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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 general's filing comes after talks with 23rd Judicial District Attorney Ray Crouch.  Earlier this year, the state Court of Criminal...

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 deputies arrived, they discovered Kevin Rich lying on the floor with a gunshot wound and a shotgun wa...

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 investigating the origin of a photograph that depicted individuals desecrating the grave of a deceased l...

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 that our constitutionally illiterate law enforcement officers think is a crime to share,” Horwitz 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. Investigators allege that Hood falsely reported that she had custody of her son in order to receive Tenn...