Tag: Cookeville News

Putnam county holds man with 11 grams of meth, 65 grams marijuana, on $128,000+ bond

22-year-old Alexander Mason Williams is held in lieu of a $128,600 bond in Cookeville, TN, after police charged him with possession of 65 grams of marijuana, 11 grams of methamphetamine, and drug paraphernalia, including resale bags and smoking pipes.

Former ‘Skin Deep’ owner admits to lying to patients & employees about being a registered nurse

Kacy Minnear, a co-owner of Skin Deep in Cookeville, TN, has been sanctioned by the state board of Nursing after it was found she was only an LPN, yet told patients, employees, and signed legal documents as a ‘RN’ (registered nurse) – a qualification she hadn’t earned.

Phillip Loftis charged with soliciting sex from 13-year-old

Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a Putnam County man accused of attempting to solicit a minor for the purpose of illicit sex. On August 2nd, TBI Agents received information from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that a man, identified as Phillip Carlen Loftis