Thief cuts store's power to reach lottery tickets

A thief removed the electric meter from a Shelbyville convenience store before smashing a window and stealing Tennessee lottery tickets Monday, police said.

The front door glass at P & R Market was broken when police arrived to investigate a report of a broken door, Officer Cody King said.

The store's owner told King 31 rolls of lottery tickets were the only items missing.

A footprint outside the building was investigated by a detective, King said.

Other thefts and burglaries reported to Shelbyville police:

* A 32-inch flat screen television, Playstation II and 15 games were stolen from a North Brittain Street home overnight Sunday.

* Two TennCare cards were stolen from a Depot Street mailbox and ripped apart by someone whose mother has since been repeatedly sending text messages to the victim.

Drug arrest

Drugs were found Tuesday night in a car stopped on North Main Street because the driver wasn't wearing a seat belt, Shelbyville police said.

Terry Wayne Comstock, 50, Indy Court, allegedly possessed several pills for which he was unable to show Officer David Curley a prescription. A computer check requested by Curley indicated Comstock's license was revoked due to a DUI conviction.

Curley said be found the pills in a bag inside the vehicle.

Comstock posted $1,000 bond on charges of driving on a revoked license and possession of legend drugs, Bedford County Jail records show.

A passenger, Roberta Y. Blackwell, 53, Ridgeway Avenue, allegedly falsely identified herself to Curley after initially attempting to avoid eye contact. Curley said he discovered her actual identity after finding her driver's license in her wallet.

Blackwell was charged with criminal impersonation and violation of probation, jail records said. She is being held on $3,500 bond.

Jail intake

The following persons were arrested since Monday 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.

* Troy Lee Adams, 36, Bradyville; bondsman surrender; held, no bond

* Christopher Shaun Bell, 30, Frank Martin Road; failure to appear; held, $20,000 bond

* Roberta Y. Blackwell, 53, Ridgeway Avenue; criminal impersonation, violation of probation; held, $3,500 bond

* Jason Todd Blevins, 33, Harts Chapel Road; violation of probation; released, $2,500 bond

* Daniel Lee Brannon, 19, Davis Street; bondsman surrender, violation of probation; held, $12,500 bond

* David Jeremy Bridges, 30, Tate Street; violation of probation; held in lieu of $2,500 bond and for extradition

* William Kenneth Bright, 43, U.S. 231 North; violation check law; released, no bond

* Terry Wayne Comstock, 50, Indy Court; driving on revoked/suspended license, possession of legend drug; released, $1,000 bond

* Shawn Paul Ferguson, 34, Eady Road; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $500 bond

* Sharon Kristin Fontaine, 61, Union Street; violation check law; released, no bond

* Henry Lewis Garrett, 57, Nashville Dirt Road; driving on revoked/suspended license; held, $3,000 bond

* Julius Domonique Gunn, 22, Old Columbia Road; held for extradition

* Yolanda Danette Johnson, 44, Lewisburg; theft of property; released, $100,000 bond

* Walter Eugene Jordan, 52, U.S. 41-A North; tampering with or fabricating evidence, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of schedule II drug; held, $4,000 bond

* Ronnie Dale Love, 53, Depot Street; public intoxication; held, $500 bond

* Demetria Rochelle Marlin, 43, Barksdale Lane; filing false report; released, $3,000 bond

* Gregory Maurice Marlin, 25, Hickory Drive; violation of probation; released, $2,500 bond

* Clemons Cecil McCroskey, 39, North Main Street; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $1,000 bond

* Yaletta King O'Dea, 42, South Brittain Street; violation check law; released, $500 bond

* Myron Denise Sebastian, 31, Deery Street; failure to appear, bondsman surrender; held, $13,750 bond

* Devin Vinson Starr, 23, Livonia, Mich.; failure to appear; held, $2,500 bond