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Judge denies motion to quash grand-jury subpoena for man who alleges deputy assaulted him
Summary
A judge denied a defense motion to quash a grand-jury subpoena for Zachary Scruggs but limited questioning to alleged misconduct by Deputy Ryan Creech and preserved Scruggs’s right to invoke the Fifth Amendment on other topics.
A Cheatham County judge denied a defense request to quash a grand-jury subpoena for Zachary Scruggs on grounds that the witness could be compelled to testify about alleged misconduct by Deputy Ryan (or Corporal) Creech, while preserving Scruggs’s Fifth Amendment right on any questions that would incriminate him.
The ruling came during a hearing on a motion filed on behalf of Scruggs to quash the subpoena, which his lawyer argued would “put him in a position of peril to incriminate himself.” The state requested the witness because neither Scruggs nor Deputy Ryan Creech had provided voluntary statements to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), and the prosecutor said the grand jury otherwise had only hearsay and limited video evidence.
The judge framed the ruling narrowly: Scruggs may be…
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