“Roaches” are still marijuana, as a driver found out when cited for possession Tuesday. 

Deputy David Burns of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office smelled marijuana after stopping Colby Allen for an expired license plate on Highway 64 East. 

Twelve partially smoked marijuana cigarettes were found in an ash tray and two glass bongs containing marijuana residue were in the truck’s back seat, Burns said. 

Allen was cited and released. He told Burns he thought “roaches” were no longer considered to be marijuana. 

• Several bags containing crystal methamphetamine, a glass pipe and digital scales were found on Paul Hastings Jr. Wednesday morning in the parking lot of Shelbyville Inn, North Cannon Boulevard, Shelbyville police said.

Hastings was being arrested on a failure to appear warrant when Sgt. David Dye searched him and found the items, a report said. 

New charges of possession of a schedule 2 drug for resale and possession of drug paraphernalia were added. 

• Crystal methamphetamine was found on Charles Edward Moody as he was being arrested on a pervious charge of probation revocation Wednesday afternoon.

Officer Tracy Teal was checking Moody after a report that he had been sitting in a van on Kingree Road for several hours. 

Moody was charged with possession of a schedule 2 drug for resale and possession of drug paraphernalia. 

• Adderall and oxycodone pills were found on a woman arrested Tuesday during a traffic stop on Madison Street, a BCSO report said.

Jessica Ann Gillespie, 34, of Lewisburg was charged with possession of schedule 2 drug and released on recognizance. 

Bus fight 

Three Learning Way Elementary School students were slightly injured in a fight on a Bedford County Schools bus Tuesday morning, police said. 

The students were receiving treatment inside an ambulance when officers arrived at a Wartrace Pike condominium complex in response to the bus driver’s 911 call. 

Classes had just been let out for the Christmas break when the fight began around 9:20 a.m. 

The students’ stories differed as to who started the fight, but indications were that it stemmed from name-calling, police said. 

An unruly student petition was filed against the alleged instigator. 

Burglary 

A television was stolen from a Coble Road home between Dec. 8 and Monday, a Bedford County Sheriff’s Office report said. 

Jail intake 

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

• Elias Adelson, 26, Hawkins Drive; child restraint law, financial responsibility, no driver’s license/exhibited on demand, speeding; released on recognizance
• Timothy Eugene Buchanan, 51, Landers Street; truancy; released on recognizance
• Dannyel Galvan Espraza, 23, John Shaw Road; driving on revoked license, DUI, failure to appear. possession of handgun while under the influence, possession of schedule 2 drug (two counts), simple possession; held for extradition
• Jessica Ann Gillespie, 34, Lewisburg; possession of schedule 2 drug; released on recognizance
• Shona Rena Jones, 38, Pass Road; violation of probation; held, $3,500 bond
• Lisa Diane Leverette, 50, Purdy Court; driving on revoked license, financial responsibility, no driver’s license/exhibited on demand, seat belt law, texting while driving, registration law; released on recognizance
• Bryan David Loyd, 21, West Lane Street; possession of drug paraphernalia, speeding; released on recognizance
• Duval Mais, 51, Nashville; duty to give information and render aid, financial responsibility, leaving scene of accident, no driver’s license/exhibited on demand; held, $4,000 bond
• Cesar Ivan Martinez, 20, McMinnville; driver to exercise due care, driving on suspended license; released on recognizance
• Justin Bernard Joseph Monnig, 42, New Herman Road; driving on suspended license, speeding, light law; released on recognizance
• Bradley Kyle Perry, 27, Buzzard Roost Road; harassment; released, no bond
• Joseph Erwin Rohlman, 56, Winchester; failure to appear; held, no bond
• Roly Mardoque Sanchez Gabriel, 21, Bridlewood Drive; bench warrant, DUI, failure to appear; held, $4,500 bond
• Gage Isaac Thompson, 18, Murfreesboro; DUI, window tinting; released, $2,500 bond
• Trenteon Gary Upchurch, 21, Anthony Lane; driver to exercise due care, DUI; held, $1,500 bond
• Heath Alan Womble, 40, Riddle Road; attachment; held, $500 bond