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Car smashes into horse on highway

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
By David Melson

Rescue workers treat Jaime Barrera, of Lebanon, after his car ran off U.S. 231 at Deason late Saturday night.
(T-G Photo by David Melson) [Order this photo]

Two traffic accidents left drivers injured Saturday night and early Sunday, investigators said.

A Lebanon man was flown to a Nashville hospital with head injuries after striking a horse on U.S. 231 in Deason, about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Jaime Barrera, 23, of Lebanon, hit one of three horses in the roadway, then ran through a fence and hit a tree, Trooper Chad McAnally said.

"The horse came across the windshield and smashed the roof," McAnally said. "The car ran off the right (south) side of the road and hit a tree.

Barrera suffered head trauma and was taken to nearby Heritage Medical Center, then flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center, McAnally said. He was in stable condition Monday at VMC, a spokesperson said.

Another vehicle behind Barrera also hit the horse, McAnally said, but its occupants refused medical treatment.

* Clinton Wesley Harden, 27, Lorien Circle, told police he swerved to miss a dog, ran off Fairfield Pike and struck a utility pole shortly before 1:35 a.m. Sunday.

Harden was bleeding from the head and appeared disoriented, Officer Tory Moore noted. The car was on its side in a ditch and the pole was broken in half when officers arrived.

Harden, who told Moore he'd had three beers at a party within an hour before the accident, refused consent at the scene for a blood-alcohol test after asking if it mattered that he had "smoked a joint" the day before, according to police.

Following treatment at Heritage Medical Center, Harden was taken to Bedford County Jail and charged with DUI and violation of the implied consent law, police said. Harden posted $2,000 bond, jail records indicate.

Rampage

Police threatened Taser use against a suspect who allegedly smashed windows of a residence and a car on Regent Drive early Saturday, reports indicate.

Adam Liopoldo Bravo, 20, of Fairway Green Drive, is accused of refusing arriving officers' commands to come toward them with hands up and to kneel.

Bravo was acting "aggressively" toward two women outside the home, officers said. Following the Taser threat, Bravo allegedly threw a blood-soaked bandana at officers, yelled obscene comments and "threw his hands up in a manner that is commonly seen with gang members, all the while acting in an aggressive and menacing manner," Officer Tory Moore's report said.

Bravo was eventually subdued by Sgt. James Wilkerson, police said.

The home's resident said Bravo smashed the windows following a broken relationship.

Thefts

* A compact disc player was taken from the dashboard of a truck at Walmart, North Main Street, between 3 and 4:25 a.m. Friday, Shelbyville police said.

The truck was parked on the south end of the store with a window cracked about an inch and a half, the owner told police.

* Three men looking at items for sale at a Union Street home Friday are suspected in the theft of a purse, police said.

The woman told police the men were the only persons in the home since the purse went missing.

* A gas-powered dirt bike left in the front yard of a Moreland Avenue residence, with a 'for sale' sign on it, was stolen between Thursday night and Saturday, police said.

* A second Moreland Avenue resident said four guns were stolen from a gun cabinet in his home sometime since early June.

The guns were last seen when the man was showing them to two other men, police said.

Church window broken

Another northern Shelbyville church has reported a broken window.

A window at the front of Victory Celebration Revival Church, Colloredo Boulevard, was intact at 3 p.m. Saturday and found broken by a member at 7:20 p.m., the pastor told police.

Windows were broken last week at International House of Prayer, Union Street, police said.

Jail intake

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

* Santiago Dominguez Aparicio, 40, Bridlewood Drive; DUI, driving on revoked/suspended license; released, no bond

* Adam Liopoldo Bravo, 20, Fairway Green Drive; domestic assault, vandalism, resist stop/frisk/halt/search, assault, public intoxication; held, $12,500 bond

* Thomas Anthony Brooks, 21, Peachtree Lane; DUI, financial responsibility; released, $1,500 bond

* Alishia Suzette Burks, 21, Oakwood Place; possession of schedule VI drug (two counts), simple possession; released, $7,500 bond

* Rhonda Maybelle Caldwell, 24, Green Lane; possession of schedule VI drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, contributing to the delinquency of a minor; released, $4,000 bond (July 2); theft of property; released, $500 bond (July 3)

* Michele Eileen Campbell, 47, Northfork Drive; DUI, possession of schedule III drug; released, $2,500 bond

* Michael Robert Casort, 42, Madison Street; domestic assault; released, $3,000 bond

* Joshua Quandell Conley, 20, Fayetteville; failure to appear; released, $500 bond

* Belinda Kay Craig, 49, Davis Street; domestic assault; released, $2,500 bond

* Lisa Kay Craig, 29, Davis Street; domestic assault; released, $2,500 bond

* Ashley Nicole Dean, 19, Center Street; violation of probation; released, $2,500 bond

* Demario Jaquece Edwards, 21, Hurricane Grove Road; failure to appear; held, $2,500 bond

* Mitzi Michelle Edwards, 41, Madison Street; filing false report; held, $3,500 bond

