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Written by B. Gault, Public Information Office
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
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Patrol deputies and detectives at the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office worked together Tuesday to locate and arrest a fugitive, Stephen Andrew Defriese.
 Stephen Andrew Defriese The 21-year-old suspect was arrested without incident at a convenience store on APD 40. He is being held at the county jail for Cherokee County North Carolina authorities where he is charged with the armed robbery of a pharmacy. Defriese, of Springplace Road, waived extradition during a hearing this morning in General Sessions Court. He’s being held without bond and is expected to be transferred to North Carolina soon. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 February 2010 )
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Written by B. Gault, Public Information Office
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 |
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An investigation that started last summer when Bradley County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested John Richard Glover Sr. on child pornography charges ended last week in federal court.  John Richard Glover Sr. Glover earlier pled guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. He was sentenced by District Court Judge Curtis Collier to 90 months in prison and is required to comply with provisions of the federal sexual offender registry for the remainder of his life. Glover’s arrest was the result of an unrelated investigation by BCSO’s Criminal Investigations Division. While viewing files on his computer hard drive with a search warrant, detectives found a number of images of child pornography. Special Agent Scott Barker of the FBI assisted with the investigation. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 February 2010 )
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Written by Tim Gobble, Sheriff
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
Statistics for the inmate work crews are in for January. According to the daily work house logs, inmates performed lawn care, landscaping and cleaning fences at Walker Valley High School, and cleaned up branches and cut trees at Taylor Elementary. They cleaned up salt and sand at Union Grove cemetery and cleared brush at the Charleston ballpark. They performed litter pick-up, cleaned walls and hallways, and stripped and waxed the floors at the Justice Center, as well as salting and sanding there after the recent snowfall. They hauled four tons of dirt from the Tri-State Exhibition Center to the inmate garden, helped out at the BCSO garage, performed litter pick-up on a number of county roadways and serviced maintenance equipment.
These work crews continue to perform well for the county, saving time and money. When you consider the costs of paying county employees or contractors to perform the same tasks that are now being done by the work crews, we have estimated the savings to taxpayers last year was approximately $1.1 million. This is just another way the BCSO is working to off-set expenses for the second largest public safety organization in Bradley County.
But inmates can only do so much and while they perform in a thorough and conscientious manner, all too often the roadways become littered again almost as soon as the crews get them cleaned. Where the crews will restore an area to its pristine nature, litter bugs seem to hit with a vengeance, leaving paper cups, fast food wrappers, paper bags, diapers, cigarette butts and pretty much anything else you can imagine.
This was made clear to me recently after driving through an area the inmates had recently cleaned and noticing it was already being choked with new trash and litter. If the public knew just how much litter the work crews clean from county roadways and public property each month, I think they would be surprised. But if they realized how quickly litter begins to re-accumulate, I think they would be shocked.
In most cases, the litter is tossed from the windows of moving cars or is blown from truck beds. The obvious solution would be to keep a litter bag in your car and use it. Upon returning home, it is a simple matter to deposit the litter bag in your outside trash can for regular curbside pickup. Or, litter can be disposed of in a dumpster.
Protecting the environment is an important aspect of public safety. If there are any doubts as to what the laws in Tennessee are regarding litter, you may want to clip this column out and keep it in your car. In Tennessee, a person commits littering who:
1). Knowingly places, drops or throws litter on any public or private property without permission and does not immediately remove it;
2). Negligently places or throws glass or other dangerous substances on or adjacent to water which the public has access to for swimming or wading, or on or within 50 feet of a public highway, or
3). Negligently discharges sewage, minerals, oil products or litter into any public waters or lakes within this state.
Anyone found guilty of violating these statutes can receive a fine, plus court costs, and may even face the possibility of having to perform community service.
Litter pick-up is just one area covered by the inmate work crews. They also perform duties at the Tri-State Exhibition Center, assist the County Road Dept., and the help with fleet maintenance at the BCSO garage.
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Written by B. Gault, Public Information Office
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
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Narcotics seized by Bradley County Sheriff’s detectives during investigation of a vehicle they stopped for a traffic violation on I-75 could have netted over $32,000 on the street.
Detectives assigned to the interstate interdiction unit found almost a thousand Oxycodone pills, over 100 Somas and a small amount of marijuana during a consent search. The driver, Rhonda J. Sparks, 30, and passengers Jason W. Williams, 32, and Tyjuan M. Vanmoore, 24, all from Columbus Ohio, were booked into the Bradley County jail Tuesday charged with possession of schedule II narcotics and possession of legend drugs. Sparks was additionally charged with driving on a suspended license and failure to maintain lane and Vanmoore is also charged with simple possession of marijuana. Detectives monitoring traffic stopped the northbound vehicle after seeing it cross the fog line several times.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 February 2010 )
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Written by B. Gault, Public Information Office
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 |
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The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office recovered a John Deere farm tractor worth $125,000 and several other vehicles during an investigation of thefts from several counties.
Acting on information from the McMinn County Sheriff’s Office, BCSO detectives recovered the farm tractor, a Case Skid Steer loader, and several all terrain vehicles from a residence in southern Bradley County. The farm tractor was stolen in McMinn County approximately six months ago and the other vehicles were traced by their identification numbers to thefts in Meigs and Polk Counties over the last three years. Sheriff Tim Gobble said the investigation is continuing related to other vehicles that are possibly stolen. Gobble expressed appreciation to Sheriff Steve Frisbee and his staff for their assistance and cooperation which made this investigation possible. The combined value of property recovered will be in excess of $150,000. At this time arrests in the case are pending.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 17 February 2010 )
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