News Herald Arrest Report

Lenoir City man charged with attempted murder

A Lenoir City man was arrested for attempted second-degree murder stemming from a domestic dispute last week in the 8400 block of U.S. Highway 321.

A woman told police that an argument began when she woke up her boyfriend, Ron Jeffery Lee, 49, Lenoir City, as he was asleep in a chair in the living room, according to the arrest report.
 

"He became angry and started hitting her," Loudon County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Charlie Cosner wrote in the report. "She attempted to defend herself and struck him on the left side of the face with a baseball bat. She then left the residence and contacted Mr. Lee's brother about the incident, explaining ... she was upset that she hit him and wanted him to go to the hospital."
 
The woman came back to the home and tried to get Lee to get treated at the hospital, according to the report.
 
As she was speaking with him, Lee got a handgun that was beside his chair, and the woman ran away from the residence, Cosner wrote, noting that Lee then gave chase.
 
Lee "shot one time over (the woman) and causing her to stop for fear of her life," according to Cosner. "Mr. Lee walked in front of (the woman), pointed the handgun at her, threatened to kill her, and then shot (her) in the left shoulder."
 
Lee then proceeded to shoot the gun into the woods in the direction of the residence and forced the woman to go back into the home at gun point, according to the report.
 
Lee was charged with attempted second-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and felon in possession of a handgun and held on $350,000 bond.
 
June 13
 
• Branden Kyle Galyon, 20, Niota, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Lakin Denise Norman, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $2,000 bond. While conducting a search at a hotel room in Lenoir City, police located a tray containing what was believed to be broken marijuana leaves and other leaves in baggies inside a safe on the bed, according to the arrest report. Police also found six pills that were believed to be alprazolam inside the safe.
 
• Gregory Darrel West, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-felony and violation of bond restriction and released on $10,000 bond.
 
June 14
 
• Mari Cruze Constantino, 24, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Misty Devon Jaques-Davis, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a suspended license-third offense and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Michael Anthony Kanipes, 54, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of implied consent and driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.
 
June 15
 
• Jorge Luis Abrego-Espinoza, 23, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and theft under $500 and held on $500 bond.
 
• Sue Jean Jones, 70, Lenoir City, was charged with resisting arrest and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Newell Bright Lee, 42, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, evading arrest, reckless endangerment and vandalism and held on $10,000 bond.
 
• Ginger Gail Neeley, 48, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $4,000 bond.
 
June 16
 
• James Kelly Childress, 44, homeless, was charged with criminal trespass and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Jeffrey Riley Veal, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property and illegal possession/fraudulent use of a credit card and held on $40,000 bond. Reporting that a 2004 Chevrolet Suburban had been stolen from a business on Nelson Street, a man told police that Veal had been at his shop that morning and had apparently taken the sport utility vehicle, according to the arrest report. Veal called the man a short time later and said a woman had taken the vehicle, and he had followed her to an apartment complex. The Suburban was recovered, but multiple items, including a backpack, a Glock pistol, an iPad, credit cards and a Loudon County Sheriff's Office badge, were missing from the vehicle, according to the report. "During the course of the ensuing investigation, it was discovered that Veal had driven Shelby Davis to (the man's) shop and had let her out of the vehicle," Lenoir City Police Capt. Kevin Condee wrote in the report. "Davis then got into (the man's) vehicle and drove it away, with Veal following." After Davis stopped the vehicle at the apartment complex, Veal grabbed the items from the Suburban. The pair then went to Walmart and Home Depot, and they used the credit card to buy a weed trimmer for $244.16, Condee wrote. Veal was subsequently located on foot at a shopping center in Turkey Creek, while Davis was found inside a vehicle at an apartment complex on Evans Lane. Davis told police she stole the vehicle, but Veal had taken the man's gun and badge and she didn't know where the items were located, Condee wrote.
 
• Shelby Jessica Davis, 23, Tellico Plains, was charged with theft over $10,000 and held on $25,000 bond.
 
• Karina L. Horton, 32, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Kathleen Marie Lynn, 49, Louisville, was charged with manufacture/sell/deliver/resale of a Schedule II substance and released on $5,000 bond. While sitting at a gas station parking lot on U.S. Highway 321, an officer saw a female walk up to another female in a brown van and exchange money for an "unknown item," according to the arrest report. The driver, Lynn, told police she was at the gas station to sell roxycodone for $40, according to the report.
 
• Christopher Randall Milsaps, 43, Maryville, was charged with driving on a revoked license and criminal court capias and held without bond.
 
• Kenneth David Painter, 50, Lenoir City, was charged with fugitive from justice and held on $750,000 bond.
 
