Man faces felony for violating protective order

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A Brown County man is facing his fourth felony charge in less than a month after he allegedly violated a protective order against a victim in his previous case

James L. Meece Jr., 56, was charged March 9 with intimidation, a Level 6 felony, and invasion of privacy, a Class A misdemeanor.

The charges were filed after police responded to a hotel on March 4 at around 2 a.m. A woman told police said she had received multiple phone calls from Meece, and she has an active protective order against him.

Nashville Police Officer Evan Painter took a photo of the record of the calls. He told the victim and another relative to record any other conversations on a different phone.

Less than an hour later, police came back again after Meece called the victim again. Painter listened to the call, in which Meece stated, “If you do not get this order of protection cancelled, you’ll be sorry you didn’t,” the police report said.

Painter told the victim to continue recording the calls and to block Meece’s number if possible.

Meece was charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors in February for an incident on Branstetter Road. Witnesses told police that Meece had fired a shotgun into the ceiling and had threatened a woman in the home.

On March 15, Meece was charged with intimidation, a Class A misdemeanor, and five counts of invasion of privacy, all Class A misdemeanors. A probable cause affidavit for those charges was not available at press time.

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