Water Work Couple’S Luck Runs out of Gas by TRACEY HACKETT Arrest Warrant in Trous- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Dale County
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The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland Herald-Citizen www.herald-citizen.com Rock bottom Uppermen girls fall in monuments U.S. relations with Israel winterfest tournament Western icons preserved hit a new low Shootout: Page B1 Page A5 Page A10 114th Year | No. 309 | thursday, december 29, 2016 | Cookeville, Tennessee 50¢ Monterey committee takes no action on improper gun sale By TRACEY HACKETT At that time, officers were allowed to to the best of my knowledge, it was,” have been transferred to the owner- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff purchase their old guns without the he said. ship of the officers who used them as weapons first being declared surplus. When the issue came to light, how- duty weapons. A few of the officers The Monterey Police Committee “I take responsibility for the situa- ever, representatives of the Municipal have sold them to third parties, who this week took no action to rectify an tion,” Chief Bill Randolph told the Technical Assistance Service advised now hold ownership of the weapons. improper gun sale the town’s police committee Tuesday. “I should have the town that the guns should be re- “They’re all accounted for. They’ve department held earlier this year. known better or I should have known trieved, declared surplus and then all been legally transferred into the Members instead chose to chalk it to ask, and I didn’t.” sold at public auction. The chief told new owners’ names. The new owners I up as a lesson learned, and follow Randolph explained to the commit- the committee this week that most of spoke with don’t want to relinquish specified guidelines in the future. The tee that he’d put a trusted employee in the improperly sold guns had been ac- them, and I didn’t press the issue,” improper sale happened when the po- charge of the task. counted for — but the new owners re- Randolph told the committee. lice department replaced its issued “I told him to handle it just like it’s fused to relinquish the weapons. weapons. always been handled in the past, and Most of the 17 guns that were sold See GUNS, Page 3 Water work Couple’s luck runs out of gas By TRACEY HACKETT arrest warrant in Trous- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff dale County. The female passenger provided a A couple who ran out driver’s license that is of gas on Interstate 40 on suspended,” Williams Wednesday also ran out said. The trooper re- of luck when a Ten- quested a records check nessee state trooper who on both. stopped to help found While speaking with them with drugs. the two, Williams said Ronald Jacobsen, 40, Jacobsen told the of Hartsville, and Shana trooper he had been Washer, 37, of Hickman, charged with possession were both arrested in of methamphetamine in connection with the inci- Sumner County in No- dent. vember. A records check re- “I began to question vealed the driver, Jacob- both subjects about the sen, to be a career presence of drugs in the offender with multiple vehicle,” Williams said. drug and theft charges That’s reportedly on his record. The pas- when Jacobsen surren- senger, Washer, was dered an item of drug wanted on an active war- paraphernalia and some rant out of Wilson prescription narcotics. County. “I performed a proba- Trooper Joseph ble cause search of Mr. Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen Williams said he stopped Jacobsen’s person and Jason Hawks of the Cookeville Water Quality Control Department works in a hole alongside West when he saw a white located approximately Jackson Street on Wednesday in front of Cane Creek Elementary School, where a new shut-off Ford pickup the two 3.5 grams of metham- valve is being installed. Another photo on Page 3. were in disabled on the phetamine in his right right shoulder of Inter- pocket,” the trooper said. state 40 westbound near Williams charged the mile marker 272. man with possession of The trooper said nei- more than half a gram THP plans sobriety checkpoints this weekend ther provided satisfac- with the intent to sell tory identification when and deliver, which is a By TRACEY HACKETT safe and happy start to the 2017 Randall Maynard of the THP’s he asked for it. Class B felony. HERALD-CITIZEN Staff new year. Cookeville district. “Mr. Jacobsen pro- The trooper said he That’s why troopers will be The first will be held on Fri- vided a Tennessee ID also searched the vehi- The Tennessee Highway Pa- conducting two sobriety check- only and then stated that trol wants everyone to have a points this weekend, said Lt. See THP, Page 3 he would show an active See LUCK, Page 3 Child center to move to new location By MEGAN TROTTER ing to help even more chil- new office at 750 Spring St. in HERALD-CITIZEN Staff dren. Cookeville, and hope to be “We were busting at the ready to open by Jan. 1. The Since 2003, the Child Advo- seams at our old location,” former location on Old Ken- cacy Center has been a light Jennifer Wilkerson, center tucky Road in Cookeville is in the dark for kids strug- director, said. still operational while work gling with the effects of “There’s a lot that goes on is being done on the new abuse and neglect in their in that building. Now we can building. lives. spread out and give families “We just really can’t close The center sees about 1,000 a more comfortable space down. We just have so many children a year, all of whom and staff a more comfortable kids coming through,” Wilk- have lived through heart- space to be able to work in.” erson said. Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen breaking and sometimes hor- Volunteers are in the “On top of what we nor- rific circumstances. process of cleaning up and Lilly Dyer, volunteer, sweeps up debris on the floor of the fa- Now, the center is expand- painting the interior of their See CHILD, Page 2 cility that will house the Child Advocacy Center. Index Obituaries, A7 It’s peppermInt 2 Sections — 16 Pages Barbara Pickett Drucilla’s Abby A8 Living A8 Mamie Tudor cheesecake Calendar A6 Opinion A4 Virginia Ford parfait hits Classified B4 Sports B1 Lee Fruchey the spot Comics A9 Sudoku A9 Page A8 Crossword A9 Weather A2 A2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Thursday, December 29, 2016 LOCAL READER SERVICES Cumberland River Hospital hosts blood drive The nonprofit regional blood drive. They are the only the holidays to help offset this Cumberland River Hospital, blood center, Blood Assurance, supplier of blood products at decline. contact Jennifer Schultz at Contact us: is partnering with Cumberland our facility,” said Candie Each donation of blood con- (931)-797-0263. River Hospital to host a public Power, a spokeswoman for tains plasma, red blood cells For community members in- Address: blood drive on Friday, Jan. 6. Cumberland River Hospital. and platelets that can be used terested in donating but un- 1300 Neal St. Community members are in- “We encourage the public to to save lives of any age, includ- able to attend the drive, the vited to donate blood anytime come out and give especially ing premature babies, oncol- nearest donor center is in Cookeville, Tenn. between 7 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in- after the holidays when blood ogy patients, trauma victims, Cookeville located at 155 W side the Blood Assurance donations are notoriously low. surgery patients and many Broad Street, Cookeville, TN Mailing Address: bloodmobile which will be lo- It makes a difference in our more. 38501. P.O. Box 2729 cated at the hospital at 100 Old community.” To be eligible to donate The Cookeville donor cen- Jefferson St. in Celina. 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