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Gleason man charged with sexual battery by an authority figure
Story by Shannon Taylor, Senior Investigative Reporter On March 27 Investigator Kyle Watkins with the Gleason Police Department was dispatched to an address in Gleason regarding a juvenile victim. Upon arrival and speaking with the 13-year-old girl, she stated that in Nov.-Dec. of 2022 while she was asleep in her bed, that 33-year-old John R.…
Read MoreGleason man arrested for food assistance theft and fraud
On Feb. 8 Investigator Kyle Watkins was contacted by Patrolman Travis regarding a case the Dresden Police Department was investigating. Travis stated that the victim did not give anyone permission to use his food stamp card with his name on it and that it had been stolen and used multiple times in Gleason. The card…
Read MoreGleason woman charged with possession of meth
On Feb. 5 Officer Landon Callens with the Gleason Police Department received a call from a witness stating that while on a traffic stop with 52-year-old Sharon Hugueley, she threw something. Upon arriving back at the scene, Callens and Deputy S. Callens found a bag containing a white crystal substance believed to be meth and…
Read MoreTwo Weakley County men charged with conspiracy to sell meth
Two Weakley County men are now facing a conspiracy to sell meth charge after Officer Landon Callens with the Gleason Police Department received knowledge that a vehicle parked at Dollar General had illegal narcotics inside. On Feb. 4 at 12:30 a.m., Callens observed a black Chrysler 200 parked in the Dollar General Parking lot in…
Read MoreRidgley woman arrested on meth charges in Gleason
A Ridgley woman is facing meth charges after a traffic stop led to a search of her vehicle in Gleason. On Jan. 24 a traffic stop was conducted by Investigator Kyle Watkins with the Gleason Police Department on a silver Chevrolet traveling on Highway 22 with dark window tint. During the course of the stop…
Read MoreBethel Springs woman arrested on meth charges in Gleason
On Jan. 8 a cooperating individual with the Gleason Police Department was given U.S. currency to purchase one gram of meth at a set location in Gleason. The drug transaction was observed by Assistant Chief Lowe and recorded by an audio recorder. Once the transaction was over, Lowe advised that 43-year-old Yvonne Idette Nelson was…
Read MoreGleason woman arrested for possession of meth
On Dec. 20 at 7:34 p.m. Patrolman Joseph Bates with Gleason Police Department initiated a traffic stop on a red Nissan Altima for speeding 70mph in a 55mph zone. Upon checking the license status for the driver, 25-year-old Sierra Terry, it was found to be revoked for a DUI on Dec. 28, 2018, out of…
Read MoreGreenfield man arrested for meth
On Dec. 20 at 9:00 a.m. Investigator Kyle Watkins with the Gleason Police Department observed a white Hyundai turn on East Union Street from James Mill with the front passenger not wearing a seatbelt. Upon conducting a traffic stop on the vehicle, dispatch advised that the driver, 53-year-old Gary Wallace, had an active warrant out…
Read MoreChild sex offender from Idaho arrested in Gleason
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter A child sex offender from Idaho, 46-year-old Walter Larue Robinson III, was arrested in Gleason on Dec. 14 at 1:20 p.m. after officers from Gleason Police Department and Weakley County Sheriff’s Department were informed that he had been staying at a residence in Gleason. Robinson was charged in…
Read MoreUnion City man arrested in Gleason for Schedule II
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter On Dec. 1 around 8:02 p.m., Patrolman Joseph Bates with the Gleason Police Department, observed a black/gray in color Chevy truck traveling down West Street with a headlight out. Bates got behind the vehicle and activated his emergency equipment and pulled the vehicle over at 604 West Street.…
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