Another man found guilty in connection to attempted murder of police chief
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JACKSON, Tenn. — Another man has been found guilty in connection to an armed robbery that injured an off-duty police chief in 2012. Last week, a Crockett County jury found Guary Wallace guilty of Attempted Murder in the First Degree, Especially Aggravated Robbery, two counts of Aggravated Robbery and two counts of Aggravated Assault. Wallace, 58, will be housed in the Crockett County Jail until his sentencing on August 18. Wallace faces the possibility of 120 years in prison. Wallace’s charges stem from an incident at a Dollar General store in Friendship, Tenn. on May 18, 2012. Earlier that day, Craig Barbee entered the store, armed with a handgun, and demanded money from the safe. When he wasn‘t able to gain access to the safe, Barbee ordered the clerk and a second person, off-duty Friendship Police Chief Bill Garrett, to the back of the store. There, Barbee also made contact with the Chief‘s wife, then robbed the both of them, during which he shot the Chief in the torso. Barbee later fled the store and escaped with two other men, Guary Wallace and Javarius Durrell Mann. In July 2013, a jury convicted Barbee on seven counts, including Attempted Murder. In August, a judge sentenced him to a total of 186 years. The third subject involved in the crime, Javarius Mann, has not been charged in connection with the case, but is currently wanted on an Absconded warrant by the state Probation & Parole Office.
