A Coffee County clerk candidate and Tullahoma official is facing a stack of felony charges after prosecutors say she used a nonexistent Ledford Mill Road address on her qualifying petition. The address issue sparked citizen complaints, triggered a county investigation, and ultimately led to her June 10 arrest. Prosecutors allege the same questionable address also appeared on her voter registration and driver’s license, and they say those statements add up to perjury on election paperwork.
What prosecutors say about the petition
According to WSMV, District Attorney Craig Northcott identified the defendant as 39-year-old Jenna Amacher of Franklin County. Northcott said Amacher submitted a qualifying petition in February listing 1744 Ledford Mill Road in Tullahoma as her residence. He told investigators there is not, and has never been, an inhabitable home at that Ledford Mill address.
How the address shows up in local records
City meeting minutes show Amacher told the Tullahoma Board in 2022 that the 911 center had changed her address from 372 Ledford Mill Road to 1744 Ledford Mill Road, a detail that sits in the public municipal record. As reported by Tullahoma News, county investigators later determined the 1744 parcel did not contain an inhabitable dwelling and that the 1744 Ledford Mill number also appeared on Amacher’s voter registration and on her driver’s license.
Where she finished in the primary
Coffee County’s unofficial May 5 primary results show Amacher ran as a Republican candidate for county clerk and received 2,435 votes, trailing fellow Republican Donna Lowe Spaulding, who received 3,541 votes, per the county’s election report. Coffee County’s report lists the full primary returns.
Grand jury indictments and arrest
A Coffee County grand jury returned two indictments in June charging Amacher with multiple felonies, including false entries on official registration or election documents, false swearing or affirming, destruction, alteration or false entry involving governmental records, perjury, and failure to notify of a change of address, according to prosecutors. In a related count tied to her May primary voting, Northcott’s office also charged her with felony illegal registration or voting and two additional counts of perjury. WSMV reports Amacher was arrested on June 10 and booked into the Coffee County Jail on a total bond of $10,000; she is scheduled to appear in court later this month.
Legal context
Under Tennessee law, perjury, false swearing, and falsification of official records are treated as serious offenses, and statutes make clear that knowingly making false statements under oath can bring felony charges and criminal penalties. Relevant Tennessee code sections define perjury and spell out penalties for false statements on official documents. Tennessee statutory language addresses false affidavits and related offenses.
What’s next
Amacher is due back in Coffee County court later this month on the indictments, and the case is expected to move through pretrial proceedings and any arraignment or hearings the court sets. District Attorney Northcott’s office told reporters the investigation began after citizens raised concerns about the address listed on Amacher’s election paperwork, and officials say they plan to move forward under standard prosecutorial practice.
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