Arrests
Several Cookeville, Tennessee citizens were arrested in August 2005 in connection with money laundering and transporting cocaine across state lines. Several people were charged, and all subsequently plead guilty. Troy Bell, Darrell Thomas Jones, Ronald Middlebrook, and Cookeville Sheriff's Officers Steven Bert Williamson and Reno Martin, were charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine; Gregory Dale Scott and Robin Blaskis with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Blythe, a police officer, was charged with illegally transferring a firearm.
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