Child calls 911 for domestic ass

A Lenoir City man was arrested Thursday on domestic assault charges after a child called 911 to report screaming.

Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Christian Rogers responded to a home on Bird Road where a woman came to the door crying while wearing a bath towel. The woman said she and Anthony James Fowler, 34, were arguing when Fowler pushed her while she was in the shower and demanded her to talk.

When the woman did not talk, Fowler grabbed her by the throat, pushed her up against the wall and hit her in the face several times. Fowler told the woman he was going to burn her and the house down, Rogers wrote in a report.

Rogers observed abrasions and bruising on the woman’s neck and face. The shower curtain had been torn down and paint was scraped off the wall where the altercation occurred.

The woman said Fowler was physical the night before, so she told an 11-year-old child to call 911 if he heard screams.

Fowler said he did not know why deputies were at the home because he had only argued with the woman.

Fowler was charged with domestic assault-felony and held on $7,500 bond.

Drugs found on reckless driverLCSO deputies arrested a Lenoir City man April 21 after multiple complaints of reckless driving were called in to dispatch.

LCSO Deputy Caleb Green responded to Interstate 75 South near mile marker 79 after two callers complained of a vehicle driving “all over the roadway and had struck several street signs near the 81-mile marker,” Green wrote in a report.

Callers told dispatch the car had lost the front bumper and had a flat tire.

Green met Wallace Craig Cowan, 56, who was asked to perform field sobriety tests. Cowan performed poorly and was asked to stop for his safety.

Cowan consented to a blood draw and admitted he had consumed half of a “totem pole” 40 minutes prior to the incident. Cowan later clarified he had consumed part of a Xanax tablet.

He was searched at the Loudon County Jail, where officers found 11 2-milligram Alprazolam tablets in his sock and a strip of Suboxone.

Cowan was charged with contraband in a penal institution, simple possession/casual exchange, driving under the influence and due care and released on $8,000 bond.

April 19

• Viktor Nikkoli Allen, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of probation and two counts of violation of sex offender registry and held on $21,000 bond.

• Cassandra Danielle Baker, 25, Knoxville, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $20,000 bond.

• Shawn Michael Baker, 26, Knoxville, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $20,000 bond.

• George Andrew Casseb, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $50,000 bond.

• Collyn R. Loveall, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Thomas Jay Mika, 30, Loudon, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $7,500 bond.

• Christopher Lee Raper, 51, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $1,000 bond.

• Thomas Michael Robinson, 60, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $150,000 bond.

• Sara Beth Smith, 47, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of manufacture, sale, delivery, resale of a Schedule I substance, manufacture, sale, delivery, resale of a Schedule II substance, simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of interlock device and driving an unregistered vehicle and held on $23,000 bond.

• David Eugene Turner, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.

April 20

• Steven Hunter Breeden, 41, Clinton, was charged with a juvenile court attachment and held on $300 bond.

• Jeremiah Matthew Davis, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $25,000 bond.

• Candice Nicole Evans, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $2,000 bond.

• Allison Marie Freeman, 28, Tellico Plains, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and assisting other agency and held on $2,500 bond.

• Kevin Dwayne Helton, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property and public intoxication and released without bond.

• Ronald Hugh Johnson, 32, Tellico Plains, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and assisting other agency and held on $2,500 bond.

• Ryan David Jordan, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-general sessions and held on $34,000 bond.

• Donald Andrew Mashburn, 35, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence, open container, financial responsibility law and driving on roadways laned for traffic and released on $1,000 bond.

• Mathew Brock Underwood, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $14,000 bond.

• Tammy Lee Walden, 50, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released without bond.

April 21

• Michael Ray Daugherty Jr., 30, Loudon, was charged with evading arrest, open container, driving an unregistered vehicle and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $7,500 bond.

• Kelly Matthew Dick, 38, Clinton, was charged with two counts of violation of probation and held without bond.

• Nathan Wayne McNabb, 36, Niota, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $7,500 bond.

• Cody Brian Proaps, 35, Loudon, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.

• Ethan Victor Rogers, 20, Loudon, was charged with two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $12,500 bond.

• Andrew Phillip Ward, 44, Sweetwater, was charged with forgery and held on $15,000 bond.

• Shannon Marie Wheat, 44, Madisonville, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and released on $7,500 bond.

April 22

• Stephen David Adkins Jr., 39, Sweetwater, was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony and held on $75,000 bond.

• Colleen Marie Easterly, 37, Walland, was charged with public intoxication and released on $2,000 bond.

• Brittany Lynn Horseman, 27, homeless, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule VI substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held without bond.

• Daniel Lee Ketron, 30, Rockford, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Charles Adam Ray Jr., 42, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $20,000 bond.

• Patrick Hunter-Ray Tarlton, 20, Lenoir City, was charged with evading arrest, reckless driving, traffic control device, due care and lights required on motor vehicle and held without bond.

• Claiborne Clay White Jr., 61, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.

• Sharon Ann White, 57, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $12,500 bond.

April 23

• Daniel Alan Akers Jr., 35, Philadelphia, was charged with two counts of capias-general sessions and held on $4,000 bond.

• Erica Nicole Bascle, 30, Maryville, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $1,000 bond.

