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Round 1
TBI special agents are investigating an officer‑involved shooting that happened early Thursday morning in Beech Grove.
Coffee County deputies were called to the 500 block of Maple Drive around 5:30 a.m. for a welfare check, where they encountered an armed individual.
TBI says the person and a deputy both fired their weapons for reasons still under investigation.
The individual was hit multiple times and taken to a local hospital; no deputies were injured…personally, I think it's likely due to the armed individual's past employment with the Storm Troopers.
The TBI will collect evidence and interview witnesses, then send its findings to 14th Judicial District Attorney General Craig Northcott.
The TBI aren't the ones who decide whether the deputy’s actions were justified—that call belongs to the DA after the investigation's complete.
From the looks of it, though, those boys might have just had themselves a good ol'fashioned shootout.
Round 2
Typically, I'm a huge fan of garlic.
But not after A Rutherford County jury just convicted traveling pastor Benjamin Garlick and his wife, Shaantal, after a two-week trial involving the abuse of multiple children.
You mean it wasn't another drag queen this time?
Nope! Benjamin Garlick was found guilty of seven counts of aggravated grape of a child, six counts of aggravated sexual battery, solicitation of sexual exploitation of a minor, and Child Protection Act violations.
He was sentenced to life in prison without parole on the aggravated grape charges, with sentencing on the remaining counts set for November 10.
Shaantal Garlick was convicted of facilitating aggravated grape of a child and aggravated child neglect; she was taken into custody after the verdict and will also be sentenced in November.
The investigation began in 2023 involving abuse of a then-five-year-old child and ultimately identified two additional victims.
All I can say is thank goodness and good riddance…. and please, hold the garlick.
That's two rounds down and one to go, and if you had Mr. and Mrs. Garlick's prison cell key, where would you hide it so it could never be found again?
Round 3
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Investigators were conducting morning school-zone enforcement when they observed a vehicle traveling 37 MPH in a 20 MPH school zone, damn near double the posted speed limit, apparently trying to turn the school zone into the Indy 500.
During the stop, deputies observed signs the driver, Glenn Herrera-Morales, was being a MORONes, and driving under the influence of alcohol.
Deputies also located multiple open adult beverage containers inside the vehicle.
He was taken into custody and charged with:
Speeding in a School Zone
Driving Under the Influence
Open Container Law
Let this be your reminder: the only thing that should be open in a school zone is your eyes… lord knows *his* eyes are open now.
That was your daily Tennessee news roundup.
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