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Haynes gets no jail time in wreck (05/24/12)
A Murfreesboro man will spend no time in jail for his role in an accident that claimed the life of his wife in 2010. John David Haynes, 51, will spend a year on judicial diversion -- a probation period ending May 17, 2013 -- after being sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell last week for reckless endangerment, a Class A Misdemeanor...

Major impact, lucky escape: Crash could have been much worse (05/23/12)
Any passenger in a car T-boned by a large truck on State Highway 64 west of Shelbyville at mid-afternoon Tuesday would likely have been seriously injured. But the passenger seat was empty -- and the driver, Jessica A. Wipert, 20, escaped with injuries light enough that she was taken to Heritage Medical Center on an non-emergency basis...

Truck on the square (05/16/12)
There's a reason why semi-trucks are not allowed on Shelbyville's public square, as an unidentified trucker driving for a Bowling Green, Ky. firm discovered Tuesday morning when he became trapped in traffic, blocking other motorists who were trying to get through the square. A number of signs surround the square that inform truck drivers to stay out if the area, but apparently, he did not notice them. (T-G Photos by Brian Mosely)

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...

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...

Surprise visit: Car smashes into vision center (04/03/12)
A man was slightly injured Monday morning when a car smashed into the side of a Shelbyville optometrist's office. "I was with a patient and heard this crash," said a shaken Dr. Kathy Shamblin, owner of Bedford Vision and Eye Clinic, Colloredo Boulevard...

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...

Low-speed pursuit results in probation (03/20/12)
A Shelbyville woman received three years probation for a chase that was neither high speed nor very long, with all other charges dismissed. Regina Michelle Johnson was originally charged in Feburary 2011 with evading arrest, possession of a schedule II drug and two counts of reckless endangerment. However, prosecutors admitted that the chase in question "wasn't high speed" and lasted less than a mile...

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...

Shelbyville man hurt in Coffee Co. accident (03/16/12)
A Shelbyville man was injured in a three-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in Coffee County that killed the driver of the vehicle in which he was riding. Marcus Brawdy, 24, of Shelbyville, was a passenger in a truck driven by victim Theodore Visnicky, 41, of Hillsboro...

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...

Haynes guilty of reckless endangerment (03/13/12)
A Bedford County jury returned a verdict of reckless endangerment late Friday against a Murfreesboro man charged in the death of his wife. Following a trial that lasted most of the week, John David Haynes, 51, was found guilty of the lesser charge after standing trial for vehicular homicide in the death of his wife, Pamela Haynes, 49, who was killed in a motorcycle accident in June 2010...

Vehicular homicide trial underway (03/07/12)
Testimony got underway Tuesday in Circuit Court against a Murfreesboro man charged with vehicular homicide. John David Haynes, 51, faces the charge, which stems from a June 2010 motorcycle accident in which his wife, Pamela Haynes, 49, was killed on State Route 82 at a sharp curve just east of the Bell Buckle town limits...

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...

Duck pond area upgrade to arrive soon (03/01/12)
Warmer weather means that one of Shelbyville's most dangerous intersections will finally see some safety improvements. Work is set to begin within 30 to 60 days at the intersection at Fairfield Pike and Tulip Tree Drive, where a 2010 Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) accident study said that it met the criteria for a grant to rework it and try to make it more safe...

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...

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...

State's top trooper survives gunshot (02/21/12)
Tennessee's Trooper of the Year holds the award for the second straight year, while one of the runners-up -- the regional winner for the Lawrenceburg district -- was honored for handling an incident that started in Bedford County. Dwayne Stanford of Henderson County was cited as Trooper of the Year by the Tennessee Highway Patrol after several significant events, including the arrest of suspects involved in armed robbery, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, possible terrorism, home invasions, and possession of stolen guns and stolen vehicles.. ...

Cold ordeal after crash (02/15/12)
Emergency personnel place a blanket over cold 16-year-old Brayden Butler of Shelbyville shortly after her arm was freed from under her car following a crash late Tuesday afternoon on Fairfield Pike east of Cascade School. Butler lost control coming off a curve, ran down an embankment, struck a tree and overturned, State Trooper Barry Qualls said. Her arm was pinned under the car for approximately 15-20 minutes, with some rescue workers delayed for a few minutes by a passing train. She was taken to Heritage Medical Center for treatment. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

Massive smash (02/14/12)
The truck driven by John Sprinkle, 47, of Sims Road was badly smashed in a head-on crash late Monday afternoon on Dixon Road, about a mile off State Highway 130 West. Sprinkle crossed the center line in the small and hit a truck head-on driven by William O'Nan, 58, who recently moved to Bedford County from Kentucky and is building a home on Pickle Road, State Trooper Barry Qualls said. The trooper said Sprinkle suffered a "head injury and broken extremities" and O'Nan escaped injury, (T-G Photo by Mandy Flynn)

Angry suspect challenges police officers (02/07/12)
"Just kill me," an advancing suspect allegedly yelled at two Shelbyville police officers early Monday as he refused orders to stop. Johnny Burr Pace, 58, who had thrown down a weapon seconds earlier in the parking lot of Beechwood Apartments, Peacock Lane, was stopped with a Taser within moments by officer Gregg Loyd...

