Lebanon Woman Busted for Shoplifting in Alexandria

January 5, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Alexandria Police arrested a woman last week for shoplifting from the Dollar General Store.

25 year old Brandi Nicole Morgan of Lebanon is charged with theft of property and resisting stop, frisk, halt, arrest, or search. She was also cited for simple possession of a schedule IV drug. Her bond totals $5,000 and she will be in court January 17.

According to the arrest warrant, Officer Josh Arnold was dispatched to the Alexandria Dollar General Store on Sunday, December 30 in reference to shoplifting. Central dispatch informed Officer Arnold that the suspects, a male and female, had just left the store and were walking on High Street.

“I located a female on High Street matching the description from central dispatch. Upon speaking with her, Morgan she consented to a search of her person. Upon conducting a consent to search of her bag several items were located and later identified as items stolen from the Dollar General Store. Those items included one bag of Gain Flings, two fast Bites Cheeseburgers, one 20 ounce bottle of Dr. Pepper, one Tracfone phone card, one bag of pistachios, and four Nature Valley Granola bars. All of the items recovered totaled $34.45 before tax. She admitted stealing the items listed,” wrote Officer Arnold in the report.

A search of her backpack revealed one and a half round light blue pills believed to be diazepam.

While attempting to detain her in handcuffs, Officer Arnold said Morgan became very belligerent and pulled her hands away to prevent being handcuffed. She was subsequently placed in custody and taken to the jail for booking.

January 5, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS Lady Tigers scored a huge non-district victory Friday night handing the 3rd ranked White County Warriorettes their first loss of the season. The final score was 78 to 68.

White County came into the game 16-0. With the win the Lady Tigers improve to 12-4.

The Lady Tigers trailed 13 to 10 after the 1st period but grabbed a 32 to 29 lead at halftime and led 50 to 40 after the 3rd period before going on to win 78 to 68.

Kadee Ferrell scored 26 and Lydia Brown 25 in leading DeKalb County to the victory. Kenzie France, Emme Colwell, and Joni Robinson each scored 6. Mya Ruch 5 and Mallori Hart and Maddison Parsley each with 2.

Meanwhile the Tigers fell to the Warriors 80 to 43 dropping to 1-15 on the season. White County improves to 13-4.

The Tigers trailed 21 to 15 after the 1st period, 34 to 27 at halftime, and 57 to 33 after the 3rd period before losing 80 to 43.

Nathan Atkins scored 12, Dallas Cook 7, Lucas Hale and Nathaniel Crook each with 4, Josh Carlton and Tanner Poss each with 3, Colter Norris, Brayden Howard, Luke Jenkins, Hayden Thomas, and Dakota White each with 2.

DeKalb County will host Upperman Tuesday night and travel to Macon County next Friday night. WJLE will have LIVE coverage.

Girls District 8AA Standings as of January 5:
DeKalb County: 12-4 (4-0)
Macon County: 15-4 (4-0)
Upperman: 13-3 (4-0)
York Institute: 6-8 (2-2)
Livingston Academy: 8-11(1-3)
Watertown: 7-10 (1-3)
Cannon County: 10-7 (0-4)
Smith County 5-8 (0-4)

Boys District 8AA Standings as of January 5:
York Institute: 11-2 (4-0)
Livingston Academy: 12-6 (4-0)
Macon County: 7-11 (3-1)
Watertown: 12-5 (2-2)
Upperman: 11-4 (2-2)
Cannon County: 8-10 (1-3)
DeKalb County: 1-15 (0-4)
Smith County 1-11 (0-4)

The remaining schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, January 8: Upperman*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, January 11: Macon County*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 15: Smith County*-Away 6 p.m.
Friday, January 18: York Institute*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 22: Livingston Academy*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, January 25: Watertown*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, January 29: Cannon County*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, February 1: Upperman*-Away 6 p.m.
Tuesday, February 5: Macon County*-Home 6 p.m.
Thursday, February 7: Smith County*-Home 6 p.m.
Friday, February 8: Monterey-Home 6 p.m.

January 4, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A Lebanon man found with a stolen motorcycle has been charged by Alexandria Police with theft of property over $1,000.

29 year old Aaron Scott Elmore is also charged with a 2nd offense of driving while licensed revoked and resisting stop, frisk, halt, arrest, or search. His total bond on the charges is $11,500 and he will make a court appearance on January 17.

According to the arrest warrant, Alexandria Police Officer Josh Arnold responded to 216 Church Street on Saturday, December 29 to conduct an investigation and spotted a black 2017 Suzuki motorcycle which looked like one that he tried to pull over the day before on Friday, December 28. Officer Arnold spoke with Elmore who admitted to having driven the motorcycle which failed to yield to the traffic stop. Elmore also admitted to still having possession of the motorcycle. A computer check through the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) revealed that the motorcycle was reported stolen out of Nashville on October 7. A further check through central dispatch showed Elmore’s driver license to be revoked for DUI pertaining to alcohol or drugs in Wilson County from March 22, 2016 to March 22, 2018 with no reinstatement. He also has a prior driving while license revoked offense against him in Smith County which occurred on September 25, 2017.

Elmore was placed under arrest and transported to the jail for booking.