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Police Blotter – 9.2.10
A weekly roundup of the newsworthy, notable and often head-scratching stories gleaned from police reports from the Chattanooga Police Department, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the Bradley County Sheriff’s Department and the Dalton Police Department.
• That whole “don’t bring home automatic weapons” rule really should be taken seriously. A Bradley County deputy will plead guilty in federal court September 9 to smuggling two AK-47 assault rifles into the country from Iraq. The deputy faces up to 20 years in prison. The former Marine took the two weapons and some hand grenades from Iraqi soldiers while he was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom. He sold one rifle to another Bradley County resident and kept the other in his patrol car. He got them into the country by hiding them in the fuel tank of a military vehicle.
• “Hey Grandpa, where’d you get the killer weed?” A 74-year-old Spring City man is facing charges of growing marijuana is his garden, across the street from an elementary school. The alternative gardener was arrested last week on charges of manufacturing marijuana and released on a $2,500 bond. According more »