Truck smashes bridge (01/27/12)
Leaking gasoline threatened a creek which feeds into nearby Duck River, and a just-repaired bridge on U.S. 41A North was severely damaged this morning when struck by an out-of-control tractor-trailer. "I hit a little bit of a lip on the side of the road ... just barely hit the lip and lost it," truck driver Daniel Teachey said, referring to thin grooves cut into the paved shoulder of the highway. "With the slick roads there was nothing else I could do."...

Head-on impact hurts two (01/25/12)
Israel Everett, 28, of Shelbyville is removed from his Nissan Altima after being pinned inside for approximately 15 minutes following a head-on crash at the intersection of U.S. 231 North and McDale Lane about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Another step forward for hospital light (01/13/12)
Shelbyville's city council accepted bids Thursday night for a long-awaited traffic signal to be placed in front of Heritage Medical Center. Low bidder was Stansell Electric Co. of Nashville at a price of $58,498, which was under engineers' estimates of $79,000...

Shelbyville man charged with 6th DUI, speeding (01/10/12)
A Shelbyville man was charged with sixth offense DUI after being clocked at 101 miles per hour on Interstate 65 in Franklin early Saturday. Shawn Woods, 39, was in a 60 mph zone near the McEwen Drive exit, a Franklin Police Department press release said...

Chase suspect feared being jailed (01/04/12)
A motorcycle rider facing multiple charges after a high-speed chase on New Year's Eve says he didn't stop because he feared being jailed. Brian Keith Dennis, 26, of Orchard Lane led a Shelbyville police officer at high speeds from North Hillcrest Drive to near Wartrace and was later arrested in Coffee County by a Bedford County deputy...

Children thrown from SUV (12/27/11)
Two Shelbyville children were airlifted to a Nashville hospital after being thrown from an overturning vehicle on U.S. 41A South at mid-afternoon Monday. Elizabeth Shae Gant, 6, and Carter Gant Jr., 5, were flown from the crash site to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville in separate helicopters, State Trooper Barry Qualls said. Investigators said the injuries appeared to be primarily broken bones...

Open or closed? (12/08/11)
With 4,278 miles to be driven each day, and nearly as many students riding the buses, the weight of a decision to close schools doesn't come lightly to those who make it. In the case of snow and ice -- and sometimes flooding -- Jimmy Williams, supervisor of the student placement and safety office for Bedford County schools, is often up late watching a variety of local weather reports...

Studies start on city work (12/04/11)
Environmental studies have already begun for two surface transportation projects inside Shelbyville. City manager Jay Johnson briefed the council on the progress of the endeavors, which will involve a traffic signal at the intersection of Learning Way and Tremont Drive, as well as paving on Blue Ribbon Parkway from Evans Street to Horse Mountain Road, East Lane Street from Madison Street to Eaton Drive and Stanley Boulevard from Madison Street to Railroad Avenue...

Shelbyville driver hurt in I-40 crash (11/22/11)
A Shelbyville truck driver suffered injuries last week in a west Tennessee accident that snarled interstate traffic for hours and killed dozens of cattle. Michael Heller of Shelbyville was transported to Henderson County Community Hospital on Wednesday after the cattle truck he was operating rolled over on Interstate 40 around mile marker 104 in Henderson County...

Brighter days ahead (11/13/11)
A parent's worst nightmares pale in comparison to the reality Kerry Kimmel faced nearly two years ago as she rushed to the scene of a fatal car accident on U.S. 231 that involved her daughter, Victoria Atwell. Most know what happened; the coverage of the event reached many news outlets far and wide. Few can understand the panic and pain the families of the two young ladies involved in the crash have experienced since that dreadful day, Dec. 18, 2009...

Safer bypass sought (11/08/11)
Local officials are asking for help from the state to make the new Shelbyville Bypass safer for motorists following a number of accidents, including one fatality. Last week, State Sen. Jim Tracy, who is chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, expressed his concerns to city manager Jay Johnson about the safety of intersections crossing the newly opened State Route 437...

Lack of seat belt leads to arrest for marijuana (11/08/11)
Marijuana was found in a truck following a traffic stop Friday morning because the driver wasn't wearing a seat belt, Shelbyville police said. Myron Thomas Harper, 39, Sims Springs Road, allegedly had a cigarette box containing 10.12 grams of marijuana, along with a pack of rolling papers, in his truck, officer Jon Cooke's report said...

Wreck occurs on Fairfield Pike (11/08/11)
Sheriff Randall Boyce looks over debris scattered from a truck driven by Randy Hatchett, 53, of White Road, which ran off Fairfield Pike approximately two miles east of Cascade School about 7:45 a.m. Monday. Hatchett fell asleep at the wheel, Lt. Johnny Hunter of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said. (T-G Photo by David Melson)...

New bypass needs immediate changes (11/06/11)
It was only a matter of time before a fatal accident occurred at one of two poorly-engineered intersections on the new Shelbyville bypass. Driver error is cited as a major factor in the Oct. 22 wreck at State Route 487's (the official designation of the bypass) intersection with Railroad Road east of Shelbyville. Regardless, this intersection and the northern end of the bypass at U.S. 231 North have already become traffic trouble spots...

