Macon County Chronicle
Arson Suspect Says God Told Her to Start Fire
By Jessie Williams A Hartsville woman arrested for arson and burglary, told law enforcement it was God who told her to start a fire that caused significant damage to a Howell Road residence. According to the report filed by Detective Byron Butcher of the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, 29-year-old Savannah Brook Rhodes entered the uninhabited…
Read MoreTony Day Elected Mayor of Lafayette
Tony Day, local businessman, unopposed in his bid for mayor of Lafayette, polled 86 votes in last Thursday’s Lafayette Municipal Election. Elected to fill three city council seats were incumbent Jason Phelps (70 votes), incumbent Roger Jones (62 votes) and newcomer Dale Hix (68 votes). They were the only three candidates who qualified. All four…
Read MoreLafayette Municipal Election Day This Thursday
The Lafayette Municipal Election will take place this Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. City residents will elect a mayor and three city council members. There was no early voting in this election, due to only enough candidates to fill each position, according to…
Read MoreMan Exposes Himself to Juveniles in Parking Lot
By Jessie Williams Twenty-nine-year-old Cody Dewayne Chastain, of Westmoreland, was charged with indecent exposure and two counts of soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor after exposing himself to a woman and two female juveniles. According to a report filed by Detective Jeff Hix of the Lafayette Police Department, Chastain was sitting inside his vehicle in…
Read MoreSon Charged in Arson of Disabled Father’s Home
By Jessie Williams A Lafayette man has been charged with arson after allegedly starting a fire in the crawl space of his disabled father’s home in 2023. According to the affidavit of complaint filed by Macon County Detective Byron Butcher, 30-year-old Troy ‘Hayden’ White intentionally started the fire underneath his father’s home on July 15,…
Read MoreMan Arrested for Theft & Scrapping of Vehicles
By Jessie Williams A suspect was interviewed and arrested after five vehicles were stolen from a woman and her father at a residence on Skillet Creek Road. The woman told law enforcement the property had been broken into and the titles to the five vehicles, kept inside the house, were gone. During the course of…
Read MoreSex Offender Caught with Child Pornography
By Jessie Williams A 59-year old Westmoreland man was arrested last week during an ongoing sex offender compliance check being conducted by local law enforcement. According to a report filed by Macon County Detective Robert Jacoby, Deputy Tim Freeman arrived at the Maple Lane residence of sex offender Paul Price on April 19, 2024. The…
Read MoreSumner County Man Indicted in Death of Brian Neville
By Debbie Gregory Joaquin Pena Ramos, 40, of Sumner County, has been indicted on charges stemming from the January 28, 2024, two vehicle crash at the intersection of Airport Road and Old Airport Road in Gallatin, that killed 36-year-old Brian Neville, of Lafayette. According to the indictment returned by the Sumner County Grand Jury, Pena…
Read MoreSex Offenders Arrested in Operation Overwatch
By Jessie Williams The TBI and the United States Marshals Service assisted the Macon County Sheriff’s Office and Lafayette Police Department with a sex offender compliance operation on April 9 & 10, dubbed ‘Operation Overwatch.’ Out of 41 offenders contacted by law enforcement, 27 were found to be in compliance. Thirteen were found to…
Read MoreCommittee Cuts Macon Helps Funding
By Misty Green Many citizens of Macon County voiced their disappointment after learning about the decision of the budget committee that took place in a meeting held on March 25th, with the word on the street being that the budget committee voted to cut funding to MACON HELPS, with District 1 Commissioner Phillip Snow and…
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