News Herald Arrest Report

18 grams of marijuana found in traffic stop
 
Three Florida men are facing charges after they were initially pulled over by Lenoir City Police Department.
 
Arriving to the scene of a traffic stop initiated by LCPD, 9th Judicial Drug Task Force agents found a rental vehicle driven by Victor Laron Brown was stopped and was subsequently given a probable cause search due to a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside.
 
“Agents also observed a plastic bag containing a large amount of counterfeit $100 ... bills that was found in the glove compartment of the rental car,” Brendan DeBoer, DTF agent, wrote in a report. “Agents began searching the bags, contained inside and found numerous gift cards or visa prepaid cards in stacks in each of the three defendants bags in the vehicle.”
 
Counterfeit bills amounted to $7,700, according to the report.
 
Others present inside the vehicle were Edwardo Rozoma Norton and Marcelino Terueo Figuerora.
 
A concealed false compartment contained 18 grams of marijuana.
 
Brown, 28, Tampa, Fla., was charged with simple possession/casual exchange, manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of a Schedule VI substance, criminal simulation and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $108,000 bond.
 
Figueora, 21, Lakeland, Fla., was charged with criminal simulation and released on $75,000 bond.
 
Norton, 30, Tampa, Fla., was charged with criminal simulation and held on $75,000 bond.

April 2

• Corban Paul Nerge, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

April 3

• Michael Lee Anderson, 31, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Derrick A. Byrge, 35, Wartburg, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $54,000 bond. Dispatched to a store off U.S. Highway 321 to a man who left on foot with merchandise without paying and went to a store nearby, Lenoir City Police Officer Shannon Runyan met with loss prevention who pointed out the man on camera. Runyan identified Byrge, and during a search for weapons in Byrge’s backpack Runyan found two false compartments used to hide narcotics, three black digital scales, a butane torch and several miscellaneous drug paraphernalia items. During a search of Byrge, Runyan also found a needle, a black bag containing 13.09 grams of methamphetamine and a glass pipe used to smoke narcotics.
 
• Timothy Paul Fisher, 34, Oliver Springs, was charged with assisting other agency and held without bond.
 
• Michael Allen Gaines, 30, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Jackie Darrell Gredig, 46, Maryville, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and assisting other agency and held on $34,000 bond.
 
• Tenna Michele Hays, 43, Knoxville, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance, assisting other agency, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of legend drugs and held on $41,500 bond.
 
• Priscilla Jolene Samuelson, 35, Clinton, was charged with fugitive from justice and held without bond.
 
• Douglas Shane Sledge, 38, Sweetwater, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.
 
• Anita Lynn Wilson, 48, Philadelphia, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.

April 4

• Juan Manuel Almanza, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and resisting arrest and held on $5,000 bond. Dispatched to Church Drive for a physical domestic, Lenoir City Police Officer Andrew Lee met Almanza downstairs in a residence. Almanza claimed he did not know why Lee was at the residence. A woman said Almanza woke up from a nap agitated and began arguing with her about his car keys. When the woman said she did not know where the keys were, Almanza allegedly punched her in the stomach. Four juvenile witnesses made verbal/written statements. When told he was under arrest, Almanza failed to comply with commands.
 
• Mike Anthony Crochet, 32, Maryville, was charged with contempt of court and released on $300 bond.
 
• Derek Joe Littleton, 38, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of failure to appear and released on $36,000 bond.
 
• Siara Nicole Owens, 20, Louisville, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Sarah Elizabeth Rogers, 33, Madisonville, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.
 
• Kingmen Ira Tuck, 37, Loudon, was charged with theft of property and two counts of contempt of court and held on $6,993.66 bond.

April 5

• Travass Adam Hill, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with burglary of a vehicle and theft of property and held on $6,000 bond.
 
• James Martin Kennedy, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and criminal trespass and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Eric Joseph Luttenberger, 27, Madisonville, was charged with failure to appear and released without bond.

April 6

• Jason T. Langlois, 44, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and held without bond.
 
• David Lee Queener, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Matthew Wayne Reynolds, 30, Clinton, was charged with criminal trespass and released without bond.
 
• April Joy Branch, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with a Jefferson County warrant and released without bond.
 
• Johnny H. Stroud,53, Greeneville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and evading arrest and held on $6,000 bond.

April 7

• Thomas Edgar Fortune, 39, Philadelphia, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.
 
• Vicente A. Gonzalez, 18, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $3,000 bond.
 
• William Blake Morris, 25, Jacksboro, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.

April 8

• Cameron Olover Keyl, 35, Knoxville, was charged with public intoxication and reckless endangerment and held without bond. Responding to a wreck with no injuries on Matlock Bend Road, LCSO Deputies Steve Halcomb and JC Schultz met a man who said Keyl was visiting his residence, had been drinking and upon her departure crashed her 2011 Kia Sorento into the front end of his 1997 BMW, crashing it into the house and destroying a gas grill. Deputies found Keyl with the vehicle running. She was sitting behind the wheel with her 2-year-old daughter in the backseat. Keyl said she had been drinking wine. She had bloodshot, watery eyes and slurred speech and was arrested after deputies determined she was a danger to herself, the public and the complainant.
 
• Justin Alexander Lowery, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,500 bond.
 
• Laura Jean Winckler, 47, Loudon, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of Schedule IV substance, four counts of simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of legend drugs and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $17,000 bond. Dispatched to Woodland Drive in Loudon for the call of an unauthorized use of a vehicle, LCSO Deputy Charlie Huskin identified the vehicle while talking to the complainant and identified driver Winckler and a passenger. Winckler consented to the search of vehicle and her purse, where Huskin found 3.9 grams of marijuana, a black case with “Happy Pills” on it containing four phentermine pills, five Quetiapine Fumarate pills, three Alprazolam pills, one Buprenorphine pill, half of an unknown pill and 19 Diazepam pills. Winckler said she had prescriptions for the pills and took law enforcement inside.
“Ms. Winckler showed deputies a clear pink bag with several prescription bottles inside,” Huskin wrote in the report. “Two plastic cards with powder residue, two pipes commonly used to smoke marijuana, a small grinder with marijuana residue, a cut straw with orange residue and a purple bag with a metal pipe with marijuana residue were found while investigator Marty Stanley was comparing prescription bottles to the medication already found in Ms. Winckler’s purse.” Winckler could not produce a prescription for the pills in her purse.

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