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Ex-Cheatham County deputy indicted on sex assault charges Natalie Neysa Alund, Nashville Tennessean © File The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation was called in to investigate theft allegations against a Cheatham County deputy. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Monday announced the indictment of a former Cheatham County deputy on felony sex charges. Jeremy Ryan Ethridge, an ex-sergeant with the Cheatham County Sheriffs Department, was arrested Monday on two counts of sex...

View Comments The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on Monday announced the indictment of a former Cheatham County deputy on felony sex charges. Jeremy Ryan Ethridge, an ex-sergeant with the Cheatham County Sheriffs Department, was arrested Monday on two counts of sexual battery, the TBI reported. According to TBI officials, on Sept. 4, 23rd District Attorney General Ray Crouch requested TBI agents to investigate allegations of sexual battery by an off-duty sergeant. During the course of the i...

Credit tn.gov NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man arrested over a social media post sued law enforcement officers Tuesday, claiming they violated his First Amendment rights, the Tennessean reported. Joshua Andrew Garton was arrested in January after posting a photograph that depicted two people urinating on a gravestone with a photo of a Dickson County sheriff’s officer who was fatally shot in 2018. The post was captioned, “Just showing my respect to deputy Daniel Baker from the #dick...

Man arrested over faked photo of Dickson police officers grave sues TBI, DA, city for $1M Mariah Timms, Nashville Tennessean Replay Video UP NEXT A man arrested over a social media post this year is suing Tennessee law enforcement for at least $1 million over what he believes is a violation of his First Amendment rights.  The arrest drew ire from civil rights attorneys as soon as it was announced and launched dozens of calls and complaints to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigat...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee man arrested over a social media post sued law enforcement officers Tuesday, claiming they violated his First Amendment rights, the Tennessean reported. Joshua Andrew Garton was arrested in January after posting a photograph that depicted two people urinating on a gravestone with a photo of a Dickson County sheriff’s officer who was fatally shot in 2018. The post was captioned, “Just showing my respect to deputy Daniel Baker from the #dicksoncountypolicedep...

TN AG petitions court to overturn reversal of Dickson man’s murder conviction The Tennessee attorney general recently petitioned the state appeals court to undo its reversal of a first-degree murder conviction for a Dickson County man in the death of his 2-month-old son.  The court filing by state Attorney General Herbert Slatery petitioned for a rehearing, stating the appeals court opinion “misapplies and conflicts” with a prior 1998 ruling. The attorney generals filing comes after talk...

A Dickson woman was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2017 death of her husband in the first trial at the new Dickson County Justice Center and the county’s first trial amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Deirdre Rich, 56, was convicted of first degree murder in the shotgun shooting death of husband Kevin Rich, 47, in Dickson County Circuit Court.  On March 20, 2017, county sheriff’s office deputies arrived that night to a home on Log Wall Road in Dickson in reference to a shooting. When d...

Tennessee Man Charged With Producing Fake Photo Of Desecration Of Grave Of Deceased Dickson County Officer Friday, January 22, 2021 Joshua Andrew Garton Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, working alongside investigators from the Dickson Police Department, have arrested and charged a Lyles, Tn., man accused of manufacturing and disseminating a harassing photograph on social media.   At the request of 23rd District Attorney General Ray Crouch, TBI Agents began inve...

But as Tennessee attorney Daniel A. Horwitz, who specializes in First Amendment litigation noted, the specific conduct the TBI arrested Garton for is simply “not a crime.” “The First Amendment clearly and unmistakably protects this man’s right to post an offensive photo about a police officer,” Horwitz told Law&Crime. “The only people who broke the law here were the police officers and TBI agents who participated in this flagrantly unconstitutional arrest.” “This is the photo t...

Posted January 5th, 2021 for Tennessee Government Tuesday, January 05, 2021 12:42pm NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Dickson County woman is charged with TennCare fraud and theft of services for allegedly falsely reporting that she had custody of her son in order to obtain TennCare benefits for herself. The Office of Inspector General (OIG), in a joint effort with the , today announced the arrest of 31-year old Megan Hood of Dickson. Both charges against her are class D felonies. Inve...