Tag Archives: Putnam County Sheriff’s Department

The Putnam County Sheriffs Department and Cookeville Police are asking for your help in finding a man for questioning. 33-year-old Luther Glass stands 6-0, weighing 130. He is a black man last seen wearing a grey shirt and carrying a red backpack. Glass was last seen leaving the Cookeville square, walking south on North Washington Avenue. If you have any ... Read More »

Putnam County Sheriffs Deputies apprehended a Colorado bank robber in the county over the weekend. Jerry Robert Stubbins robbed a Colorado Springs credit union August 25, escaping with $420,000. The Sheriffs Department received work Thursday Stubbins might be in Putnam County and issued a “Be On The Lookout” alert for deputies. Deputies spotted a silver minivan at the Dollar General ... Read More »

Friday will be the final day of work for a noted member of the Putnam County Sheriffs Department. K-9 Bolt began serving thee county in 2015. He will retire Friday, set to live with Sheriffs Department Lieutenant Richard Cobble. “It’s going to be a challenge for him to slow down because we go wide open every day,” Cobble said. “He’s ... Read More »

A Putnam County Sheriff’s Department traffic stop Thursday led to the arrest of Angie Iwanyszyn on drug charges. Iwanyszyn was pulled over for a lane violation on Cookeville Boatdock Road in Baxter, where K9 Rocky alerted the deputies of an issue with the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle resulted in multiple individually packaged baggies with a crystal substance ... Read More »

Three inmates overdosed at the Putnam County Jail Monday morning, the second time in a month. Sheriff Eddie Farris said they have reason to believe it was from fentanyl brought in by an inmate booked around 12:30 this morning. Farris said the inmate was able to bring the narcotics in undetected. “The drugs are being placed up in the body ... Read More »

Putnam County Sheriff’s Department expects about another year until its new emergency radio communications system will be complete. Sheriff Eddie Farris said Putnam County will have five sites for the transmitter locations. He said three sites are already in good shape, one site needs upgrades, and the state will find and purchase land for the final site. Farris said the ... Read More »

Putnam County Sheriffs Department found a missing Cookeville woman Wednesday afternoon Melinda Crawford was last seen at her home on Hawkins Crawford Road June 29. A family member reported her missing July 5. She is listed as a white female with dark hair, 5 feet, 1 inch tall, weighing some 101 pounds. Read More »

Putnam County Sheriff’s Department in negotiations with the Nashville Middle District United States Marshal to house federal inmates with the new jail addition. Sheriff Eddie Farris said that this is an opportunity that has come about through a good working relationship with the state marshal’s office, so there is a good sense of trust. Farris said it also because of ... Read More »

A man accused of kidnapping and sexual battery in Cookeville has been arrested by the Smithville Police Department. Twenty-Nine-Year-Old Tyler Justin Hall was located at the Smithville Dollar General Sunday, one day after he kidnapped two Sam’s Club employees. The two were approached by Hall in the parking lot of Cookeville’s Sam’s Club. Hall allegedly displayed a handgun, ordered the ... Read More »

Two Algood police officers diffused a potential suicide attempt involving a young man on Tuesday. Officers Matthew Tyree and Kyle Meyer were observing traffic around 5:30 Tuesday morning when a young man bloody with self-inflicted cuts approached them with two large pocket knives. Algood Police Chief Dale Armour said the officers were able to disorient the young man by circling ... Read More »