Suspect allegedly tries to use child as shield

The man, who officers said was accused of severely beating a woman moments earlier, released the child when backup officers arrived, police said. The victim was babysitting the young boy, she told investigators.

Jackie Christopher Freeman, 41, of Tullahoma, allegedly threatened to kill the woman during the attack at her Oak Street home, she told police after escaping and running on foot more than a mile to Bedford County Sheriff's Department headquarters.

The victim had multiple facial cuts and marks indicating a strangling attempt, police said. She said she ran from the home when Freeman left the room to answer a knock on the door, the report said.

An arriving officer said he spotted a man matching Freeman's description running from the residence and found him and the child several houses away.

Freeman was charged with domestic assault, evading arrest, public intoxication and released on $10,500 bond, according to jail records.

Dangerous drive

Police arrested a babysitter after she allegedly attempted to drive away with a 3-year-old child while highly intoxicated Friday night.

Officers were notified of a "drunk woman driving a car ... supposed to be occupied with three children" at Circle O Trailer Park, Railroad Avenue.

They arrived to find Kimberly McCullough, 36, of Portland, "very slowly" driving toward the trailer park's exit, the SPD report said.

After stopping the car, officers said they found a "small infant child," later identified as the 3-year-old, lying in the back seat asleep. State law requires small children to be buckled into safety seats.

Two other children McCullough was keeping were found asleep and unattended in a nearby trailer, with the door left standing open, officers said.

McCullough was charged with second offense DUI, child abuse-neglect (non-violent) and driving on a revoked license. She was being held on $8,000 bond Tuesday at Bedford County Jail.

Unexpected finds

* A woman arrested for public intoxication told officers she had marijuana stuffed down her pants -- and a bag of pot fell from Cynthia Thompson's clothing, leading to an additional charge of simple possession, records indicate.

Thompson, 38, of North Main Street, was arrested outside her home early Saturday after police were notified of a "disturbance" and allegedly found her staggering and yelling. Two other persons were arrested on intoxication charges.

* An officer said he found a bong in the floorboard and marijuana in the console of a car during a traffic stop early Saturday on U.S. 41-A South.

An off-duty Bedford County corrections officer said he saw Megan Wilson-Casey, 27, Maplewood Drive, at a convenience store moments earlier and notified police she appeared to be intoxicated.

Wilson-Casey registered .168 on Shelbyville Police Department's intoximeter following arrest on charges of simple possession and public intoxication, reports said. She posted $1,500 bond.

Swallowed evidence

A man who allegedly arrived at a Shelbyville bar after closing time early Sunday, waving a $100 bill and saying he wanted to "buy some girls," was arrested after swallowing a substance police say they suspect was crack cocaine.

Police said Adrian Palia Hernandez, 20, Sherwood Drive, appeared to be moving the white substance around inside his mouth. Hernandez was charged with tampering with or fabricating evidence after he swallowed the substance after officers attempted to make him spit it out, officers said.

Thefts

Decorative fountains and yard statues of a sea captain, girl with a pitcher, eagles, gnomes, turtles and frogs were stolen over the weekend from the parking lot of Williams Nursery, South Cannon Boulevard, Shelbyville police were told Monday.

Other weekend thefts, according to Shelbyville police reports:

* A wallet left in a buggy at the Kroger parking lot, North Main Street, late Friday afternoon had been taken to the front desk, with $190 of $235 missing, when the owner returned to reclaim it.

* Nine rings and a pendant were stolen from a Hill Street home Friday.

* A tarpaulin was taken from a tractor-trailer in a West Lane Street parking lot before Monday.

Lottery tickets found

Numerous packages and individual sheets of unused Tennessee lottery tickets were discovered Sunday afternoon along the banks of the Duck River at Fisherman's Park by a fisherman, police said.

The fisherman brought the tickets to police headquarters, according to the report.

