10.22.2007

WEBBER: 17 YEARS AND NO GOOD TIME --- DOTTS: 8 YEARS AT 30 PERCENT TIME

My first thought in this verdict is to get these pathetic fecal smears to kick rocks all the way to the penitentiary, give em their damned fish kits and then let em loose in GP and let the boys have at em. I tell you now, they got "nuthin comin" and I wouldn't want to be anywhere near those boys when they come out of reception and get permanently housed. They'll be lucky to even get the short of a Bugler from the cellblock fondler, and if they're able to keep their commissary for more than a few minutes after it's delivered without being forced to pass it out to everyone in the unit I'd eat a light bulb still in its socket and turned on for breakfast. But the rational, compassionate and reasonable man in me just wants them to sit in a cell by themselves for the next decade, surrounded by pictures of every single one of the people who have been destroyed by their stupidity. Unfortunately, I know firsthand what's in store for these two when the doors close on them in the pen and I think it'll be much closer to the first thought....

Murderers of Homeless Woman Plead Guilty

Incident sparked outrage and documentary film

October 22, 2007 - 3:18PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Two men who were accused of pushing a homeless woman into a river today pleaded guilty as their trial was to begin in Nashville. Tara Cole was sleeping on a boat dock in downtown Nashville when she was thrown into the Cumberland River in August of last year. Her body was eventually found under a barge. Timothy Webber of Lebanon today pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and sentenced to 17 years in prison, to be served day for day. Josh Dotts of Lafayette pleaded guilty to facilitation of second-degree murder and was sent to prison for eight years. He must serve at least 30 percent of that time. Investigators say Webber and Dotts were drunk and had come to Nashville to harass homeless people. The incident sparked outrage in the city and resulted in a documentary film, which opened earlier this month in Nashville. END

Homeless Slaying Suspect Has Violent History

POSTED: 6:00 pm CDT August 25, 2006

UPDATED: 7:43 pm CDT August 25, 2006

Tenn. -- There are still questions as to why police said two men specifcally came to Nashville to assault homeless people.The two men ended up charged with murder in the death of a person living on the streets. When Timothy Webber was booked in Nashville on Thursday evening, it was not the first time he's had a mug shot taken. The Lebanon resident was arrested twice before he was charged with the murder in the death of Tara Cole.

Lebanon Police Chief Scott Bowen described Webber's prior actions as "violent behavior."Nothing in Webber's criminal history indicates prior acts of violence toward the homeless. While Josh Dotts, who police said is the accused accomplice in Cole's death, has no criminal history in Lebanon, Webber has been charged with domestic assault and resisting arrest in a case that many on Lebanon's police force said they remember to this day. An officer said he awoke to find Webber and another man urinating on his patrol car.Police said that action showed just how bold Webber can be.Investigators in Nashville said it was Webber who rolled Cole into the river from the dock where she was sleeping . They said Cole drowned as a result.Police said the death likely would never have been solved if the men and the two friends with them that night hadn't turned on each other. After video of the four was broadcast on local television, investigators said the two friends called police not wanting to be implicated in the crime. Even Webber turned on Dotts, his accused accomplice, according to police. They said Webber told them it was Dotts, not he, who rolled Cole into the water. The only two who really know what happened that night are Webber and Dotts, who are both in jail. One of the other two men, Corey Cothran, said he didn't know anything. It is unclear what the other men know about what happened that night.They are considered witnesses, and have not been charged.

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