• David Blake Bivens II, 44, Lenoir City, was charged with unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $15,000 bond.

• Christopher Steven Dailey, 38, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,500 bond.

• Sean Lawrence Gahan, 52, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence, violation of implied consent and driving on roadways laned for traffic and released on $3,000 bond.

• James David Humphrey, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with assisting other agency and held without bond.

• Allen Lee Johnson, 47, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released without bond.

• James Lacy Jones, 44, Friendsville, was charged with theft of property and held on $1,000 bond.

• Todd Adam Moore, 37, Madisonville, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Gordon Dale Narmore, 40, Philadelphia, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Michael Allen Sheldon, 37, Rockwood, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Brandon Thomas Stewart, 24, Celina, was charged with identity theft, criminal impersonation, possession of drug paraphernalia and shoplifting and held on $4,000 bond.

• Leland Wayne Tipton, 27, Harriman, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $2,000 bond.

April 24

• Chelsea Marie Elliott, 21, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence, violation of implied consent and financial responsibility law and released on $1,500 bond.

• Alexes Manuel Garcia, 24, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault and child abuse or neglect/endangerment and released on $2,000 bond.

• Mary Margaret Goddard, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-criminal court and held on $142,000 bond.

• Ricky Dwayne Pennington, 38, Wartburg, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $4,000 bond.

• Timothy Paul Spellings, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

April 25

• Joey John Besenfelder, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence, financial responsibility law, driving unregistered vehicle and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held without bond.

• Charles Benjamin Deloach, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with vandalism, simple possession/casual exchange and driving under the influence and held without bond.

• Gavin Frank Gambuzza, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and held without bond.

• Zachariah Scott Legate, 26, Powell, was charged with driving under the influence, violation of implied consent and open container and released on $3,000 bond.

• Billy Wayne Malone, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $2,500 bond.

• Amie King Murphy, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with contraband in a penal institution, manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule IV substance, simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held without bond.

• Macelino Martain Ramirez, 23, homeless, was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.

• Robert Watson Trentham, 18, was charged with criminal impersonation and held without bond.

Grand jury indicts six on child sex, abuse crimes

Jeremy Nash news-herald.net

A Loudon County grand jury returned indictments April 12 on three local men charged in separate child sex crimes.

Emilio Michael Ortiz, 59, of Lenoir City faces 74 counts of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of solicitation to commit especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, six counts each of aggravated sexual battery, sexual exploitation of a minor and statutory rape by authority figure, three counts of violation of child protection act and four counts each of statutory rape by authority figure and aggravated statutory rape.

Don White, Lenoir City police chief, declined comment on the case and directed request for comment to 9th Judicial District Attorney General Russell Johnson, who also declined comment.

According to an April 19 press release from Johnson’s office, the case was investigated by 9th Judicial District Attorney General’s office Internet Crimes Agent Cortney Dugger and Lenoir City Police Inv. Jason Smith.

In a report from Smith, Dugger on Oct. 21 pretended to be a 17-year-old girl and interacted with Ortiz through Facebook Messenger.

“Mr. Ortiz commented that he would pay for images and used the term ‘fill my heart with your images’,” Smith wrote in the report. “On Oct. 29, Ortiz communicated with Agent Dugger acting as a juvenile female and stated he would get a hotel room so they could meet later. He also responded with a bra and panties emoticon when asked if he had any special requests.”

Ortiz was arrested by Dugger Oct. 29 at a business on Bon Street in Lenoir City.

“Ortiz stated what he did was stupid and when asked about any previous nude photos, he stated he deleted them,” Smith wrote in the report.

Of the 98 counts listed in the indictment, incidences allegedly date back to January 2008.

Ortiz’s case was originally heard and bound over by General Sessions Court in December, according to the press release. He has been in custody since Oct. 30 on a bond of $250,000. An arraignment date is set for May 4.

Jurors also returned an indictment against Jonatan Samuel Camey Cifuentes, 19, of Lenoir City, who faces two counts of rape of a child.

According to the indictment, on or around Sept. 12, Cifuentes allegedly had sexual contact with a minor.

In an unrelated case, Miguel Rivera Rodriguez, 20, of Philadelphia was indicted for one count each of aggravated rape of a child, aggravated sexual battery and child abuse.

According to a report from Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Det. Charlie Cosner in December, a woman came to LCSO claiming her 5-year-old daughter said a man raped her while she was at his home.

Gonzalez admitted he was lying in bed with the girl who was asleep. He pulled her pants down and sexually abused her. The girl awoke and pushed his hand away, according to Cosner’s report. Gonzalez remains in custody on a $317,000 bond.

Abuse indictments

Two people from Lenoir City and another from Loudon have been indicted in a child abuse case.

Lenoir City residents Sierra Fickey and Steven Fickey face one count each of aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect, while Loudon resident Lisa Michelle Fickey faces one count of violation of the duty to report child abuse law.

The indictment states that on or around Oct. 15, Sierra and Steven did “unlawfully and knowingly abuse” a child under 8 years old, which resulted in subdural hemorrhages.

Sierra and Steven were arrested April 15 and held on $50,000 bond. Sierra was released, while Steven remains in custody. Lisa turned herself in April 15 and was released on $5,000 bond.