Post by senior on Nov 27, 2012 6:14:35 GMT -5
Bledsoe Co. Sheriff arrested in restaurant fight
Nov. 26, 2012 by By Kimberly Barbour, Reporter
DUNLAP, TN (WRCB) - Channel 3 is learning more about the fight that landed the Bledsoe County Sheriff behind bars in Sequatchie County.
Sheriff Jimmy Morris was arrested Sunday for disorderly conduct, along with five other men and women fighting at the Dunlap Huddle House around 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Bledsoe County Sheriff Jimmy Morris is still not returning our calls and wasn't taking visitors at his office Monday.
Channel 3 had a brief phone conversation with the man accused of exchanging punches with him. Shannon Bach said he barley knows the sheriff and it's all being "blown out of proportion."
Dunlap Police say they had good reason to arrest the men and say this wasn't their first run-in with them.
www.wrcbtv.com/story/20188835/new-details-bledsoe-co-sheriff-arrested-in-restaurant-fight
"It's a situation made worse when they realized they'd have to handcuff a sheriff.
"It does change things. Officers try to go the extra mile to make sure they've got their I's dotted and T's crossed to make sure everything is on the up and up," Lt. Swanger says."
Should not the officers be just as careful making sure they are doing the right thing with everyone, not just a sheriff out of his jurisdiction?
Nov. 26, 2012 by By Kimberly Barbour, Reporter
DUNLAP, TN (WRCB) - Channel 3 is learning more about the fight that landed the Bledsoe County Sheriff behind bars in Sequatchie County.
Sheriff Jimmy Morris was arrested Sunday for disorderly conduct, along with five other men and women fighting at the Dunlap Huddle House around 2 o'clock Sunday morning. Bledsoe County Sheriff Jimmy Morris is still not returning our calls and wasn't taking visitors at his office Monday.
Channel 3 had a brief phone conversation with the man accused of exchanging punches with him. Shannon Bach said he barley knows the sheriff and it's all being "blown out of proportion."
Dunlap Police say they had good reason to arrest the men and say this wasn't their first run-in with them.
www.wrcbtv.com/story/20188835/new-details-bledsoe-co-sheriff-arrested-in-restaurant-fight
"It's a situation made worse when they realized they'd have to handcuff a sheriff.
"It does change things. Officers try to go the extra mile to make sure they've got their I's dotted and T's crossed to make sure everything is on the up and up," Lt. Swanger says."
Should not the officers be just as careful making sure they are doing the right thing with everyone, not just a sheriff out of his jurisdiction?
