High Water Drug Sting Nets 24 Arrests
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The Daily Newspaper of the Upper Cumberland Herald-Citizen www.herald-citizen.com Wildfire Upperman player wins state’s wikiLeaks Wind-driven flames ‘Miss Basketball’ title Is the CIA watching you? kill six in four states State title: Page B1 Page A10 Page A6 115th Year | No. 57 | wedNesday, march 8, 2017 | Cookeville, Tennessee 50¢ Tennessee Tech’s 19 layoffs to save $915,000 By TRACEY HACKETT the layoffs would affect 25 or fewer em- President Phil Oldham says the development,” he said in a blog post HERALD-CITIZEN Staff ployees. That’s the number reported in problem arose because of a multi-year published Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday’s edition of the Herald-Citizen enrollment decline and overcommit- Of the 19 employees whose positions A total of 19 Tennessee Tech employ- while university officials worked to ment of scholarship funds. will be permanently eliminated after ees were laid off last week in anticipa- compile detailed information about the “Appropriate controls have already April 30, 11 are clerical and support tion of a budget shortfall that exceeds situation. been established to prevent any future staff and eight are administrative. It is $3.5 million. The 2017-18 fiscal year will be the overcommitment of scholarships, and estimated that the university will save In an email that went out cam- second consecutive time Tech has we are aggressively moving toward an puswide last week, officials projected faced a deficit in excess of $3.5 million. overall strategic plan for enrollment See CUTS, Page 2 High water Drug sting nets 24 arrests By TRACEY HACKETT HERALD-CITIZEN Staff Twenty-four alleged criminals, mostly accused drug dealers, have been charged and arrested following a recent Cookeville Police Depart- ment investigation. Operation: Jokers Wild led to the arrests following indictments issued by the Putnam County grand jury. “When Detective Brandon Tayes and I took over drug investigations at the Cookeville Police Department, we vowed to stay relentless,” said Detective Sgt. Chase Mathis. Tayes agreed, saying that among the drugs confiscated as a result in- clude marijuana, a variety of pre- scription narcotics, methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin. Of the 24 people charged, three are women, and another is a convicted Ty Kernea | Herald-Citizen offender who was found to be ille- A Cookeville city road truck warns of high water on South Jefferson Avenue during yesterday’s heavy rains. The gally in possession of a weapon. area is in for better weather, but then rain — and possibly snow — are forecast on Saturday. In many of these cases, Mathis said, the charges are enhanced be- cause the incidents took place within areas designated to remain drug free. While the drug-free school zone applies specifically to public and pri- Water losses shrinking at CBDUD vate elementary, middle and second- ary schools, the more general By LAURA MILITANA Now, the district is seeing “a nett Jr. said of the current reports. drug-free zone applies to other HERALD-CITIZEN Staff tremendous difference” from that “By next month, we hope to be places where children are typically move — the water loss is down to 38 around 25 percent. Going in-house present — pre-schools and child-care It’s been a little more than four percent, as reported at the March maintenance has made a big differ- agencies, libraries and parks. months since the Cookeville Boat meeting. Leakage had ranged as high ence.” A conviction for either such Dock Utility District cut ties with its as 60 percent. Last month, the water loss was re- charge typically leads to a harsher former contractor and took mainte- “These numbers are 45-50 days be- nance under its own umbrella. hind,” board president Grover Ben- See WATER, Page 2 See SWEEP, Page 2 Right-of-way issues continue to divide By LINDSAY McREYNOLDS Ryan Williams are co-sponsoring a bill quest of surveyor Charles Whitten- The right-of-way indicated by Whit- HERALD-CITIZEN Staff that says neither cities nor counties burg, who has been challenging the tenburg in that subdivision showed 25 may require a landowner to transfer amount of right-of-way that has been feet off the center of the road, and A local surveyor has been question- ownership of land located along an ex- required by the Putnam Regional until a subcommittee revised the regu- ing the amount of right-of-way that isting public right-of-way to the local Planning Commission. lations, the county had actually re- planning commissions across the state government as a condition of approv- Whittenburg initially raised con- quired much more — a right-of-way of require when land is developed. ing any proposed subdivision of pri- cerns about the right-of-way required 80 feet or 40 feet off the center of the Now those concerns are part of a bill vate property — without purchasing for a