May 7, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
A Liberty couple who claimed to have gone to a cemetery to “make out” were caught having sex there last Friday.
33 year old Shawn Collin Fitzgerald of Adamson Branch Road and 31 year old Julie Marie Prater of Andrew Street are charged with indecent exposure. She was further charged with failure to appear in court on other charges of resisting arrest and simple possession and for a juvenile attachment. Bond for Fitzgerald is $2,000 and $5,000 for Prater. Both will make a court appearance on May 16.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Friday, May 3 a deputy was dispatched to McMinnville Highway due to a reckless driver who had pulled into one of the cemeteries. Upon arrival the officer learned that Fitzgerald and Prater had been engaging in sexual contact.
A Liberty woman has been charged with aggravated assault and vandalism after damaging another woman’s vehicle with a rock and a baseball bat as the victim sat inside the automobile.
29 year old Whitney Leann Patton of Tubbs Street, Liberty is under a $15,000 bond and she will make a court appearance on May 16.
Sheriff Ray said that on Saturday, May 4 Patton used a baseball bat to strike the windshield and driver’s side window of another woman’s automobile while the victim was seated behind the steering wheel causing her to fear bodily harm. As the victim drove away to contact 911, Patton hit the car with a rock. Because of the vandalism, the victim’s car had cracks in both panels of glass and a dent in the top of the driver’s side door frame.
33 year old Megan Marie McCarthy of Murfreesboro is charged with public intoxication and resist stop, frisk, halt, arrest, or search. She is under a $3,500 bond and her court date is May 16.
Sheriff Ray said that on Friday, May 3 a deputy was dispatched to a residence on Lee Braswell Road due to an unwanted guest. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with McCarthy who had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from her person and she was very unsteady on her feet. While being placed under arrest, McCarthy began to yell saying “I am not going to jail”. She tried to pull away from the officer and refused to walk. McCarthy was subsequently placed in custody for her own safety and that of the public.