Stolen purse held expensive jewelry

Two expensive wedding rings were among items in a purse stolen overnight Sunday from the porch of a Unionville home, the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said.

The rings, with a combined value over $9,500, belong to an agent with Crye-Leake Realtors, who left her purse at a Conquest Court home at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The purse was gone when she returned Monday morning.

Other thefts reported to area authorities:

* Valuable copper pipe was taken from a restroom at a South Spring Street building under renovation, Shelbyville police were told Monday.

The building's owner said 30 feet of pipe is missing, along with two window air conditioners.

* A flat screen television was stolen Monday from an apartment on White Street, police said.

The owner told police a door had accidentally been left unlocked.

* A money jar was stolen from the headboard of a bed at a Bates Street home during the day Monday, police report.

Jail intake

The following 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.

* Billy Ellis Gooch, 36, Sherwood Court; domestic assault; held, no bond

* Antonio Termain Huddleston, 20, Nashville; violation of probation; held, no bond

* Brittany Ann Miller, 18, Tremont Drive; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $500 bond

* Misty Michelle Newsom, 29, Winchester; filing false report; held, no bond

* Mary Lee Pendley, 51, Smartt Street, Wartrace; violation check law; summons delivered

* Jamie Eric Powell, 34, Peachtree Street, Unionville; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $500 bond