WHITWELL, Tenn. – A manhunt is under way in Marion County for a robbery suspect who has been on the run now for a second day after another suspect believed to be his partner was captured on Monday.
Suspect DeWayne Halfacre has been added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top 10 Most Wanted list.
Marion County Sheriff Ronnie “Bo” Burnett said around 4:15 p.m. EDT today that the lockdown was being lifted at public schools in Whitwell so all students can go home. Burnett said there was a heavy law enforcement presence at the schools to make sure students’ departure is safe.
The schools in Whitwell were also locked down for a time on Monday when the first suspect was captured and the second took off on foot.
Tweets by Emmett GienappTimothy Howell, 51, of Madison, Tenn., was taken into custody on Monday and the man police said is his partner, Halfacre, remains at large and the subject of a massive manhunt in the area between Whitwell and Powells Crossroads in eastern Marion County.