* Leon Ibarra Evelio, 23, Tullahoma; no driver's license/exhibited on demand; released, $500 bond

* Bartolo Silente Francisco, 35, Green Lane; public intoxication; held, $500 bond

* Danny Joe Freeman, 56, Industrial Parkway; public intoxication; held, $500 bond

* Oscar Garcia Gonzalez, 36, Tullahoma; driving on suspended license, failure to appear; released, $3,000 bond

* Hank W. Haacke, 31, Horse Mountain Road; DUI; released, $3,000 bond

* Clinton Wesley Harden, 27, Lorien Circle; DUI, violation implied consent law; released, $2,000 bond

* Conard Julian Harris, 28, Shoma Drive; possession of schedule II drug; released, $10,000 bond

* Dionico Ramirez Heraldo, 44, U.S. 231 South; driving on suspended license, window tinting; released, $500 bond

* Dondra Leigh Hiles, 27, Cherokee Trail; harassment, criminal trespassing; released, $500 bond

* Melvin Kantrell Hill, 22, Carter Street; violation of probation; released, $2,500 bond

* Justin Michael Hosner, 20, North Main Street; public intoxication, violation drinking age law; released, $1,000 bond

* James Parker Jones, 54, Hartselle, Ala.; public intoxication; held, $500 bond

* Amanda Michelle Kent, 26, Lynchburg; check law; released, $500 bond

* Julie Anna Lambert, 37, Boardwalk Way; check law; released, no bond listed

* Jerry Wayne Lee, 50, Peacock Lane; domestic assault; released, $2,500 bond

* Tammi Renee Lee, 23, Landers Street; domestic assault; released, $2,500 bond

* Israel Hernandez Lopez, 23, King Arthur Court; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Juan Cervantes Lopez, 45, Shelbyville Mills Road; DUI, open container law; released, $1,000 bond

* Thomas Reese Luckado Jr., 58, Tullahoma; DUI, implied consent law, financial responsibility, seat belt law; released, $2,000 bond

* Emilio Olivera Moreno, 57, Highland Court; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Charles Howard Orange, 48, Belmont Avenue; possession of schedule II drug (five counts), possession of schedule VI drug; held, $50,000 bond

* Jesus Manuel Oropeza, 36, Cunningham Lane; child abuse/neglect/endangerment; released, $1,500 bond

* Donail Pentecost, 33, Winchester; failure to appear; held, no bond

* Michael Dewayne Price, 30, Shelbyville Mills Road; unspecified-juvenile related; released, no bond listed

* Wilma Jean Price, 45, Arnold Road; driving on suspended license; released, $250 bond

* Thomas Lewis Prosser II, 19, Montgomery Road; driving on suspended license, violation registration law; released, $1,500 bond

* Michael Elmore Robinson, 45, Christiana; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Miguel Robles, 31, King Arthur Court; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* Roger Dale Schuler, 62, Cartwright Road; violation of order of protection; released, $5,000 bond

* Juan Ortiz Solano, 32, Collier Avenue; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

* John Elbert Stanley Jr., 25, Unionville-Deason Road; possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of schedule VI drug, simple possession; released, $6,500 bond

* Kenneth Eugene Stegg, 55, El Bethel Road; public intoxication; held, $500 bond

* Letta Marie Thomas, 29, Evergreen Lane; forgery (four counts), criminal impersonation (two counts); held, $20,000 bond

* Askia Shabaka Tidwell, 26, South Brittain Street; domestic assault; held, $2,500 bond

* Glenn Alan Turner, 43, Madison Street; domestic assault; held, $3,500 bond

* Kasey Michelle Vincent, 20, Hurricane Grove Road; filing false report; released, $3,500 bond

* Natalie Paige Wisdom, 26, Hickory Drive; domestic assault; held, no bond

* Melissa Ann Woodroof, 42, Murfreesboro; public intoxication; released, $500 bond

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That is the third time someone has hit horses in that same area. My friend's husband hit one a few years ago and almost totalled his truck. Thankfully he wasn't injured badly. I bet it was the same farm that is responsible for this one as well.

-- Posted by -Beth- on Tue, Jul 7, 2009, at 10:02 AM

We have also helped get horses off that highway just as you come over the hill where the speed limit drops to 55 coming into Deason from Christiana. I called 911 for assistance with slowing down traffic that night, to no avail because the traffic just kept flying by. Eventually the horses took up on the west side of the highway. No one claimed them that night. If this is the same area, it is a shame no one cares enough about the horses to keep them up, or about the lives of the passing motorists. Will it take a death before someone keeps the fence up or the gate latched?

-- Posted by nailman on Tue, Jul 7, 2009, at 10:41 AM

lol Bravo for Bravo! a horse ran into the windshield! hope he gets to doing better. as well as my cousin clint. im sure hes mad about his car but hope he gets better too.

