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Traffic Stop Results in Arrest of Drug Dealer
By Jessie Williams A 36-year-old Goodlettsville man was arrested by Macon County law enforcement last week after admitting to selling narcotics – dealing mainly with crack cocaine. According to a report filed by Deputy Lopata, the officer was on patrol on April 17, 2025 when he observed a vehicle crossing the yellow center line while…
Read MoreJail Addition Project to Cost Extra $75K
By Misty Green During the Monday, April 7 Macon County Committee of the Whole, Sheriff Wilburn told commissioners that 50 inmates must be housed in another facility for approximately three weeks for construction on the $1,911,476.31 Jail addition project. Sheriff Wilburn said he had spoken with Putnam County Prison and that they could accommodate the…
Read MoreConvicted Murderer & Passenger Arrested
By Jessie Williams A convicted murderer out of Kentucky and his passenger were arrested in Macon County last week following a traffic stop that resulted in the discovery of a loaded gun, drugs and drug paraphernalia. According to reports filed by Sergeant Clinton Friar of the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, it was around 3 a.m.…
Read MoreWoman Arrested for Drugs & Evidence Tampering
By Jessie Williams A Hartsville woman was arrested on drug and tampering with evidence charges last week after lying to police about a pizza delivery. According to a report by Macon County Sergeant Clint Friar, he was on patrol on the evening of March 15, 2025 when he observed a blue, Nissan Rogue on the…
Read MoreRBS Man Who Stabs Wife, Claims to Have “Night Terrors”
By Jessie Williams A 42-year-old Red Boiling Springs man was arrested Wednesday, March 5, after allegedly stabbing his wife inside the Lafayette Road home they shared with a minor child. According to an incident report provided by the Red Boiling Springs Police Department, Chief of Police Jeffery Maynard was dispatched to the residence regarding a…
Read MoreThree Arrested Following Probation Search
By Jessie Williams A probation search at the Howell Rd. residence of 40-year-old Kevin Newman, ended in the arrest of three individuals. According to reports filed by arresting officers from the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, Mr. Newman is on state probation in Tennessee, and officers arrived at his residence around 6 p.m. on February 20,…
Read MoreMacon County Man Arrested in Stabbing Death
By carleygordon on February 13, 2025 JACKSON COUNTY – Special agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, working alongside the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, have arrested and charged a Macon County man accused of stabbing and killing 39-year-old Billie Ralph Harper III on Wednesday evening. At the request of 13th…
Read MoreSlayton Sentenced in Fatal Crash of Sgt. Cherry
Devin L. Slayton, 25, who had pled guilty to vehicular homicide in the 2023 drunk driving crash that claimed the life of Macon County Sergeant William Cherry, was sentenced to the maximum sentence by Judge Brody Kane, 12 years to serve at 100% with no parole. At the sentencing hearing on February 13, 2025, the…
Read MoreMen Flee Cops, Found in Woods With Drugs
By Jessie Williams Two men that fled from authorities in Macon County last week, were found a short time later hiding in the woods – along with a bag containing methamphetamine, fentanyl and marijuana. According to the affidavit of complaints filed by Deputy J. Lopata of the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, 32-year-old Joseph Harris was…
Read More40 Grams of Meth Found Inside Safe in Woman’s Trunk
By Jessie Williams Thirty-three-year-old Felecia Denise Trammel was arrested last week after a vehicle pursuit revealed approximately 40 grams of methamphetamine inside a safe in the trunk of her Chevy Malibu. According to a report filed by arresting officer, Sergeant Clinton Friar, he and another deputy were traveling south on Rocky Mound Rd. around 10:54…
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