Trail of wrecks left by 'scared' driver

Fatal crash: The car in which Danny Underwood, 30, of Unionville was killed Monday night rests against a tree on Buzzard Roost Road. Underwood lost control of the Toyota Celica on a rain-slick curve about 8:30 p.m., Sgt. Tom Franklin of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said. It was Bedford County's second fatal accident of 2008. (T-G Photo by David Melson) [Click to enlarge]

Edgar Andres Rivas, 21, Ward Circle, allegedly pulled in front of a car driven by Kaitlin Womack, 19, of Shelbyville after running a stop sign at the Hickory Drive-Fairfield Pike intersection.

Womack was injured when her car struck the side of Rivas's, Shelbyville police said. She was treated at Bedford County Medical Center.

Rivas sped away after the impact, damaging the yard of a Fairfield Pike home, before overturning the SUV about a half-mile away near the Brown Lane intersection, police said.

Officers later found Rivas walking along Quarry Street with glass in his hair. Rivas told Detective Lt. Pat Mathis he "got scared and took off running" after the wreck.

Rivas was charged with vehicular assault and leaving the scene of an accident. He was released on $5,000 bond. His vehicle was uninsured, police said.

Cash, register stolen

The cash register and contents and rolling papers and cigars were taken early Monday from a Wheel-area store.

A nearby resident heard the alarm at Big Wheel Market, Highway 64 West, about 1:30 a.m.

Investigators discovered a rock had been thrown through a door to gain entry.

*The sound system mixing board was stolen from Whosoever Will Pentecostal Church, East Cedar Street, within the past week, police said.

Entry did not appear to be forced, according to investigators.

*A battery charger and air compressor were stolen from a shop behind the Barbara Nichols home, Old Pencil Mill Road, within the past two weeks, the Bedford County Sheriff's Department was told Monday morning.

No signs of forced entry were apparent.

*A man who signed a contract Thursday with Pirtle & Howerton Automotive, North Main Street, to test drive a 2003 Dodge Ram Quad Cab truck until the next day didn't return.

The truck is valued at $10,000, police said.

Unexpected ending

A suspect swallowed a plastic bag containing what an officer thought may be a controlled substance as they struggled in the parking lot of Park Trail Apartments.

Scott Daniel Carroll, 23, Huntingdon, was being searched by police after an off-duty officer working security said he saw two men smoking marijuana in a car.

Officer Jose Garza asked the occupants if he could search the vehicle after they denied smoking pot.

Carroll was told to keep his hands out of his pockets but allegedly took a bag that Garza said appeared to contain a controlled substance and put it into his mouth. The suspect swallowed the bag during a struggle on the ground as Garza ordered him to turn it over.

Charges of disorderly conduct and resisting stop/frisk/halt/search were filed against Carroll, who was released on $2,000 bond.

Vandals strike

Yard furniture and ornaments were stolen or damaged overnight Saturday throughout the Brookhaven subdivision off South Cannon Boulevard, police said.

Several reports to police included a bird bath and concrete angel broken and a plastic barrel from a construction site left on a front porch.

Jail intake

The following persons were arrested since Friday by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Shelbyville Police 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.

*Tyrone Lavarral Anglin, 50, Nashville; violation check law; held, $750 bond

*Timothy Lamont Bailey, 37, Enden Avenue; violation of probation, forgery; released, $5,000 bond

*Deborah Denise Bevill, 46, Unionville-Deason Road; violation check law (two counts); released, $1,000 bond

*Troy Rex Bevill, 49, Unionville-Deason Road; DUI; released, $1,000 bond

*Charles Bryce Brambett, 62, U.S. 231 North; DUI; released, $500 bond

*Richard Lane Burton, 20, Halls Mill Road; domestic assault; released, $5,000 bond

*Scott Daniel Carroll, 23, Huntingdon; disorderly conduct, resist stop/frisk/halt/search; released, $2,000 bond

*Ivy Avant Carter, 45, Cookeville; failure to appear, bondsman surrender; held, no bond

*Brian Keith Crandell, 33, Kingston Springs; failure to appear; released, $5,000 bond

*Glen James Green, 26, Barksdale Lane; theft of property; released, $1,500 bond

*Robert Anthony Harris, 21, Enden Avenue; domestic assault; held, $2,500 bond

*Tony Lee Mantooth, 55, Cowan; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $250 bond

*Shane Eddie Marcum, 23, Cortner Mill Road; simple possession; released, $1,500 bond

*Debra Kay Mitchell, 52, Carter Street; domestic assault; released, $3,000 bond

*Rolanda Rochelle Nelson, 29, Butler Street; failure to appear; released, no bond

*Edgar Andres Rivas, 21, Ward Circle; vehicular assault, leaving scene of accident; released, $5,000 bond

*Billy Joe Russell, 34, Madison Street; criminal impersonation, possession of schedule II drug; released, $6,000 bond

*Jerry Wayne Simms, 38, South Brittain Street; domestic assault; released, $3,000 bond