Jail intake

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

* Alex Alexandro, 22, Quarry Street; DUI, no driver's license, implied consent law, financial responsibility law; released, $1,500 bond

* Douglas Van Allen, 49, Diane Drive; DUI, driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $5,000 bond

* Ester Mirian Arroro, 23, Maplewood Drive; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Althea Renee Berry, 42, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $500 bond

* Albert Carlisle Jr., 27, U.S. 231 North; DUI, driving on suspended license (second offense), financial responsibility law, implied consent law; released, $2,000 bond

* Mariano Giovanni Chirigliano, 27, Alton Avenue; DUI, violation vehicle light law; released, $3,000 bond

* Antonio Darnell Cooper, 28, Ranchero Drive; driving on suspended license; released, $1,000 bond

* Jonathan Thomas Dice, 29, Tullahoma; DUI; released, $1,000 bond

* Travis Jerome Edwards, 26, Shelbyville; charge not specified; held, no bond listed

* David Gonzalez Escalante, 20, Quarry Street; no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released, $500 bond

* Jackie Christopher Freeman, 41, Tullahoma; domestic assault, evading arrest, public intoxication; released, $10,500 bond

* Pamela Lynn Giles, 50, Moon Bend Road; violation check law; released, $750 bond

* Amber Lynn Gordon, 22, Eagleville; capias, bondsman surrender (failure to appear); held, no bond

* James Edward Harden, 56, Wall Street; aggravated criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct, public intoxication; released, $5,500 bond

* Kevin Edwin Hastings, 25, Ray Street; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Adrian Palia Hernandez, 20, Sherwood Drive; tampering with or fabricating evidence; released, $2,500 bond

* Connie Francis Johnson, 49, Decherd; DUI-second offense; released, $2,000 bond

* Sonia Charaletta Johnson, 40, White Street; driving on revoked/suspended license, financial responsibility law; released, $500 bond

* James Dewayne Joy, 41, Buzzard Roost Road; domestic assault; released, $2,500 bond

* James Bradley Lynch, 18, Thompson Road; violation of order of protection; released, $2,500 bond

* Charles Steven Martin, 56, Murfreesboro; capias; held, no bond

* Kimberly Michelle McCullough, 36, Portland; DUI-second offense, child abuse/neglect (non-violent), driving on revoked license; held, $8,000 bond

* Jessica Denise Moyer, 22, Belmont Avenue; driving on suspended license; released, $500 bond

* Guillermo Murillo, 24, Bethany Lane; no driver's license; released, $500 bond

* Miguel Angel Diaz Nieto, 21, Peachtree Lane; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Jennifer Denise Orr, 33, Courtland Drive; DUI, implied consent law, speeding 21 mph over limit; released, $1,000 bond

* Mateo Pedro Pascual, 26, Moody Street; leaving scene of accident, no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released, $2,000 bond

* Tommy Houston Pewitt, 30, Murfreesboro; DUI, reckless endangerment, driving on revoked/suspended license, leaving scene of accident; released, $11,500 bond

* John David Philleo, 41, Dow Drive; driving on suspended license, violation registration law; released, $250 bond

* Michael Dewayne Price, 30, Shelbyville Mills Road; juvenile charge; released, no bond listed

* Elena Ruth Quinonez, 18, Cedar Grove Road; driving on suspended license; released, $500 bond

* Alfredo Sanchez Ramos, 25, Cherokee Trail; no driver's license; released, $500 bond

* Francisco Ramos, 23, Morton Street; no driver's license; released, $500 bond

* Bobby James Robertson, 65, Sims Road; aggravated assault (two counts); released, $5,000 bond

* Andres Manuel Rodriguez, 26, Cedar River Road; driving on suspended license, financial responsibility law; released, $500 bond

* Ismael Lopez Rodriguez, 25, Tanner Circle; no driver's license/exhibited on demand, financial responsibility law, open container; released, $500 bond

* Ruben Vazqez Rodriguez, 22, Dover Street; driving on suspended license; released, $500 bond

* Rachel Anne Sloan, 23, La Vergne; DUI; released, $1,000 bond

* Peggy Ann Snyder, 62, Shelbyville; driving on suspended license, vehicle light law; released, $500 bond

* Lola Ann Taylor, 45, South Cannon Boulevard; DUI, driving on revoked license, possession of schedule IV drug, possession of legend drug; released, $10,500 bond

* Gary Dean Thompson Jr., 35, North Main Street; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Cynthia Ann Thompson, 38, North Main Street; public intoxication, simple possession; released, $1,500 bond

* Issac Flores Trinidad, 21, Viking Lane; no driver's license, window tinting; released, $500 bond

* Everardo Arretuin Villa, 52, Anthony Lane; public intoxication; held, $500 bond

* Veronica Mae Williams, 27, North Main Street; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Megan Kate Wilson-Casey, 27, Maplewood Drive; DUI, open container law, simple possession, possession of drug paraphernalia; released, $3,000 bond