings at a Highway 64 West home between April 15 and Friday, the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday...

Parts stolen from antique tractor (04/26/11)
Equipment belonging to the Bedford County Antique Tractor Association and one of its members was stolen and vandalized overnight Friday, Shelbyville police were told. The battery and radiator cap were stolen from a tractor and its muffler and dipstick removed and thrown into a field, and lights and a mirror were broken on a sled used in tractor pulls...

Washers, dryers stolen from lot (04/21/11)
Two washers and two dryers were stolen Tuesday from the parking lot of a business owned by James Farrar Jr. on Madison Street, according to a Shelbyville Police Department report. A witness told Farrar two men in a gray Chevrolet S10 truck took the items, police said...

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