The school resource officer at Bradley Central High School has charged a member of the cleaning crew with stealing from student lockers.

On Monday, three students reported tennis shoes, water bottles and clothing missing from their lockers. The SRO viewed school security video for the area where the lockers are located and saw a supervisor on the cleaning crew opening lockers and moving articles to a clear garbage bag.

The SRO filed an affidavit in General Sessions Court seeking to charge 38 year-old Paul Mark Weber with theft under $500. A warrant was subsequently issued for Weber and he was arrested at the school Tuesday afternoon.

Attempts are now being made to recover the stolen property that has a value of $244.

Weber was employed by a private janitorial service and was not an employee of Bradley County or the Bradley County School System.

Paul Mark Weber

Bradley County Sheriff’s detectives are working to recover jewelry taken last weekend from two homes on Old Harrison Pike.

Bephany C. Crum of Riceville is charged with taking a herringbone necklace and five rings valued between $3,000 and $4,000 while she visited in the two homes. Both theft victims are acquainted with the suspect and named her as a possible suspect.

On Monday detectives brought Crum, who uses aliases of Stephanie Millsaps and Bethany Crum, to the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office where after questioning she was charged with theft over $1,000.

The herringbone necklace was recovered from a scrap metal dealer.

Crum, 25, was released from jail on her own recognizance pending additional proceedings in General Sessions Court.

Bephany C. Crum

Bradley County Sheriff's deputy David Harper was enjoying a meal with his family at a local restaurant when he realized a woman sitting nearby was choaking.  Harper used the Heimlich Maneuver to dislodge the piece of food that had stopped her from breathing.  In the photo Harper visited with Susie Lofton a week after the incident in preparation of an article in the Cleveland Daily Banner.  

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The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance identifying thieves who took air conditioning units from a building on Georgetown Road that is the former location of Super Saver.

An employee checking the vacant building on Monday discovered 16 units missing from the back of the structure, resulting in a loss of approximately $85,000. The thefts occurred over the past month.

Anyone with information that may help investigators to identify the person or persons responsible for the theft of the A/C units is asked to get in contact with the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 728-7336. Callers do not have to provide identification and may remain anonymous.