Woman pulled from burning car

The life of a driver who police said caused a head-on accident on Union Street early Monday may have been saved by a nearby resident who pulled her from her burning car.

William Christie, who lives near the crash site, told police Kelly M. Hudson, 23, Pleasant Way, was unable to remove her seat belt or open the car's door.

"He opened the door, took off the seat belt and dragged her to safety away from the vehicle," Officer Sam Jacobs of the Shelbyville Police Department said.

Hudson, who told police she'd had "several drinks," said she "didn't remember" how the crash with a van driven by Laterria C. Kelso, 25, Fayetteville, occurred about 2:05 a.m. near the Mac Street intersection.

Kelso remembered well. She told police Hudson was northbound in the southbound lane. Kelso blew her horn and attempted to swerve but Hudson steered in the same direction, Jacobs said.

Hudson told Jacobs she had been drinking with friends and was attempting to drive home.

"I already know I'm drunk," Hudson told Jacobs and a lab technician at Bedford County Medical Center on three different occasions.

Hudson was charged with DUI and violation of the financial responsibility law (no insurance).

Both drivers were treated at Bedford County Medical Center. Hudson was admitted with a broken leg, Jacobs said.

Principal charged

The principal of South Side Primary was charged with DUI after allegedly almost causing an accident Friday night on Madison Street, police said.

Michael DeWitt Vannatta, 42, Fairlane Drive, told SPD Officer Tracey Nelson he'd "had three beers."

Vannatta tested .26 on Shelbyville Police Department's breathalyzer device following his arrest, Nelson said.

"I observed a vehicle cross over the double yellow lines on Madison Street," Nelson said of Vannatta's truck. "The vehicle almost struck another vehicle and then almost struck the curb.

"I then turned on my blue lights and the vehicle took about a block and a half to two blocks to stop. I observed a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage...and bloodshot eyes."

Vannatta posted $2,500 bond at Bedford County Jail.

Car chase

A Shelbyville man was arrested on multiple charges after a car chase Monday night.

At 11:50 p.m. SPD Sgt. Charles Kimbril saw a red Saturn, northbound on Deery Street, run the traffic light at Madison Street without stopping.

The driver, later identified as William Robert Taylor III, 19, Graydon Street, reached 50 mph on Deery Street and 60 mph in a 30 mph zone while running "every stop sign" on Blue Ribbon Parkway during the chase, Kimbril said.

Trooper D'Angelo Inman of the Tennessee Highway Patrol backed up Kimbril.

Taylor fled on foot after wrecking at the Shoma Drive-Cherokee Trail intersection, Kimbril said, and was found hiding in a ditch on Amos Smith Road by Lt. Trey Clanton.

Charges of evading arrest and two counts each of reckless driving and driving on a suspended license were filed against Taylor, who was held at Bedford County Jail on $16,000 bond.

It was Taylor's second arrest of the holiday weekend. He was arrested shortly after noon Christmas Day when clocked at 54 mph in a 40 mph zone on Madison Street and charged with driving on a suspended license (for failure to satisfy citation) and violation of probation, Officer Josh Tolar said.

Back to jail

A man who pleaded with officers that he "couldn't go back to jail" was arrested Thursday for stealing a tape measure.

The man, identified by police as Robert Wayne Amos, 34, Davis Street, was initially confronted when Cathy Serrano, Elizabeth Street, discovered him leaving her garage after he parked his car in front of a neighbor's home.

"I was just looking," Amos told Serrano when asked why he was there, SPD Officer Charles A. Merlo Jr. said.

Serrano's husband, Raul Serrano, yelled at Amos to give back the tape measure. Raul Serrano and Eder Serrano, who also lives at the residence, began chasing Amos on foot.

Amos dropped the tape measure and ran toward Depot Street, Merlo said.

Police called a wrecker to tow the car. As the wrecker arrived, Merlo said, Amos showed up with a gas can and said he had run out of fuel.

Officers arrested Amos, who "tried to jerk away several times and would not give the officer his right hand to be handcuffed," Merlo said.

Amos was charged with burglary, resisting arrest and theft of property. He was held on $10,500 bond at Bedford County Jail before posting bond.

Drug charges

Drug charges were filed against two persons in a car stopped for a light law violation Monday night.

The driver, Juliette Suzanne Talley, 37, of Tullahoma, allowed Nelson and K-9 Remy to search the car.

Remy "alerted" on the back seat, SPD Officer Benjamin Burris said.

Burris found a glass pipe and three white rocks which field tested positive for crack cocaine in the area where he said Lloyd Everette Gant, 38, Hilltop Road, was sitting.

Talley handed Nelson "a small white rock" which also tested positive for crack cocaine, Burris said.

Both suspects were charged with possession of a schedule II drug. Gant was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and Talley with light law violation for a non-working headlight.

* Another drug-related charge was filed against Terry Wayne Fitzgerald, 38, Lewisburg, following an argument at a Couch Lane home Friday.

"A glass pipe with white residue in it" was at Fitzgerald's feet, Nelson said.

Fitzgerald was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, assault and public intoxication.

