Nunley Twins: On the Game & Out of Control

Tiffany Marie Nunley and Jessica Lynn Nunley are fraternal twins. The 21 year-olds appear to have taken separate paths in the past few years, but now both will be facing a trip down south. They, along with John Junior Minton, have been arrested for the murder of David Lynn Pennington, a 50 year-old disabled man who was reportedly stabbed over 80 times by Tiffany Nunley as her two companions waited outside in their car.

Sources say the twins often traded sex for drugs and/or money, but on the night of Pennington's murder in April 2011, only Tiffany entered the victim's home. All three are facing Capital Murder charges due to the added element of robbery. The State will seek to prove Minton and Jessica Nunley knew Tiffany planned to kill the wheelchair bound Pennington, but a Felony Murder conviction seems a much more likely outcome for the pair.

Minton, 30, has a number of previous convictions. In 2003, he and three other young men stole and torched a Lauderdale County school bus. In 2008, he was charged with possession of a controlled substance--non-marijuana. Both he and Jessica Nunley have been arraigned for Pennington's murder and have been assigned court appointed attorneys; sources say Tiffany Nunley, a one-time cosmetology student at Shoals Community College, should face an arraignment hearing before the end of the month.

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Jeremy Wade Risner, the Tennessee man for whom a warrant was issued last week, has been apprehended and is in custody at the Florence-Lauderdale Detention Center. Jeremy's last name caused some undue problems for Kenneth Eugene Risner of Florence when Sheriff Ronnie Willis confused the two. Jeremy Risner now faces attempting to elude and resisting arrest charges in Lauderdale County, as well as the original burglary charges in Wayne County, Tennessee.

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Ronnie Willis: Just a Little Confused

If It wasn't so sad, it would be funny. Yesterday morning, Lauderdale County Sheriff Ronnie Willis (pictured right) received communication from Wayne County, Tennessee, that a local man was wanted there. Willis then informed his deputies to be on the lookout and promptly called the Lauderdale County Detention Center where Kenneth Eugene Risner's sister works, asking her to have Kenneth turn himself in. Other members of the sheriff's office called various individuals. We had received two reports on Risner's supposed activity before noon.

Why is this sad/funny? The name on the warrant wasn't Kenneth Eugene Risner, pictured at left, but Jeremy Wade Risner, pictured center. The latter Risner had also recently been a guest at the Lauderdale County Detention Center, and Kenneth's sister had remembered a Tennessee investigator confusing the two. When she asked Willis to double check the name, he then confirmed he was looking for the wrong person.

A worker at the detention center (not Kenneth's sister) first contacted us about Willis' mistake and demanded we issue a HUGE retraction. We're happy to correct the information, but suggest she look at the source. This area is home to many named Risner.

We're still not sure which Risner ran from a deputy in Waterloo, but we're guessing it was Jeremy. Nor do we know if Jeremy Wade Risner has been apprehended. He is a convicted sex offender, as well as being sought in connection with a burglary. We do know that Kenneth Eugene Risner's court date is still set for June 26th...and we're also pretty sure yesterday's snafu at the sheriff's office didn't help his chest pains.



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