proposed subdivision on Hilham road. under consideration by state legisla- that property at fair market value. Road. He believes property owners In December, additional right-of-way tors. Last month’s introduction of that should be paid for additional right-of- State Sen. Paul Bailey and state Rep. bill, SB 1368/HB 496, was at the re- way. See DIVIDE, Page 3 Index Obituaries, A7 New members 2 Sections — 16 Pages Mildred Hammock Louise Smith Local Civil War Abby A8 Living A8 Raymond Miller Bob Saylor Jr. groups expand Calendar A6 Opinion A4 Earl Key Robert Dawes ranks Classified B3 Sports B1 Barbara Baird Doyle Dodson Page A6 Comics A9 Sudoku A9 Robert Rivers Jr. Crossword A9 Weather A2 A2 — HERALD-CITIZEN, Cookeville, Tenn. — www.herald-citizen.com — Wednesday, March 8, 2017 LOCAL READER Man charged with pistol whipping, robbing woman SERVICES By TRACEY HACKETT Putnam County Sheriff’s De- ing the victim on the head edly acquainted with each HERALD-CITIZEN Staff partment. with the weapon. He got her other. “The victim stated that she in a headlock and continued “She positively identified Contact us: A Gainesboro man was ar- was sitting in her vehicle on to hit her in the head,” Martin him as the robber,” he said. rested for reportedly pistol Sullins Hollow, waiting for said. Barlow is charged with ag- Address: whipping a woman he knew someone who was bringing The man took her purse and gravated robbery, aggravated 1300 Neal St. and taking her purse. money that they owed her,” car keys, got back into his ve- assault and possession of a Christopher Barlow, 38, of Martin said. hicle and drove away. firearm during the commis- Cookeville, Tenn. Wayne Anderson Lane, was While she was waiting, Bar- “The victim stated that Bar- sion of a dangerous felony. charged in the incident last low jumped into her vehicle, low got several hundred dol- Barlow was taken into cus- Mailing Address: week. she told authorities. He re- lars in cash and other items tody the following day and P.O. Box 2729 It happened on Thursday on portedly put a gun to her head that were in the pocketbook,” booked with a bond of $55,000. Sullins Hollow Road in Put- and told her to give him her Martin said. His initial appearance in Cookeville TN 38502 nam County, said Chad Mar- purse and her money. He went on to say that the Putnam County General Ses- tin, an investigator with the “Barlow then began strik- victim and Barlow are report- sions Court is set for April 3. Phone: 931-526-9715 Fax: 931-526-1209 Email: SWEEP: Drug sting nets 24 here, mostly dealers News [email protected] From Page 1 Sports penalty. [email protected] Those charged in Op- Advertising eration: Jokers Wild [email protected] are: Living • Rodney Lynn Kirby, [email protected] 52, of Academy Road, Circulation for allegedly selling oxy- Hammock Key Smith Kirby Santos Gist Maddle Garrett [email protected] codone in a drug-free Business News zone. [email protected] • Daniel Hans Ham- Church News mock, 30, of Gainesboro, [email protected] and Richard Demarinn School News Smith, 26, of Lane Av- [email protected] enue, who are each Classified Ads charged with selling Easley Hawkins Buck Savage Dagostino Morris Dunn [email protected] oxycodone. Smith is also Tollison charged in another case with selling cocaine. Letter Guidelines One of those cocaine charges was reportedly All letters to the editor must within a school zone. be signed and include the • Justin Lyn Key, 30, writer’s name, address and of Sunflower Lane, for phone number. Letters are subject to editing and/or re- allegedly selling Clinton Roberson Simpson Hamlet Hargis Wilson Mann Allen jection. A strict 400-word limit buprenorphine, a pre- will be enforced. Send letters scription narcotic, in a heroin. Sparta, for allegedly Easley Jr., 32, of drug-free zone. to the mailing address listed drug-free school zone. • Brandon Wade selling methampheta- Nashville, charged with • Jennifer Cheryl Tol- above, or email to • Millard Carl Savage, Roberson, 31, of King mine. three counts of selling lison, 43, of Lee Semi- [email protected]. 49, of Poplar Grove Street, for alleged pos- • Victor Hugo Santos, more than a half-gram nary Road, and Jacob Road, for allegedly sell- session of a firearm by a 29, of Smithville, for two of cocaine in drug free Ross Garrett, 33, of ing morphine in a drug- convicted felon. counts of allegedly sell- zones, possession of co- North Maple, for al- Order a Photo free zone. • Cary Ray Hamlet, 54, ing cocaine. caine for sale and deliv- legedly selling more Every photograph taken by a Her- • Dallas Carl Allen, 56, of Petite Drive, and • Joseph Shane ery in a drug free zone than half-gram of ald-Citizen photographer and and Betty Delores Clin- Shane Dion Morris, 49, Hawkins, 40, of and possession of more methamphetamine, pos- published in the paper is available ton, 51, both of Lake- of Algood, for allegedly Sycamore Avenue, and than a half-ounce of session of methamphet- for purchase.