Lewisburg man allegedly stalked teenager

A member of the National Guard who faces charges in Bedford County won't be going to Iraq with the rest of his unit, a judge ruled Thursday.

Andy Lynn Wallace, 35, of Nashville Highway, Lewisburg, was indicted last month on charges of soliciting and stalking a minor.

Assistant District Attorney Mike Randles told Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell Thursday that he was contacted by the National Guard's Judge Advocate General about Wallace's case since the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment was scheduled to leave for two months of training in Texas on Friday before being deployed for service in Iraq.

Wallace's attorney, John Norton, objected to any ruling that would limit his client from doing his job with the Guard.

Russell signed an order that states that Wallace will not be allowed to travel outside of Tennessee, with the exception of Camp Shelby in Mississippi for temporary training as necessary. The D.A. said he was told that Wallace's job with the Guard involved computers.

The judge's order effectively prevents Wallace from being deployed overseas or anywhere outside of Tennessee, Randles said.

Also, Russell set a disposition day of Jan. 7 in Wallace's case, which will be the last day he will be able to determine what happens in his case. On that day, Wallace will either make a plea or have his case set for trial.

Wallace is accused of sending text messages to a 16-year-old juvenile female "and also making inappropriate requests of the female juvenile via text message," Bedford County Sheriff's Department records state.

He is free on $32,000 bond and will also appear on Dec. 18, when Norton is scheduled to file motions in his case.

Court dates set

A number of other defendants had disposition dates set in their cases on Thursday:

* Michael Adam Kelley, 27, charged with three counts of reckless endangerment, will decide on Jan. 15 to either go to trial or make a plea.

Kelley is accused of firing a gun into a home on Fruit Valley Road last year, including where a 20-month-old girl was sleeping.

He was indicted by the Bedford County grand jury last month after investigators learned that slugs from the shooting matched a gun Kelley had in his possession.

* A Bedford County Highway Department employee and his wife will decide on Jan. 7 if they want to face a jury or plea their case.

Billy Joe Burks, 35, of Highway 82 South, and his wife Alicia Marie Burks, 29, are facing charges in connection with the discovery of a meth lab on their property in June.

Billy is charged with promotion of methamphetamine manufacture and possession of a legend drug, while Alicia faces charges of promotion of methamphetamine manufacture and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman said in June that Burks is still working with the department and no action will be taken until the matter is resolved in court.

* Letta Marie Thomas of Evergreen Lane, Unionville, has a disposition date set for Jan. 15 on six counts of forgery and a single count of criminal impersonation.

Thomas was arrested in July, accused of taking a box of checks from a Unionville mailbox and passing them at a nearby market.

* Jan. 15 will be the day that Aaron Jay Chaney will decide to face a jury trial or make a plea.

Chaney is charged with a single count of exploitation of a minor by electronic means.

According to a warrant filed by Bedford County Deputy Todd Hammond in February, Chaney allegedly sent a picture text message to a 12-year-old juvenile and also allegedly tried "by means of persuasion to engage in sexual activity with a juvenile that is 12 years of age."