64-year-old elected Circuit Court Clerk Susan Beth Birdwell, of Clay County, was booked into the Meto Nashville Jail Tuesday after a Grand Jury indicted her on 11 counts related to submitting expunctions/expungement orders to the TBI in order to erase criminal records. She is free on a $5,000 bond, charged with 6 counts of forgery, 2 counts of official misconduct, and 3 counts of tampering with government records.
| COMPLAINT: |
| 2021-D-1862 |
| ARREST WARRANT / AFFIDAVIT: |
| THE GRAND JURORS of Davidson County, Tennessee, duly impaneled and sworn, upon their oath, present that SUSAN BETH BIRDWELL: …on or about the 10th day of June, 2020, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, knowingly and with the intent to defraud the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation did pass or otherwise utter forged documents, to wit: orders for the expungement of criminal offender record. …on or about the 12th day of July, 2020, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, knowingly and with the intent to defraud the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation did pass or otherwise utter forged documents, to wit: orders for the expungement of criminal offender record. …on or about the 4th day of August, 2020, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, knowingly and with the intent to defraud the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation did pass or otherwise utter forged documents, to wit: orders for the expungement of criminal offender record. …on or about the 14th day of September, 2020, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, knowingly and with the intent to defraud the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation did pass or otherwise utter forged documents, to wit: orders for the expungement of criminal offender record. …on or about the 7th day of October, 2020, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, knowingly and with the intent to defraud the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation did pass or otherwise utter forged documents, to wit: orders for the expungement of criminal offender record. …on or about the 29th day of December, 2020, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, knowingly and with the intent to defraud the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation did pass or otherwise utter forged documents, to wit: orders for the expungement of criminal offender record. …on or about the 25th day of February, 2021, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, did present a document, to wit: orders for the expungement of criminal offender record, with knowledge of their falsity and with the intent that they would be taken as genuine government records. …on or about the 8th day of March, 2021, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, did present a document, to wit: an order for the expungement of criminal offender record, with knowledge of its falsity and with the intent that it would be taken as a genuine government record. …on or about the 12th day of April, 2021, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, did present a document, to wit: an order for the expungement of criminal offender record, with knowledge of its falsity and with the intent that it would be taken as a genuine government record. …between the 10th day of June, 2020, and the 29th day of December, 2020, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, while at all times relevant a public servant, did unlawfully, knowingly, and with the intent to harm the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, violate a law relating to her office. …between the 25th day of February, 2021, and the 12th day of April, 2021, in Davidson County, Tennessee and before the finding of this indictment, while at all times relevant a public servant, did unlawfully, knowingly, and with the intent to harm the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, violate a law relating to her office. |
| PROSECUTOR: |
| NATHAN S. NICHOLS |
| SIGNED BY COMMISSIONER / JUDGE: |
| DAVIDSON COUNTY GRAND JURY |
| VICTIM: |
| STATE OF TENNESSEE |
| CASE | CHARGE | BOND |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-D-1862 | 6X FORGERY 2X OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT 3X TAMPERING W/GOV’T RECORDS | 5000 |
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Open in new tab | DEFENDANT: | BIRDWELL, SUSAN BETH |
| AKA(s): | SUSAN BIRDWELL SUSAN B BIRDWELL |
| ADDRESS: | 9390 CLAY COUNTY HWY MOSS, TN 38575 |
| JMS ID: | 966660 |
| CONTROL ID: | 605097 |
| SEX: | F |
| RACE: | WHITE |
| DOB: | 08/26/1957 (64) |
| ADMITTED: | 11/16/2021 10:30 AM |
| RELEASED: | 11/16/2021 01:18 PM |
| BOND VIA: | GRUMPY’S |
