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Drug suspect charged with shooting at TBI chopper

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MONTEREY (AP) — A man whose land was being searched for a marijuana patch was arrested and charged with firing a shotgun at officers flying over in a helicopter.

Tracey Lynn Pemerton, 36, was being held at the Putnam County jail in Cookeville without bond Friday on a charge of felony aggravated assault.

A warrant by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Agent Mike Burnette says the officers in the helicopter saw “what they recognized as marijuana growing on Pemerton’s property.” Pemerton’s shot into the air damaged the helicopter, according to the warrant.

The two officers weren’t hurt but were in “imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death,” the warrant says.

Putnam Sheriff’s Detective Harold Eaton, who was working with the TBI agents, said officers removed 22 marijuana plants from Pemerton’s property.

Pemerton is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 19.

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Information from: Cookeville Herald-Citizen, http://www.herald-citizen.com/

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