Police bust 9 in gambling cases – Shelbyville Times-Gazette

By JASON M. REYNOLDS ~ jreynolds@t-g.com

Shelbyville police report they conducted a major gambling bust Thursday.

Officers raided six businesses where they said illegal gambling video game machines were being used, Shelbyville Det. Lt. Brian Crews said. At least nine people have been cited in connection with the activity.

Police had received a tip about suspicious activity at the locations, Crews said. The business owners had previously been warned to end the gambling but did not, he said.

The machines and $8,198 in cash were confiscated, Crews said.

The locations were: West Lane Market; Tipsy Tavern; Suds Pool Hall; Pop-A-Top; Hillcrest Market; and Smith's Foodtown, Crews said.

According to Crews, the following were cited as of Friday with possession of gambling device and aggravated gambling promotion: Polly Sue Bearden; Veda Kay Reed; Timothy Scott Arnold; Gladys Darlene Sudberry; and Charles Rayburn Smith. James H. McCullough Jr. was cited with aggravated gambling promotion, Crews said.

Three people who had been gambling were charged, Crews said. Those cited with gambling are: Sebastian Pascual, Anderson Maurice Rucks and Lacy Bernard Cleveland, he said.

The people who were cited appeared for booking on Friday afternoon, Crews said.

In association with the raids, Shelbyville Officer Brock Horner reported that he and Officer Christopher Vest responded to 300 N. Hillcrest Drive on a search warrant for the alleged illegal gambling devices. They saw several people inside the building. After getting permission to enter, Horner reports he and Vest saw Lacy Cleveland sitting at an illegal gambling device.

Vest told everyone what was happening while Horner reports he began talking to Cleveland, who told him he was cleaning the windows in the room for the owner. Horner reports he looked in the room and told Cleveland there was only one window in the room and it was boarded up. Cleveland was given a General Sessions Court summons for gambling and told the booking procedure, Horner reports.

Drive-through charge

Shelbyville Police Officer Bobby Peacock responded to Dairy Queen Thursday about 2:35 p.m. There was a black Chevrolet Suburban in the drive-through with a female in the driver seat who had reportedly passed out.

The woman was identified as Jennifer Marie Blackwell, Peacock reports. She was inside a Bedford County ambulance being checked out when the officer arrived. Peacock reports she appeared to be lethargic, had slurred speech and her pupils were pinpointed. Her hair was disheveled. Peacock reports he asked if she was on any medicine or had been drinking alcohol. She said no, according to the report, although she had just taken two Xanax pills that she takes every morning. She said she does not drink.

Officer Bruce Davis had Blackwell do field sobriety tests, which she failed, according to Peacock's report.

Peacock reports that Blackwell was taken into custody on a charge of driving under the influence. She had a 7-year-old child in the vehicle who was released to her husband along with the vehicle, according to the report.

Funny money

A complainant reported receiving a counterfeit $20 bill Thursday at McDonald's restaurant. Shelbyville Police reported that the bill was passed around lunch time.

Off-road

On Thursday Shelbyville Police Officer Jerry Draine responded to a call of a vehicle that had gone off the road into the tree line around 6 p.m.

Draine and Officer Todd Sanders arrived and found the vehicle, which appeared to have been cutting doughnuts and lost control, Draine reported. The vehicle was facing south just off Railroad Avenue.

Jeffery Waters was found 200 yards west on Railroad Avenue, sitting on the north side of railroad tracks, Draine reported. Upon questioning, Waters said he had consumed alcohol, the report said.

Draine reported that Waters failed a field sobriety test. He was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. At the police station, Waters blew a 0.172 on an intox test, the report said. He was taken to the jail and charged with DUI, driving on a revoked license and reckless driving, the report said.

Jail intake

The following were arrested since Thursday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts.

Jennifer Marie Blackwell, 37, Blue Stocking Hollow; driving under the influence, reckless endangerment, driving on a revoked license; $5,000 bond, held

Termel Lamon Dowdy, 45, Pickle Street; domestic assault-simple, $2,500 bond, held

Orville Octavious Layton, 50, Tullahoma; public intoxication, $500 bond, held

Frankie Lee Mays, 58, South Brittain Street; failure to appear (two counts), $30,000 bond, held

Corey James McDonald, 43, Cates Street; violation of sex offender registry, $50,000 bond, held

Eve Powell, 35, Halls Mill Road; domestic assault-simple, $2,500 bond, released

Jessica Marie Pruett, 27, Pickle Street; hold-extradition-another state, no bond listed, held

Jeffery Tyler Waters, 24, Maplewood Drive; driving under the influence, driving on a revoked license, reckless/careless driving; $3,500 bond, released

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