Apr 11, 2007 - Julie Shelton, 49, a Smyrna High School teacher was arrested at school and accused of shooting at her neighbor, an Eagleville City Councilmember.
Police said Julie Shelton called them early Wednesday morning to complain about her noisy neighbors. When she was told there was not much police could do, dispatchers said she told them she would shut Councilmember Matthew Smitty up herself by shooting a gun at him.
Smitty said Shelton fired one shot. She was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A hearing is set for June 5.
TT - she teaches Environmental Science according to the school website.
Apr 12 - Shelton was suspended without pay. We will see what the resolution is in the court system,” [spokesman] Evans said. “If vindicated she may be able to get her back pay while on suspension.”
She was charged in 2005 [under name Julie Morales] with simple assault after being accused of shoving a student while students were unruly.“She crossed the line and shoved him,” Evans said. The case was bound over to the Rutherford County grand jury whose members chose not to indict her on the charge, thus ending the prosecution.
July 23 - The assault charge was "retired."
Under a retirement, the case will be dismissed if Shelton completes 18 months of good and lawful conduct, doesn’t possess a firearm and refrains from verbal or physical confrontations with SmittyAugust 11 - The Daily News Journal reports that she is one of two arrested teachers who will be returning to class this fall. She was briefly suspended but was given her back pay when the felony charge was dropped.
