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Police retrieve government license plate from patrol car sold at auction weeks ago
(Local News ~ 01/02/07)
A Dyersburg Police patrol car no longer used by the department was auctioned at a Dec. 6 surplus sale - with the sensitive government-issued license plate still attached. Police recovered the special plate on Friday, after a citizen reported a white Chevrolet Lumina, with police markings still visible despite the decals removed, sitting at the Dodge Store parking lot in the early-morning hours Friday...
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Several slain deer left to rot in creek
(Local News ~ 01/02/07)
State wildlife officials are investigating the death of several deer found field dressed and gutted in a creek between Dyersburg and Newbern. The deer, bucks and does in various stages of decomposition, were found Friday by Philip Rose, who was riding with his daughter on a four-wheeler when the carcasses were spotted...
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Rowdy rooster nabbed after attacking dog
(Local News ~ 01/02/07)
An animal control officer and sheriff's captain spent a half-hour attempting to capture an ornery rooster that had attacked a dog on Brickbat Road on Friday. "It ran me all over the yard for almost 30 minutes," said animal control officer Tim Hatch. "I finally got him cornered, and he didn't like it."...
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Man takes vehicle's title during sale, drives off before paying
(Local News ~ 01/02/07)
A man is accused of stealing on Saturday after grabbing a car's title off a desk while negotiating the sale and speeding off in the vehicle. Ladarious Melton, 34, of 2224 St. John Ave., Apt. 6, is lodged in the Dyer County Jail on a charge of theft property from Jerry's Auto Sales...
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Hundreds wait for loans on '06 tax refunds -- with three days left in year
(Local News ~ 01/02/07)
With three days left until 2007 -- the traditional start of the tax year -- hundreds of people streamed through the doors Friday of the Jackson Hewitt tax preparation office to get loans based on earnings for the year yet unfinished. "I like it because you don't have to wait," said Patricia Simpson of Dyersburg, who was waiting in line at 7 p.m. Friday...
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Man gets into brawl with police
(Local News ~ 01/02/07)
A Ridgely man was arrested Monday morning after he fought with police at 2164 Meadowview Drive. According to the Dyersburg Police report, police were alerted to a fight at 2:30 a.m. When they arrived, Bryan Heath Blair, 30, of 93 Burress St., was beginning to assault several women, then ran towards officers to engage in a fight...
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Fugitive turns self in as new year's resolution
(Local News ~ 01/02/07)
A fugitive from Texas called Dyersburg Police to turn himself Monday afternoon after thinking he would start off 2007 with "a clean slate." According to the police report, Christopher Lee Torres, 29, of 1339 Harness Road, called from the Economy Inn to inform police he wanted to turn himself in on a probation violation warrant out of Kleburg County, Texas for assaulting a police officer in April 2006...
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