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Moonshine Still Busted in Bradley County

1,288 views · Published 2 November 2012 · 1:41 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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by John Madewell  Bradley County deputies come across an unusual finding on Friday night. They found a working moonshine still on the edge of Cleveland's city limits.Deputies responded to 923 15th St. on a shots fired call. Several neighbors heard numerous gunshots. Deputy Doug Boucher's report indicates several people drinking and admitting to shooting guns. Bradley County Sheriff's Office spokesman Bob Gault said they were shooting in a safe manner and it is legal to fire weapons in the county.Deputy Boucher wrote in his report that Daniel Dunnavant invited him into his residence. Once inside, Boucher said he saw two marijuana pipes and marijuana. Next to the guns in a bedroom, the deputy found  "two 5 gallon glass jugs and a gallong glass jug of clear liquid."Deputies also saw several pieces of copper tubing and stainless steel in the bedroom. Boucher found a working moonshine still on the back porch. After the discovery, the incident report indicates Dunnavant showed deputies two 10 gallon containers in the kitchen where corn mash was fermenting.Neighbor Candace Johnson lives at the bottom of the steep driveway leading up to Dunnavant's house. Her husband heard the gunshots and she later found out about the working moonshine still. Johnson said, "I don't know what to think about that. I mean that's something you don't really hear of often, at all, ever. So, that's really surprising."Even though deputy Boucher found marijuana, Gault said the Sheriff's Office doesn't have any charges filed against Dunnavant.The case has been turned over to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The still was taken apart and seized by the ABC. That agency plans to cite Dunnavant. Manufacturing and possession of this amount of moonshine is a misdemeanor.

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