County receives $50K in traffic funding (10/26/11)
Two county law enforcement agencies have received more than $50,000 in highway state grants. The Bedford County Sheriff's Department received $52,924.22 for alcohol and traffic enforcement, while the Bell Buckle Police Department took in a total of $5,005 to be used for high visibility law enforcement campaigns...

County animal facility remains fully populated (09/22/11)
Bedford County Animal Control director Brenda Goodrich reported to the county commission's law enforcement committee on Tuesday that the facility is staying full -- even after the Rescue Waggin' program took some animals away, the facility quickly filled back up again...

231N light design plan gains funds (09/09/11)
Shelbyville's council gave the go-ahead Thursday evening to have an engineering firm design flashing warning lights to be installed in front of Heritage Medical Center. The hospital had placed $97,780 in escrow with the city's planning office for a full-fledged traffic signal in 2007, but the Tennessee Department of Transportation told the city in May that the area did not meet the requirements for the signal...

Caution lights may be placed near hospital (09/02/11)
Heritage Medical Center may be getting a traffic signal on U.S. 231 North after all, but it won't be the type they were originally asking for. City Manager Jay Johnson told the city council that Shelbyville received authorization to place flashing caution beacons at the intersection of Industrial Park Drive and Highway 231 North...

New traffic plan works well so far (08/31/11)
Reduced departure time after the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration's busier nights is already noticeable, emergency officials say, but changes in traffic patterns are still a work in progress. "It appears to be emptying out fairly quickly," Scott Johnson, director of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency, said Tuesday. "The real time to tell will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday -- the big nights."...

Police drive for safer streets (07/22/11)
Motorists convicted of traffic offenses in Shelbyville -- or who just want to improve their skills behind the wheel -- now have a new choice for court-ordered traffic school. Shelbyville police have begun offering a traffic school, Chief Austin Swing said...

Past DUIs send suspect to jail (07/20/11)
A Shelbyville man was taken into custody Monday after a judge discovered he had more DUI's on his record than first believed. Robert William Maher Jr. of Calhoun Street was appearing before Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler for arraignment after being indicted by the Bedford County grand jury for DUI (fourth offense) and violating the financial responsibility law (lack of insurance)...

Slower ride: Motorists adapt to speed limit change (07/14/11)
Motorists are beginning to adjust to the new, slower speed limit on U.S. 231 in northern Shelbyville, says a motorcycle officer who patrols the area daily. "It seems like it's getting a little harder to stop a speeder," Sgt. Mike Davis of the Shelbyville Police Department said. "People are catching on to the 50 mph limit."...

Rough ride at Bottle Hollow (07/12/11)
A truck driven by Mariah Gardner, 16, Bottle Hollow Road, rests in a creek bed after an accident which occurred about 5:30 p.m. Monday. Gardner was eastbound on Bottle Hollow Road when she lost control of her pickup truck on a curve and was thrown out the passenger side window into a creek bed, State Trooper Barry Qualls said. Gardner was airlifted to Vanderbilt Medical Center for "precautionary reasons," Qualls said. She was complaining of pain all over including severe head pain, investigators said.

State denies traffic light near hospital (05/22/11)
The city has contacted the CEO of Heritage Medical Center to ask him to request in writing the return of some $100,000 in escrow after a Tennessee Department of Transportation study determined that the area in front of the hospital does not meet the requirements for a traffic light...

Man faces Aug. trial in wife's crash death (05/10/11)
August trial dates have been set for a Murfreesboro man charged with vehicular homicide in the death of his wife last year. John David Haynes, 51, is scheduled to stand trial Aug. 8, 9 and possibly 10, according to court officials. A pre-trial hearing is set for July 15. Haynes is free on $35,000 bond...

Biker eludes police but leaves helmet (05/10/11)
A fast motorcycle rider got away on foot from Shelbyville police twice late Friday night, but left officers a "souvenir." The red sport bike was first seen at 10:13 p.m. speeding into Shelbyville on Union Street at an estimated 100-plus mph by officer Tracey Nelson, who was investigating another incident...

'Duck pond' work nears (05/06/11)
The city is one step closer to the start of work at a intersection that's been considered dangerous. Shelbyville's city council will vote next Thursday to sign a contract with Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) to install a number of safety improvements to the intersection at Fairfield Pike and Tulip Tree Drive...

Marijuana found after traffic stop (04/22/11)
Shelbyville's drug dog sniffed out marijuana in the vehicle of a suspect stopped for speeding, police said Thursday. William Clifford Martin, 46, Shelbyville Mills Road, was clocked at 45 mph in a 30 mph zone on West Lane Street near his home, officer Tracey Nelson's report said...

Traffic camera bill approved by committee (04/03/11)
The Senate Transportation Committee has approved legislation sponsored by its chairman, State Sen. Jim Tracy of Shelbyville, to provide statewide guidelines to govern the use of unmanned traffic cameras. The proposal comes after much legislative debate on the matter during the 2009 and 2010 legislative sessions...

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