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Former police officer's Facebook comments lead to his arrest

Summary by WBBJ TV
PERRY COUNTY, Tenn. — Facebook memes landed a former law enforcement officer in jail. According to an arrest warrant, 61-year-old Larry Gene Bushart, Jr. is charged with “threatening mass violence at school.” Bushart is a Lexington resident and former police officer, previously arrested for a separate offense in 2012. An affidavit states that authorities were made aware of a series of posts made by Bushart on a Facebook page dedicated to the Per…
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WBBJ TV broke the news in on Monday, September 22, 2025.
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