Search warrants reveal why TBI raided two locations as part of Millersville probe

MILLERSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Two search warrants reveal TBI agents sought evidence in connection to three alleged crimes in their raids Wednesday connected to the Millersville Police Department.

TBI agents raided the headquarters of Millersville Police as well as the White House home of Shawn Taylor, the assistant chief of the police department, hauling out cases and boxes.

Two search warrants, obtained by WSMV4 Investigates, were served at Millersville police headquarters at 1246 Louisville Hwy in Goodlettsville.

According to the warrants, among the items sought by TBI agents include the computers and hard drivers of police chief Bryan Morris and Taylor, the department’s record management system and body camera footage of an arrest.

Sumner County District Attorney Ray Whitley tells WSMV4 Investigates that the raid focuses on the actions of the current police department, but if other misconduct is uncovered, it too will be investigated.

The first search warrant seeks evidence of the crime of official misconduct at the police department.

The warrant sought all files, records, documents and data, including emails, of the Millersville mayor Tommy Long, former mayor Tim Lassiter, city commissioner Cristina Templet, her husband Winston Templet, former city manager Scott Avery, security company owner Jack Byrd, as well as former police chief Dustin Carr and reserve officer Mark Loy.

The warrant also seeks documents and data on “Gen Alred,” which may be referring to Glenn Alred, the former police chief.

That warrant also seeks the same records on Byrd’s company Solaren and the LLC “FU Tommy Long.”

Many of the names associated with the files agents were seeking have been at the center of WSMV4′s Thin Blurred Line Investigations, which revealed how accused imposter police officers are working throughout Nashville.

The TBI’s interest in any files on the LLC “FU Tommy Long” follows our reporting that revealed that Winston Templet, commissioner Cristina Templet’s husband, registered the company.

Long and Christina Templet have clashed politically after the mayor accused the commissioner of election fraud, and a dumpster bearing the words, “FU Tommy Long” was placed directly beside the mayor’s home.

Our investigation also revealed how the former administration of the police department, including former assistant police chief Glen Alred and former police chief officer Dustin Carr, were tied to the company Solaren, owned by Jack Byrd.

Our Thin Blurred Line investigations showed how Byrd is accused of allowing imposter police officers to work in various locations in Nashville.

Our investigation also showed that Mark Loy, former city manager Scott Avery and other reserve officers in Millersville, all have files that lack the necessary training hours needed to be a police officer.

The first search warrant also seeks computer and computer storage discs pertaining to Millersville police’s record management system, the computer systems and drives assigned to chief Bryan Morris and Shawn Taylor.

The second search warrant seeks evidence for aggravated perjury (lying under oath) and official oppression (when a public figure abuses his/her power against another individual).

The search warrant seeks Taylor’s phone in connection to a May 2024 “child predator operation” in collaboration with the Veterans for Child Rescue nonprofit.

That warrant also requests the phone of a criminal defendant by the name of Henry Jordan, as well as all files, records, documents and data pertaining to Millersville’s police investigation into Jordan.

The warrant goes on to seek all videos and photographs of Millersville police “communicating with suspects” in the child predator operation, and the body camera footage worn by Taylor and Morris, along with seven other individuals.

WSMV4 Investigates reached out to Taylor, Millersville Mayor Tommy Long and city attorney Bryant Kroll for comment and are waiting for their responses.

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