Interstate wreck leads to drug c

A Lenoir City man was charged with a DUI and multiple drug charges after crashing his car Jan. 10.

Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Eric Curtis responded to a wreck on I-75 near Lenoir City where he encountered the driver, Michael James Chastain, 24. The caller who reported the crash had stated they saw the driver stuff something into their pants, which led Curtis to administer a field sobriety test. Chastain failed the test and Curtis arrested him for driving under the influence.

An open air sniff indicated the presence of narcotics in the vehicle, but nothing was found.

Upon arriving at Loudon County Jail, Curtis asked Chastain if he had any contraband on him, which he denied. Curtis then performed a strip search and found a small container in Chastain’s underwear with three substances inside. After testing, one came back inconclusive, one was identified as Fentanyl and one was reported to be a Fentanyl/heroin compound.

Chastain was charged with contraband in penal institution, manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule I substance, manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule II substance and driving under the influence. He was released on $21,000 bond.

Passenger arrested after traffic stop

A Thorn Hill man was arrested Jan. 12 in Lenoir City after a traffic stop led to the discovery of drugs.

LCSO Deputy Caleb Green pulled over a suspicious vehicle traveling north on I-75. After getting consent to search the car from the driver, Green spoke with the passenger, Kevin Eugene Dalton, 39, who admitted he had cocaine hidden in a vial in the front passenger seat area.

Green proceeded to search Dalton and found a baggie containing a white powdery substance, which Dalton claimed to have forgotten about, identifying it as cocaine cut with hydrocodone. Green searched the vehicle and also retrieved the glass vial Dalton had previously mentioned.

Green transported Dalton to Loudon County Jail, where both substances were tested. The baggie contents tested positive for PCP and the vial contents tested positive for PCP/3-Fluoro methoxy-acetyl fentanyl.

Dalton was charged with two counts of manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule II substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was held on $32,000 bond.

Jan. 10

• Dylan Brennan Baker, 29, Maryville, was charged with capias-general sessions and held without bond.

• Matthew McKenzie Hart, 42, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and held without bond.

• Boyden Curtis Harvey, 67, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond.

• Michael Shawn Walker, 34, Crossville, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

Jan. 11

• Regina Ann Eskew, 57, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-general court and capias-municipal court and released on $8,000 bond.

• Travis Blake Langley, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $500 bond.

• Erin Leigh Tilley, 33, Loudon, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.

• Micah Gunnar Viles, 26, Vonore, was charged with failure to appear general sessions and held on $8,000 bond.

Jan. 12

• Emanuel Adames, 23, homeless, was charged with criminal trespass and held without bond.

• Phillip Blake Boling, 19, Rutledge, was charged with capias-general sessions and held without bond.

• Zachary Andrew Chadwell, 20, Maynardville, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jose Cisneros Espinoza, 20, Loudon, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $1,000 bond.

• Larry Dennis Ezell, 68, Sweetwater, was charged with public intoxication and two counts of capias-general sessions and released on $10,000 bond.

• Judy Carol Kennedy, 59, Loudon, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.

• Gordon Dale Narmore, 41, Philadelphia, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,000 bond.

• Corey Wade Price, 41, Loudon, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule II substance, manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a schedule VI substance and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and released on $16,000 bond.

• Halie Wilburn, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.

Jan. 13

• Kora Shae Bowman-Williams, 20, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,000 bond.

• Russell Dwayne Henry, 25, Harriman, was charged with capias-general sessions and held without bond.

• Sabin Christopher Henry, 19, Corryton, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jennifer Diane Jenkins, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $212 bond.

• Derek Allen Miller, 34, Knoxville, was charged with capias-municipal court and held on $211 bond.

• Mary Elizabeth Miller, 39, Rockwood, was charged with capias-general sessions and held without bond.

• Corey Wade Price, 41, Loudon, was charged with two counts of domestic assault and held on $5,000 bond.

• Angela Diane Wallace, 47, homeless, was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card and released on $1,000 bond.

• John Henry Wallace, 45, Loudon, was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jackie Dakota Watkins, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.

• Clinton Nils Wilson, 38, Strawberry Plains, was charged with two counts of theft of property, convicted felon in possession of firearm and capias-general sessions and held on $30,000 bond.