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TOP STORY April 4, 2005
Automatic gunfire leads police to arrest
By Robert Moore, Tribune Staff Writer
Hamblen County Detective Lt. Mike Hayes, left, led a search this morning of the grounds of a Mae Collins Road trailer home where three suspected foreign nationals were taken into custody on felony drug and weapons charges.
Illegal weapons, cocaine found in south Hamblen County residence
The distinctive, staccato report of automatic gunfire in south Hamblen County late Sunday night led to the arrest of three suspected Hispanic foreign nationals on felony cocaine and weapons charges, according to authorities.
In addition to a “felony amount†of cocaine, authorities seized $53,649 in suspected drug-sale proceeds, two Dodge pickups and a cache of weapons, according to Hamblen County Sheriff Otto Purkey.
Two of the firearms, an AK-47 assault rifle with a prohibited 60-round banana clip and a Russian-made 7.62mm rifle, have as much or more firepower as any weapon available to local law enforcement officials.
A .20-gauge shotgun and 30-caliber rifle were reported stolen in Texas, according to Deputy Sgt. Chad Mullins.
“We went in to investigate the shooting, and we stepped into the rest of this,†Mullins said this morning.
Three Hispanic men, only one of whom had identification, continue to be held in the Hamblen County Jail without bond.
One had a Tennessee driver’s license identifying himself as 24-year-old Jose Luis Bautista, Mae Collins Road, but Purkey says it’s uncertain if that’s the defendant’s true identity.
Bautista allegedly was holding the cocaine in one of his pants pockets, according to Mullins.
Two suspects reportedly said they were unemployed. One reportedly maintains he works as a laborer in a tobacco field.
Purkey says he finds their story unconvincing, and he feels certain they accumulated the $53,000 selling drugs.
“There ain’t no doubt about that,†Purkey alleged.
The biggest question looming late this morning was what’s inside a barn-like structure behind the Mae Collins Road trailer.
Deputies reportedly got permission to search the trailer where they found the drugs, money and weapons, but the three men balked when authorities said they wanted to search the wooden building.
The search process was delayed because deputies had to travel to Hawkins County to get a judge’s signature on the search warrant.
Two individuals, a 19-year-old man and a juvenile male, were walking near the trailer around 11:15 p.m. when one of the occupants allegedly loosed a pit bull terrier on them, according to Mullins.
A short time later, shots believed to have been fired from an AK-47 rang out, and at least three residents living in the area called 911.
Mullins, Deputy Lucas Sizemore and Deputy Dexter Morris were the first on the scene to investigate.
Mullins says they seized two pickups, a 1999 Dodge and a 2004 Dodge, because authorities strongly suspect they were purchased with drug-sale proceeds.
Two members of the Morristown Police Department, David Hancock and Brian Rinehart, also were dispatched to the trailer for backup.
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I called the paper to tell them that they were wrong when the said that the "60 round banana clip" was "prohibited" and explained the legalities of the AWB, and the man at the paper told me that the police told him the magazine was illegal! It's bad when the police don't even know the laws....
By the way good thing they got these guys off the street, that's all we need are more illegal aliens in East Tennessee, especially ones with rifles and cocaine.
http://www.citizentribune.com/news/index.asp
TOP STORY April 4, 2005
Automatic gunfire leads police to arrest
By Robert Moore, Tribune Staff Writer
Hamblen County Detective Lt. Mike Hayes, left, led a search this morning of the grounds of a Mae Collins Road trailer home where three suspected foreign nationals were taken into custody on felony drug and weapons charges.
Illegal weapons, cocaine found in south Hamblen County residence
The distinctive, staccato report of automatic gunfire in south Hamblen County late Sunday night led to the arrest of three suspected Hispanic foreign nationals on felony cocaine and weapons charges, according to authorities.
In addition to a “felony amount†of cocaine, authorities seized $53,649 in suspected drug-sale proceeds, two Dodge pickups and a cache of weapons, according to Hamblen County Sheriff Otto Purkey.
Two of the firearms, an AK-47 assault rifle with a prohibited 60-round banana clip and a Russian-made 7.62mm rifle, have as much or more firepower as any weapon available to local law enforcement officials.
A .20-gauge shotgun and 30-caliber rifle were reported stolen in Texas, according to Deputy Sgt. Chad Mullins.
“We went in to investigate the shooting, and we stepped into the rest of this,†Mullins said this morning.
Three Hispanic men, only one of whom had identification, continue to be held in the Hamblen County Jail without bond.
One had a Tennessee driver’s license identifying himself as 24-year-old Jose Luis Bautista, Mae Collins Road, but Purkey says it’s uncertain if that’s the defendant’s true identity.
Bautista allegedly was holding the cocaine in one of his pants pockets, according to Mullins.
Two suspects reportedly said they were unemployed. One reportedly maintains he works as a laborer in a tobacco field.
Purkey says he finds their story unconvincing, and he feels certain they accumulated the $53,000 selling drugs.
“There ain’t no doubt about that,†Purkey alleged.
The biggest question looming late this morning was what’s inside a barn-like structure behind the Mae Collins Road trailer.
Deputies reportedly got permission to search the trailer where they found the drugs, money and weapons, but the three men balked when authorities said they wanted to search the wooden building.
The search process was delayed because deputies had to travel to Hawkins County to get a judge’s signature on the search warrant.
Two individuals, a 19-year-old man and a juvenile male, were walking near the trailer around 11:15 p.m. when one of the occupants allegedly loosed a pit bull terrier on them, according to Mullins.
A short time later, shots believed to have been fired from an AK-47 rang out, and at least three residents living in the area called 911.
Mullins, Deputy Lucas Sizemore and Deputy Dexter Morris were the first on the scene to investigate.
Mullins says they seized two pickups, a 1999 Dodge and a 2004 Dodge, because authorities strongly suspect they were purchased with drug-sale proceeds.
Two members of the Morristown Police Department, David Hancock and Brian Rinehart, also were dispatched to the trailer for backup.
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I called the paper to tell them that they were wrong when the said that the "60 round banana clip" was "prohibited" and explained the legalities of the AWB, and the man at the paper told me that the police told him the magazine was illegal! It's bad when the police don't even know the laws....
By the way good thing they got these guys off the street, that's all we need are more illegal aliens in East Tennessee, especially ones with rifles and cocaine.
Automatic weapons and cocaine have both been BANNED for more than 60 years!! 