Police: Man charged after shot fired at Memphis TV station faced mental health challenges for much of his life, his mother said.

MEMPHIS (AP)- No one was struck by the shot fired Tuesday into the WHBQ station, the Fox affiliate in Tennessee’s second-largest city, Memphis Police Department Deputy Chief Stephen Chandler said at a news conference. The bullet fired with an “AR-style rifle” hit glass and a desk, but it wasn’t clear if it was fired intentionally, he said. Crisis negotiators helped take the suspect into custody.

“He wanted to meet with media. He had a message to send out,” Chandler said. He didn’t provide more details.

Memphis police later announced that they had arrested Jarrad Nathan, 26, and charged him with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney.

Nathan has had mental health issues since he was young, Marsha McKinney told news outlets.

“He’s one of the nicest, kindest (people, but) everybody has another side, too,” McKinney said. “I think that my son is crying out for attention because he needs some help.”

The station said employees were evacuated to a parking lot for about 30 minutes after the shot was fired, while police secured the area.

Georgia couple awarded $135.5M for polluted land and water

COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A federal jury has awarded a Georgia couple $135.5 million for damages to their property by a Tennessee-based solar company and its contractor.

The award against Silicon Ranch Corp. and its contractor, IEA Inc., was announced Friday by James E. Butler, attorney for plaintiffs Shaun and Amie Harris who live near Lumpkin, Georgia, south of Columbus, WRBL-TV reported.

According to the lawsuit, Silicon Ranch Corp. has developed more than 160 solar panel facilities across the country, many of which were built by IEA. At “Lumpkin Solar,” IEA cleared and mass-graded about 1,000 acres of timberland, farmland and land near the Harris couple that was previously used for recreational hunting and fishing — without installing adequate measures for erosion and sediment control, Butler said in a news release.

“The result was what one would expect — when it rained, pollution poured downhill and downstream onto the neighbors’ property, inundating wetlands with silt and sediment, and turning a 21-acre trophy fishing lake into a mud hole,” Butler said.

The companies “created, operated and maintained a nuisance … that caused sedimentation to pollute plaintiffs’ wetlands, streams and lake. The court further finds that this nuisance has continued for approximately two years unabated,” U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land said in the order.

The jury returned a compensatory damage verdict of $10.5 million.

Morristown VFW to offer day of service Saturday

VFW Post 5266 is sponsoring a pet adoption day event for the Morristown-Hamblen Humane Society Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the post, located at 2503 East Andrew Johnson Highway. This is a part of the post’s Second Annual VFW National Day of Service.

There will be an array of activities and services, including reduced adoption fees.

Special Guest Jeff Wisecarver, a K-9 trainer, will be present to answer questions. Vaccinations will be provided by Claws and Paws 4 a Cause. Homemade doggie treats by Alanna, homemade pet hair products by Mindy, pup baths by Vicky and Friends and pet photos by Chloe will also be available.

A raffle for a dog/cat end table will be conducted. Door prizes will be given away.

All pets must be on a leash. Donations for the M-H Humane Society can be dropped off at the event. All proceeds will go to the animal shelter. Those wanting to help may call 423-258-3097.

Greeneville man dies in crash

A Greeneville man died Wednesday morning in a crash on East Andrew Johnson Highway in Greeneville.

According to a release from the Greeneville Police Department, at 7 a.m., Wednesday, a one-car crash was reported in the 2200 block of East Andrew Johnson Highway involving injuries. When officers arrived on the scene, they found an unresponsive man who had been removed from the vehicle.

Killed in the crash was David Foshie, age 69, of Greeneville. Foshie was pronounced dead at the scene by Greeneville/Greene County EMS.

The body was taken to the William L. Jenkins Forensic Center at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City for an autopsy. The cause of the crash is still under investigation at this time.

Convicted Hamblen felon arrested on meth charges

A Morristown man who was convicted in 2014 of a drug charge in Grainger County, was arrested Saturday after being found with 123 grams of meth and more than $900 in cash in his possession.

Jacob Thomas Trent, 30, was charged with driving left of center, failure to exercise due care, manufacture/delivery/sale/possession of meth and possession of paraphernalia.

In a report from the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Office, at 5:39 p.m., deputies with the HCSO’s Narcotics/Gang Unit conducted a traffic stop on a Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck with Florida tags due to the truck driving left of center on Jackson Street and making a wide turn onto Lennie Avenue driving on the wrong side of the road. When interviewed about the odor of marijuana coming from the truck, Trent, the driver, became increasingly nervous and said that CBD was not illegal. Deputies got Trent out of the truck for a pat-down search after deputies saw Trent putting something into his shirt pocket. A search of Trent resulted in recovery of 3 bags of meth in Trent’s shirt pocket and a cut straw in his pants pocket.

A search of the truck resulted in recovery of 4 more bags of meth, two sets of digital scales with drug residue, two marijuana grinders with residue and two boxes of 9 mm ammunition. Trent also had $917 in cash in his pants pocket. Total weight of the meth was 123.31 grams. Trent was taken into custody.

In 2018, Trent allegedly supplied a handgun to a friend who in June accidentally shot himself in the stomach. The handgun had been reported stolen, according to MPD Detective Darrin Burchfield, who also reported that Trent was convicted of a felony drug offense in Grainger County in 2014. Trent was placed into custody.