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Man sentenced for assault on wife
(Local News ~ 05/19/08)
Should a man be sentenced to more than a couple of years of probation if he beats his wife violently enough to break her jaw? The victim thought so and she begged the judge for a "fair sentence." Terry Wayne Taylor, 40, 1110 W. Wheeler St., pleaded guilty March 4 to a charge of aggravated assault. ...
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Sexual battery, drug charges forwarded to grand jury
(Local News ~ 05/19/08)
A 34-year-old Dyersburg woman who reportedly had a relationship with a 14-year-old now faces a possible indictment. Misty Booker, 417 Church Ave., Apartment B, has been charged with sexual battery and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Dyersburg Police questioned her about a possible sexual relationship with the child. She reportedly provided a detailed statement about their relationship and was charged with sexual battery...
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Judge replaces man's lenient sentence with 6 years in prison
(Local News ~ 05/19/08)
A man who originally received an unusually light sentence for violating the state's motor vehicle habitual offender law is now going to prison. Everett Agee, 46, 622 Tigrett in Halls, just couldn't stop driving motor vehicles. Agee was declared a habitual traffic offender in 2002 and is forbidden to drive. ...
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Trimble man gets federal time for weapons charge
(Local News ~ 05/19/08)
A 34-year-old Trimble man was sentenced on a weapons charge Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Memphis. Embry Pernell Harvey, 136 Mill St., was sentenced to the time he has already served plus three years on probation. The first eight months of that probationary period will be on home confinement...
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Hiking club seeks to establish Dyersburg chapter
(Local News ~ 05/19/08)
For many nature lovers, there is just nothing quite like the lure of a trail twisting into the trees ahead. Local residents who would like to connect with other hiking or walking enthusiasts will have the chance to do just that and possibly cut a new trail into the area with the beginning of a Dyersburg chapter of the Tennessee Trails Association...
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Guns reported stolen from investigator's residence
(Local News ~ 05/19/08)
Dyersburg Police investigators questioned several suspects early Monday morning in connection with the theft of guns from a Future City residence on Sunday. The teenagers were questioned over the theft from the Dyer County Sheriff's Department Chief Investigator Terry McCreight's house off Wabash Avenue of two long guns...
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Obituaries for May 19, 2008
(Obituary ~ 05/19/08)
Robert Ashley "Bob" Rodgers, 74, of Dyersburg, died Saturday, May 17, 2008 at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis. He was a self-employed auto dealer and auctioneer, a member of First Baptist Church and Biblos Sunday School Class, former member of the Jaycees and Dyersburg Kiwanis Club and formerly active in March of Dimes...
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