FROM: Jody Pickens, District Attorney General, 26th Judicial District
On August 20, 2024, Investigator Brad Zukowski of the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department, Special Agent Danny Crowner of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and deputies Jenny Rowand, Stephen Whitlock, and Megan Gergory of the Decatur County Sheriff’s Department conducted a search of a residence at 24901 Highway 412 East in Henderson County. During the search, law enforcement found Timothy Pearcy in the residence and recovered a large amount of methamphetamine and paraphernalia related to the sale of narcotics.
The Henderson County Grand Jury returned an indictment against Pearcy for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Sell and/or Deliver and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. On August 11, 2026, a jury trial in which the State of Tennessee was represented by Assistant District Attorney General Chad Wood, a Henderson County jury found Pearcy guilty as charged in the indictment.
Pearcy has a lengthy criminal history consisting of at least 10 prior felony convictions and 44 prior misdemeanor convictions. On September 18, 2026, at a sentencing hearing, Pearcy was ordered to serve 25 years in the Tennessee Department of Correction as a Persistent Offender on the charges for Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Sell and/or Deliver and 11 months, 29 days on the charge of Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Both sentences were ordered to be served consecutively to each other and a current 10-year probated sentence that Pearcy had received in Wayne County, Tennessee. If the Defendant’s sentence in Wayne County is revoked his total effective sentence will be almost 36 years.
“In reviewing this Defendant’s criminal history, it became apparent that this Defendant had been on some form of supervision since 1988,” said District Attorney General Jody Pickens. “Thankfully, working with law enforcement officers, Assistant District Attorney General Chad Wood was able to put forth a case that allowed a Henderson County jury to return this verdict. I am also thankful for the sentence that Judge Kyle Atkins handed down. In my opinion, it is a sentence that recognizes that this defendant has lived a life of criminality for too long and that the citizens of Henderson County needed to be protected from him for a long period of time. To put it succinctly: enough is enough.”
