Officer uses taser on suspect

Scuffling suspects were subdued with a taser gun and shackles in weekend incidents involving Shelbyville police.

* The taser gun was used to calm Thomas Allen Burgess, 22, outside his home at Circle O Trailer Park, Railroad Avenue, early Sunday morning, police said.

Burgess was allegedly "using force...to keep from being arrested," Officer Matthew Griffy said. "He pushed away and tried to run back into his residence.

"I took him to the ground, he continued to be combative," Griffy said. "I used a drive-stun technique with the taser to his right calf" (in which the front of the gun touches the suspect instead of probes being shot into the skin) "and he became compliant and was taken into custody."

Officers were called to the home when Burgess and roommate Charles R. Gawthorp III, 22, were allegedly "screaming at each other," Griffy said.

When Griffy returned about 2:45 a.m. the men were outside the residence -- "highly intoxicated," according to police -- and were placed under arrest.

Burgess, charged with resisting arrest and public intoxication, was released on $4,000 bond. Gawthorp, who Griffy said did not resist arrest, was charged with public intoxication and released on $500 bond.

* An angry suspect was charged after allegedly attacking an officer while being arrested Friday night.

Roy Randy Farrar, 34, of Cedar Street, was charged with assault after allegedly punching Officer Rick Gann in the face and nose as he was being handcuffed.

Farrar kicked a rear window partially out of a patrol car moments later, Gann said, and was placed in shackles for transport to Bedford County Jail.

Officers were called to a Germantown Road residence about 9:30 p.m. after Farrar allegedly arrived drunk and was "belligerent, cursing and violent in the presence of women and a 2-year-old child," according to Gann.

Farrar was also charged with public intoxication, resisting arrest and destruction of private property, police said. He posted $13,500 bond.

Thefts, burglaries

An estimated $400 in antique coins, a Taurus revolver and a pocket knife were stolen from the Charles E. Rainwater home, Shelbyview Drive, between Monday and Sunday of last week

No signs of forced entry were found by police.

* A green 1994 Dodge Intrepid was stolen from the parking lot of Agus Calientes, Lane Parkway, between Monday and Friday of last week.

Owner Jose Vargas told police the car was in the lot while being advertised for sale.

* Two debit cards and $80 were stolen as a thief entered an open window at the Mirverva Mercado Hernandez home on Candy Lane during the day Thursday.

Police said the debit cards were used afterwards at various locations in Shelbyville.

Accident

A two-vehicle accident at the Whitthorne Street-Celebration Drive intersection in front of Calsonic Arena Friday afternoon left a passenger in one vehicle injured.

Marcus Merrell, 18, of Pass Road, was taken to Bedford County Medical Center after the 1:25 p.m. accident.

Merrell was in a van driven by Natasha D. Sims, 21, of the same address.

Sims told police a truck driven by Denise A. Buchoz, 48, of Dripping Springs, Texas pulled from the Celebration grounds without stopping into the path of the Sims van.

Jail intake

The following persons were arrested since Friday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force and processed through Bedford County Jail. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts.

* Angel Aurelio Castro, 27, Nashville; violation of probation; released, $2,500 bond

* Bradley Michael Lesniewski, 26, Murfreesboro; violation of probation; released, $2,500 bond

* Joseph Wayne Gabbert, 34, Mulberry; identity theft (two counts); released, $20,000 bond

* James Edward Joyner, 39, Highway 64 West; sexual exploitation of a minor; released, $5,000 bond

* Robert Earl Scott, 48, Manchester; violation check law; released, $250 bond

* Cirilo Vitervo Diaz, 24, East Cedar Street; domestic assault; released, $5,000 bond

* Teresa Garcia, 20, Tillman Street; no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released, $750 bond

* Roy Randy Farrar, 34, East Cedar Street; public intoxication, resist stop/frisk/halt/search, destruction of private property, assault; released, $13,500 bond

* Randall Keith Prince, 46, Sinking Creek Road; disorderly conduct, public intoxication; released, $3,000 bond

* Remedios Rodriguez Jacob, 20, U.S. 41-A North; DUI, no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released, $3,250 bond

* Issac Everado Rangel, 19, Fairfield Road East, Wartrace; domestic assault; released, $5,000 bond

* Noel Mowdatho Umana, 22, Murfreesboro; no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released, $750 bond

* Roger Lee Coop, 41, Midland Road; violation check law (two counts); released, $1,750 bond

* Richard Carroll Casteel, 40, Sulphur Springs Road; domestic assault; released, $5,000 bond

* Barbara Gail Ransom, 48, Thompson Street; domestic assault; held, $5,000 bond

* Shannon Denise Hendon, 31, Buckingham Lane; violation check law (two counts); held, $1,000 bond

* Joshua Dwain Cawthron, 21, Railroad Avenue; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $250 bond

* Colin Shane McGinnis, 30, Troxler Road; domestic assault; released, $5,000 bond

* Lavon Denise Ransom, 28, Thompson Street; domestic assault; held, $5,000 bond

* Charles Ralph Gawthorp III, 21, Railroad Avenue; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

*Thomas Allen Burgess, 21, Railroad Avenue; public intoxication, resist stop/frisk/halt/search; released, $4,000 bond

* Crystal La Sha Cantrell, 19, Sixth Street, Bell Buckle; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $250 bond

* Jose Carlos Diaz-Hernandez, 18, Locust Street; DUI, violation drinking age law; released, $3,500 bond