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Update: Bledsoe County Sheriff Arrested

2,594 views · Published 27 November 2012 · 2:24 · Indexed 17 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin  A local sheriff is arrested over the weekend -- accused of fighting with a man outside a Dunlap restaurant.Dunlap police arrested Sheriff Morris early Sunday morning for disorderly conduct. They say the argument led to a fight outside the Huddle House in Dunlap.According to arrest reports, Sheriff Morris told officers the argument happened outside the restaurant....An argument over cigarettes.The fight allegedly broke out between Sheriff Morris and Shannon Bach.� Witnesses told officers that Morris flipped a lit cigarette at Bach inside the doorway of the Huddle House.� Bach told officers he was sucker punched by Morris.� But, an employee told officers SHE witnessed Bach throw the first punch.� Many residents we spoke with say Sheriff Morris was justified in fighting back."Around here you hit somebody, you're gonna get hit, there's a difference in an argument and somebody sucker punching you, you're gonna get hit," says Bledsoe county resident Patricia Owens."I can guarantee you if someone hit my husband, he would hit them back," says Bledsoe County resident Peg Simpson.Monday, we went by Sheriff Morris' home looking for him, no one answered the door. When we went by the sheriff's office, they told us he wasn't in and they had no comment. Many residents like Patricia Owens say the sheriff has actually gained respect in her book. And here's why."It means that he stood up for himself and he would do it for us. That's� how we look at it around here," says Bledsoe County resident Patricia Owens.We're told a total of 6 people, were arrested Sunday morning outside the Huddle House, all for disorderly conduct.Sheriff Morris has a court date scheduled for sometime in December.

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