Cookeville Fire Department responded to a two-hour call for a storage structure fire around midnight on Thursday on Stout Street. Battalion Chief Shawn Roberson said that Cookeville Police were the first on the scene. He said that once CFD members arrived, they were able to suppress the fire quickly with no injury and no spread. Roberson said that the fire ... Read More »
Cookeville City Manager James Mills said the recent events involving a firefighter pay scam should not reflect on the entire fire department. In a release by the city Friday afternoon, Mills said an internal investigation had been launched prior to the Tennessee Comptroller Office’s investigation. Retired Cookeville Fire Captain Marvin Montgomery and current Captain Shawn Roberson face charges of payroll ... Read More »
A former Cookeville Fire Captain faces charges after he allegedly took some $32,212 in compensation he did not deserve. Marvin Montgomery worked for the Cookeville Fire Department and as a part-time instructor at the Tennessee Fire and Codes Enforcement Academy in Bell Buckle. The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office found in an investigation that Montgomery put down the same hours worked at ... Read More »
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