Medication stolen from parked vehicle

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Xanax pills and other medications were stolen overnight Monday from a vehicle at a Bird Street home, Shelbyville police said.

The medicine had been left in the vehicle's console, the victim told police. She returned to the vehicle Tuesday to find the window down, console entered and contents of her wallet strewn around the interior, police said.

Jail intake

The following were arrested since Tuesday 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.

* Timothy Lamont Bailey, 39, Enden Avenue; driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $3,000 bond

* Portia Rena Gant, 44, Cedar River Road; aggravated assault; held, $5,000 bond

* Teresa Diane Mears, 37, Deery Street; violation of probation; released, no bond

* Timothy Carl Newsom, 40, Frank Martin Road; possession of a weapon, promotion of meth manufacture; released, $15,000 bond

* James Richard Parrill, 56, Tullahoma; violation of probation; released, $2,500 bond

* Vernon Ray Pope, 39, Halls Mill Road; promotion of meth manufacture; released, $10,000 bond

* Brandie Nicole Reed, 23, Frank Martin Road; possession of schedule VI drug, possession of drug paraphernalia; released, $3,500 bond

* Michael Wayne Rowlett, 43, Warners Bridge Road; initiation of a process resulting in meth, promotion of meth manufacture, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of schedule II drug (two counts); held, $36,000 bond

* Wichie Torres Wale, 26, Tullahoma; DUI, leaving scene of personal injury accident, driving on revoked/suspended license; released, $3,000 bond

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Why do people keep prescription drugs in their cars?

-- Posted by tatersue on Thu, Oct 29, 2009, at 12:06 PM

"Why do people keep prescription drugs in their cars?"

some may ponder.....if they are stolen from a vehicle....

to get a replacement prescription....police report is required. benzo's are easy to sell and shelbyville has a lot of abuser's...

imho

-- Posted by doc_ed on Thu, Oct 29, 2009, at 12:39 PM

Xanax, Vicoden, Oxycontin and many other drugs are both widely abused and very tightly controlled. Any of these that are reported "stolen" must be accompanied with a police report in order to obtain another prescription. I don't know exactly how law enforcement could obtain any tangible evidence to prove someone has filed a false police report, but if it could be proven and these type substances are involved, the penalty should be harsh and certain.

-- Posted by Tattoos & Scars on Thu, Oct 29, 2009, at 7:57 PM

I think it would be much easier for someone to go to the right doctor and simply ask for them (or a larger dose) than to risk the trouble. There are some physicians who pass them out like Halloween candy. That may also explain the high number of abusers. It is nearly impossible to have an addiction without initial exposure.

-- Posted by memyselfi on Fri, Oct 30, 2009, at 5:57 AM

Yep there goes somebody else wanting a new script after they have sold the first one...

-- Posted by MSK on Fri, Oct 30, 2009, at 8:11 AM

tatersue needs a job

-- Posted by delepooh on Fri, Oct 30, 2009, at 9:08 AM

"I think it would be much easier for someone to go to the right doctor and simply ask for them (or a larger dose) than to risk the trouble. There are some physicians who pass them out like Halloween candy. That may also explain the high number of abusers. It is nearly impossible to have an addiction without initial exposure.

-- Posted by memyselfi on Fri, Oct 30, 2009, at 5:57 AM"

I am totally confused by this whole drug thing, anytime I have been given anything from a doctor it has either blurred my vision, made me nauseous or drowsy. I cannot stand it, so why would any of these people be want to feel like that all of the time?

-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Fri, Oct 30, 2009, at 10:16 AM

EM, The effects of the drugs vary somewhat by the user, and when used in combination with other drugs. Some of the pain medications work in such a way that for some people a tolerance level must be achieved before the pleasurable effects are noticed.

I guess if everyone who drank or smoked gave up at the first sign of repulsion, we would also have fewer users of those substances as well. Unfortunately, people's motivations are varied and if they stick with it, either from a doctor's advice, to avoid discomfort or the effects of peer pressure, long enough to acquire an addiction, it is too late.

-- Posted by memyselfi on Thu, Nov 5, 2009, at 12:18 PM