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From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Wednesday, May 3rd, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz. From WRCB Channel 3…

From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Wednesday, May 3rd, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz.

From WRCB Channel 3…

The McMinn County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help finding a teenager that is believed to be headed to Texas with 2-3 other juveniles.

Officials are trying to find 15-year old, Celia Norwood. Celia was last seen in Charleston, Tennessee on Friday, April 28, 2017.

Celia is described as:

  • a white female with blonde hair and blue eyes,
  • 5’5″ tall, and weighing 140 pounds

If you have seen Celia or have any information about her, please contact the McMinn County Sheriff’s Department at 423-745-5620.

Also in news today…

Joint-efforts between the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Bradley County Sheriff’s Office have led to the capture of a suspect wanted for Attempted First-Degree Murder out of Polk County, TN.

Daniel Theodore Stinnett, age 49, was arrested at a residence on Corvin Rd., and a weapon believed to have been used during the crime was recovered at the scene of the arrest.

Stinnett is now incarcerated in the Bradley County Correctional Facility and will be transferred to the custody of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at a later time.

From the Cleveland Daily Banner…

A confession by Jody Hughes to the murder of Tyler Worth in 2015 was suppressed due to his confession being after reportedly being threatened with a plea agreement being revoked.

Though it was scheduled to be the first day of a possible two-week trial, Monday was instead set aside for motions to be decided upon by Circuit Court Judge Sandra Doneghy.

The suppression hearing Monday was not to determine if Hughes had actually killed Worth, but if a confession he made while being questioned by 10th Judicial District Drug Task Force director Bill Cherry was coerced. An agreement was made with Hughes and the District Attorney General’s Office that if he would lead authorities to the site where Worth was located, the death penalty would be not be sought by the state.

However, Hughes’ attorney Wilton Marble questioned Cherry about him telling Hughes when the two were together that the agreement with the DA’s office could be removed, and Hughes could face the death penalty. He said that it was obvious that his client did not want to die.

Cherry said that Hughes finally admitted to the homicide, saying “I shot him, I shot him … I want the deal.”

Marble said that “the state cannot use the death penalty to induce the defendant to confess,” Marble said. “It’s like putting a pork chop in front of a hungry wolf.”

He said that this was a case of coercion of his client, and Doneghy agreed, having the confession by Hughes to Cherry stricken from future proceedings in the trial.

“I do find that there is that coercive nature about the confession, due to the defendant’s fears about death,” the judge continued, “so I will suppress the confession.”

It was not stated in court whether the death penalty could still be imposed on Hughes should he be found guilty of Worth’s murder.

Hughes, 28, will remain incarcerated at the Bradley County Justice Center throughout the trial. The jury selection was to begin yesterday morning, and opening statements by the defense and prosecution were to begin yesterday afternoon.

Also from The Banner…

Bradley County commissioners sent two words out to property owners during their Monday night meeting: “Don’t panic.”

The words come as a response to taxpayers who, after receiving their reassessment notices, have expressed concerns their property taxes are going up.

Just the opposite may be true in most instances, but the amount of taxes due should remain almost identical to what they are currently.

The situation is that taxpayers are seeing their property values increase, which would suggest those properties would see an increase in their tax bills. Commissioner Terry Caywood said he had communicated with County Assessor Stanley Thompson about the matter. “The new certified tax rate will be adjusted to the point that the taxing jurisdictions will receive the same amount of property tax revenue as it did the previous year, prior to reappraisal,” Thompson’s email to Caywood stated. Caywood emphasized the point made by Thompson that, according to state statutes, jurisdictions cannot use the reappraisal to generate new revenue. That means if the property values go up, the Commission must approve a tax rate that brings in the same amount of revenue and not more.

This has been your local and state news. You can get news anytime by visiting our website, mymix1041.com, powered by Pioneer Credit. From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, this is Jeremy Gault reporting.

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