Burglaries, thefts

A burglar cut a hole in the roof and entered Rafael's Italian Restaurant, Madison Street, overnight Friday, police said.

A relatively small amount of money was taken and a hacksaw and blades found by Tolar in tall grass behind the building.

Other thefts and burglaries reported to area authorities:

* A locked, red 2001 Mercury Sable was driven from behind the Marie Clevenger home, Walnut Street, Unionville between 6 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday.

* Storage buildings around the home of James Simmons, Simmons Road in the Pleasant Grove area, were entered overnight Thursday and a socket set and toolbox filled with agricultural pens stolen.

* A purse and contents were stolen from a car owned by Teresa G. Mallard, Chestnut Drive, in her driveway overnight Thursday.

* A wallet and contents belonging to Joshua D. Kimmons, Regent Drive, was taken from his living room couch Friday.

* Forty square bales of hay were stolen from Maurice Bowling's Henderson Road property over the weekend.

A truck described as possibly a maroon Dodge with white top was seen leaving the area.

Accidents

A hit-and-run smash from behind left an Estill Springs woman injured Sunday night.

Lisa Nichole Hill was southbound on North Main Street, stopped at the Madison Street-Elm Street intersection, when a red Pontiac Grand Prix ran into her car, police said.

The Grand Prix driver asked if anyone was hurt, then left and was last seen on Delray Street.

* Luis Joel Laviena Velazquez, 20, West Highland Street was hurt about 10:40 a.m. Christmas Eve when he allegedly drove his car from Lipscomb Street across Colloredo Boulevard into the path of an oncoming full-size pickup truck.

Velazquez's car was struck in the driver's door by the truck driven by John L. Crick, 41, Sims Road.

Charges were filed when police discovered Velazquez had no driver's license or insurance.

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.

* John Allan Throneberry, 27, Union Street; violation of probation; held, no bond listed

* Robert Wayne Amos, 34, Davis Street; burglary, resist stop/frisk/halt/search, theft of property; held, $10,500 bond

* Jose Luis Rodriguez, 23, Thompson Road; violation of community corrections; released, $1,000 bond

* Kristi Lynn Allen, 40, Warners Bridge Road; DUI; released, $2,500 bond

* William Joseph VanNortwick, 20, Amy Lane, Unionville; reckless driving, evading arrest, simple possession; released, $5,000 bond

* Michael DeWitt Vannatta, 42, Fairlane Drive; DUI; released, $2,500 bond

* Clemons Cecil McCroskey, 37, North Main Street; DUI; released, $2,500 bond

* Terry Wayne Fitzgerald, 38, Lewisburg; domestic assault, public intoxication, possession of drug paraphernalia; held, $7,000 bond

* Alice Rachele Cobb, 25, Railroad Avenue; failure to appear; released, $2,500 bond

* Roger Thomas Harper, 31, Warners Bridge Road; DUI, driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $7,000 bond

* Juan Estrada Rico, 42, Fairway Green Drive; DUI, no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released, $3,250 bond

* Marcos Toscano Gallardo, 35, Deery Street; public intoxication, domestic assault; released, $5,500 bond

* Robert Millsap Jr., 45, Lynchburg; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Wayne Shelton Jr., 25, Mullins Chapel Road; domestic assault, possession of schedule VI drug, evading arrest, arson, public intoxication; held, $23,000 bond

* Deborah Kay Glosson, 43, Huntsville, Ala.; violation of sex offender registry; released, $10,000 bond

* Jose Angel Hernandez, 20, Cedar Grove Street; DUI, no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released $3,250 bond

* Leandro Halberto Alvarado, 23, Eagle Boulevard; no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released, $750 bond

* Debra Lynn Wampler, 43, Lower Halls Mill Road; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $500 bond

* Reynato Perez Garcia, 20, Cherokee Trail; DUI, violation drinking age law, no driver's license/exhibited on demand; held, $4,250 bond

* Avelino Gonzalez Jr., 24, Fairground Heights; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Christopher Lee Dowell, 22, West End Circle; DUI; held, $2,500 bond

* Adam Lee Stanley, 28, Paschal Road; DUI; released, $4,000 bond

* William Robert Taylor III, 19, Graydon Street; Dec. 25 arrest: driving on revoked/suspended license, violation of probation; released, $3,000 bond; Dec. 27 arrest: reckless driving (two counts), driving on revoked/suspended license (two counts), evading arrest; held, $16,000 bond

* Kevin Lynn Sargent, 41, Longview Road; DUI, driving on revoked/suspended license, reckless endangerment (four counts); held, $29,000 bond

* Carmen Clarice Rogers, 20, Jennifer Circle; possession of schedule VI drug; released, $1,000 bond

* Michael Dominique Sales, 20, Austin Avenue; criminal trespassing; released, $1,500 bond

* Bobby Joe Whitaker Jr., 34, Anthony Lane; domestic assault; released, $5,000 bond

* Elliot Cullum, 25, Cherokee Trail; domestic assault; held, $5,000 bond

* Troy Russell Brewer, 43, Troupe Road; public intoxication; held, $500 bond

* Junior Dale Brewer, 36, Manchester; DUI; held, no bond listed