Four arrested in home robbery

Written by Byron Hensley | 14 July 2010

By Byron Hensley
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Four persons were arrested Saturday after an alleged home invasion robbery in rural Coffee County.
Sheriff’s deputies received a call at 12:04 Saturday of an armed robbery at 1298 Crews Hollows Road, Wartrace, and were advised that the offenders had fled, heading toward Tullahoma Dispatch was told to notify Tullahoma of the traffic and to be looking for the car. At approximately 12:16, Tullahoma units had the vehicle and alleged offenders in custody, waiting for a county unit to arrive. The alleged offenders were identified as Michael Tyrone Gant, 41, of Grizzard Street, Tullahoma; Andre K. Johnson, 27, of Emmett Stone Lane, Manchester; and Quienton Williams, 27, of Huntsville, Ala.; and Daneile Jennoy Jeffery, 37, of New Rock Creek Road, Tullahoma.
In the incident report, Deputy Nicholas Crosier stated he went to the address of the alleged robbery and spoke with a Robert Paulk Jr. and a Walter Allen Shelton Jr. Paulk stated that he was in the residence and Shelton was outside at the barn working on a water pump.
Paulk stated that he heard a noise at the door, looked up and saw a male subject coming in who said he needed car help, but once Paulk stood up off the couch, the man pulled a pistol on him. Paulk said he grabbed the end of the gun with his hand, at which point two other male subjects came in and he was told to get on the ground, and he complied.
The men tied Paulk’s arms behind his back with a sock and tied a shirt around his face. Paulk said them men then started looking through the house and would ask him every once in a while where the money was. Paulk stated he would say he didn’t know and the men would tell him to shut his mouth or they would blow him away, and once stated they would kick his face. Paulk stated they threatened his life verbally more than once and that he felt in fear for his life. After the suspects went through the whole house they left, leaving Paulk tied up.The deputy then spoke with Shelton, the home owner, who stated he was in the barn when a female, Danielle Jefferies pulled up in his driveway and came to the barn and took him out of view from the front of his home. Shelton stated she was asking about money that she needed and talked about things. Shelton said he didn’t have any money for her and then she started to talk about a baby high chair he had in the barn area. Once done talking with him she left, but he said he noticed $40 gone from his pocket. Shelton stated he then went to the front of the house and found the front door locked, and that he never locked his front door. He went to the back door and went inside, where Paulk yelled “We’ve been robbed,” and he found Paulk tied up and his faced covered.
Items taken from the house included three BB gun rifles, the $40 belonging to Shelton, two cell phones and $20 and a pcoket knife belonging to Paulk. Shelton stated he had some medicines missing also.
All the items were found in the car in which the alleged offenders had left the scene, except for the money and medicines.
Suspects were questioned separately after having been read their rights. Jefferies stated she had gone to the residence seeking rent money because she knew Shelton got paid and was outside at the barn. She said that after talking to him for a bit, she went back to lvehicle to leave and saw the male subjects walking down the road, and she picked them up and asked what they were doing. They got in the car and told her to go. She stated she did go and that once in Tullahoma, police units got behind her and the males told her not to stop and to keep going. She stated they did have the BB rifles after they left the residence.
Gant stated that he went to the house with Jefferies where she got out of the vehicle and the three males never got out. Johnson said that Gant and Williams went into the residence but he stayed next to the car. Williams stated that men came to the car with the BB guons and that Gant gave them $60 and he got a cell phone in the deal.
According to the report, Williams’ phone was found to contain two text message, “can’t bout to rob somebody” and later “I just robbed somebody damn bye.” The times of the texts coincided with the time of the crimes.