-- Posted by Mommy_of_2_girls on Tue, Jul 7, 2009, at 11:54 AM

the crazy stuff that happens in this town!Bravo should have stopped for the taser gun.people shold keep thier horses up and various other comments id love to make as well lol

-- Posted by Mommy_of_2_girls on Tue, Jul 7, 2009, at 2:25 PM

Mommy_of_2_girls:

Your computer license should be revoked. Not only are you unable to put together a coherent sentence, you also got the stories of the two separate accidents mixed up.

As a long-time horse owner I understand both the responsibilities and problems of keeping horses under control. When the investigation finds out to whom the horses belong that person should be able to show that he/she(1) had reasonable fencing, (2)insurance, and (3) the horses were adequately cared for - to see if the horses had a reason to want to get out. If the person(s) responsible did not have reasonable fencing and/or were not caring for the horses then I have no problem with Barrera suing the owners. On the other hand, I hope investigators also look at the possibility that someone else caused the horses to spook and run through the fence, or perhaps even cut the fence for the purpose of letting the horses out.

-- Posted by TrailRider49 on Tue, Jul 7, 2009, at 3:51 PM

Your computer license should be revoked. Not only are you unable to put together a coherent sentence, you also got the stories of the two separate accidents mixed up.

HONEY GO BACK AND REREAD AND REALIZE YOU READ IT WRONG! LOL! bravo fo r bravo and horses into the windshield are two separate sentences.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTEMPTING TO INSULT ME BUT LOL , U ONLY MADE YOUR SELF LOOK MORE STUPID!

-- Posted by Mommy_of_2_girls on Wed, Jul 8, 2009, at 8:50 AM

Well, well, well the Bedford County 911 center had a great 4th. They must have been watching the fireworks shows and eating bar-b-que, because dispatching was the last thing they were doing.

Where should I start? How about a grass fire around 2280 41-A N.? The Unionville Fire Department was NEVER dispatched to and is clearly in the UVFD district. Fortunately there were firefighter at the Unionville station and they responded on their own to this call.

Now, regarding the accident on 231 N. Another one if the 911 centers many mistakes. The main county fire station in town, the Bell Buckle Fire Department and First Responders were NEVER dispatched!! Yes, I know there are fire fighters in the picture. That is only because they were listening to the radios and heard the radio traffic, therefore they responded on their own. These 2 mistakes happened within approx. 1 hour of each other.

I know some of you are reading this and thinking that I am just here stirring up trouble. But how is it stirring trouble, when these mistakes happen on a regular basis?? I just want to make these mistakes known to keep the public informed and maybe someday, someone will use this to their benefit should the need arise.

-- Posted by scannermanner on Wed, Jul 8, 2009, at 9:58 AM

Yall are so ignorant. It was the 4th. Fireworks were going off all over the place. If we should blame anyone for the horses getting out, it should be the people shooting fireworks.

I know the people who own the horses. The horses broke out of the fence because they were spooked.

And, they did claim them that night. Most of the family was out of town, but the youngest daughter and her friends chased down horses all night long after they got home from the fireworks.

What the paper didn't know, is the person who had to go to the hospital was arrested after he was released from the hospital because there were warrants out for his arrest, and he was driving without a license or insurance.

And mommy of 2 girls...you can't spell, and you don't know how to capitalize after punctuation.

-- Posted by acoustik on Wed, Jul 8, 2009, at 10:18 AM

And mommy of 2 girls...you can't spell, and you don't know how to capitalize after punctuation.

-- Posted by acoustik on Wed, Jul 8, 2009, at 10:18 AM

I think you should have more to worry about than someones punctuation. there are many people who do that on here due to needing to fit all of thier comment in the small box. thank you as well for trying to insult me. but u like like trailrider, are amusing. maybe you should spend more of your time helping your friends keep up with their horses because animal control should have them. your friends let them run wild in the middle of the night endangering the lives of drivers.

-- Posted by Mommy_of_2_girls on Thu, Jul 9, 2009, at 8:09 AM

I agree. Mommy's 'net license should definitely be revoked... and soon. How does using a capital letter at the beginning of a new sentence affect your ability to leave all of your comment in the small box? You are right about your first comment. It is two separate sentences. If you'd used a capital letter along with the punctuation, that would have been obvious to the reader. Where were you educated?

-- Posted by stonedseksi on Mon, Jul 13, 2009, at 11:46 PM

-- Posted by stonedseksi on Mon, Jul 13, 2009, at 11:46 PM

have u been smoking more than your share?? when it is done ON my cell, the box only allows a certaiN amount of characters. you are amusing. AND WHERE WERE U EDUCATED? ????????

-- Posted by Mommy_of_2_girls on Tue, Jul 14, 2009, at 8:23 AM

The majority of my education was privately, and independently garnered. I also use a mobile phone, so I do understand what you say about being allotted only a certain amount of characters. However, my phone makes no distinction between capital and lower case letters. Each one is only one character.

-- Posted by stonedseksi on Fri, Jul 17, 2009, at 8:29 AM

lol. Dont try to defend yourself now. You already made yourself out to be a fool. LMFAO!

-- Posted by Mommy_of_2_girls on Sat, Jul 18, 2009, at 1:59 PM