The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) had placed Rich on its Most Wanted list, until he surrendered to a Bedford County detective on Sunday night. He was subsequently arrested and booked into the Bedford County Jail without bond. TBI is now leading the investigation into Warner’s death.

Rich’s court appearances were delayed amid concerns over conflicts of interest due to the fact that his father is a judge in Bedford County. Rich previously served time at the Tennessee Department of Correction, and was on parole at the time of the shooting that wounded Perryman.

 Robert Carter, the 17th District attorney general, denied claims that Judge Charles L. Rich ever waived previous charges against his son in order to skirt responsibility. Related to a felony aggravated burglary and misdemeanor theft charge stemming from April 5, 2019, the younger Rich agreed to waive general sessions court, where his father is a judge, and go directly to circuit court, Carter told CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

"The way the case got from general session to circuit court was via criminal information," Carter told the station. "The criminal information is when a defendant will waive his or her right to be presented to the grand jury and that’s what happened here, so the case goes from general sessions to circuit court directly via the criminal information, and then that general sessions case has to be disposed of so the circuit court case can be handled, which is exactly what happened here on the same date."

Fox News reached out to Judge Rich and state Rep. Warner for comment Thursday.