• Shawn Brian Sammons, 43, Friendsville, was charged with tampering/fabricating with evidence, two counts of simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest and released on $15,500 bond. Spotting a black Toyota truck that did not have a front bumper traveling on Highway 411, LCSO Deputy Cody Fritts also found that the vehicle's registration was expired. The driver, Sammons, had "pin point eyes and was very shaky," Fritts wrote in the report. When asked if he had anything illegal on him, Sammons opened a cigarette box and tried to conceal a baggy with a white substance in it, according to the report. "I asked Mr. Sammons to hand me the bag and grabbed his wrist at which time Mr. Sammons began pulling away and resisting," Fritts wrote. "I took Sammons to the ground and Mr. Sammons continued to resist and hide his hands. When I was able to get Mr. Sammons' hands behind his back the baggy was unable to be located." The man told police that he threw the bag under the police car, but the item was never found, Fritts wrote. Police located five 15 mg oxycodone pills, one oxycodone 30 mg pill and a baggy with white powder residue inside Sammons cigarette pack, Fritts wrote, noting that Sammons also had a cut straw with powder in his pocket. A "one hit" marijuana pipe was also located in the driver's side door panel, according to the report.
 
June 17
 
• Shannon Nicole Cantrell, 35, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation-second offense and held without bond.
 
• Candace Gale Chambers, 26, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and held without bond.
 
• Isaiah Jordan Christian, 19, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• William Nathanial Goley, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Bobbie Fay Helton, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Austin John Lumpkin, 18, Louisville, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Timothy Matthew Stiles, 41, Sweetwater, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of legend drugs, manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance and manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule IV drug and held on $63,000 bond. Noticing a white Ford Explorer sitting in a business parking lot after hours, LCSO Deputy Billy Lewis found Stiles passed out behind the wheel. Stiles, who showed signs of intoxication, had a plastic baggy containing multiple pills in his left hand and two cans of unopened Bud Lights in the car. During a search of the vehicle, deputies found a separate baggy containing about 4 grams of a crystal substance Stiles identified as methamphetamine. Officers also found 41 tizanidine 4 mg pills and five clonazepam pills, according to the report. "Mr. Stiles stated that he would be unable to perform field sobriety because he couldn't even do it if he was sober," Lewis wrote. "Mr. Stiles stated that earlier in the day he was suicidal but didn't harm himself and was cleared" by emergency personnel.
 
• Edna Darlene Wood, 43, Loudon, was charged with theft of property and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Carlos Cano, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Andrew Charles Hess, 24, Madisonville, was charged with criminal court capias and released on $40,000 bond.
 
• Brandi Nicole Myers, 27, Sweetwater, was charged with immediate methamphetamine precursor and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Gregory Darrel West, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of bond restrictions and held without bond.
 
• Edna Darlene Wood, 43, Loudon, was charged with theft of property and released on $1,000 bond.
 
June 18
 
• Christopher Glen Cross, 40, Sweetwater, was charged with driving without a valid license and released without bond.
 
• Eric Matthew Leach, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions, driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia and held without bond. Stopping a driver, Leach, for having a revoked license, police found two empty syringes on him, according to the arrest report. Leach was also wanted for an active warrant for failure to appear.
 
• Crystal Dawn McIntosh, 37, Sweetwater, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Marco A. Moreno, 19, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence, driving without a valid license and violation of alcoholic beverage laws and released on $4,000 bond.
 
June 19
 
• Judy Carol Bevins, 53, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Laura Nicole Duncan, 35, Loudon, was charged with two counts of theft under $500 and criminal trespass and held on $6,000 bond.
 
• Jeremy Michael Elmore, 37, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Jamie Joann Hawkins, 49, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence, simple possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and cite-in and released on $3,500 bond. Dispatched to a call of a driver sleeping behind the wheel of a car, police spoke with Hawkins, who displayed signs of intoxication and performed poorly on field sobriety tests, according to the arrest report. Hawkins refused a blood draw.
 
• Patrick A. Hensley, 37, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.
 
• Bruce Russell Meddings, 29, Sweetwater, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.
 
• Brandon Scott Self, 28, Maryville, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and making false statements and held on $11,000 bond. Responding to a call of a suspicious car and motorcycle in the 7100 block of Meadow Road West, LCSO Deputy Lance Anderson saw a motorcycle coming down the driveway as he motioned for the vehicle to stop, according to the arrest report. The driver left the driveway and began fleeing through a field at a "high rate of speed." Anderson then spoke with the driver of the suspicious car, Self, who "intentionally gave false statements" about the motorcycle driver, Anderson wrote. During a search, police found an orange and clear syringe in one of Self's pocket. Self told deputies he used the syringe to inject morphine, Anderson wrote.
 
• Tammy Jo Stallings, 45, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and held without bond. Responding to a call of a domestic dispute in the 500 block of 5th Avenue, Lenoir City Police Officer Charles Myers spoke with a woman, who said she had taken her two children to the home of Stallings, and as they were sitting on the back porch, an argument ensued, according to the arrest report. The woman got her children and began to leave the residence when Stallings "intentionally and knowingly pushed (the woman) … from behind," Myers wrote. "This caused (the woman) to lunge forward and come into contact with (the children). This contact resulted in (the children) falling down a set of approximately 5-6 stairs." The children had scrapes, bruises and lacerations because of the fall, according to the arrest report.
 
• Donita Rena Ward, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and released on $6,000 bond.
 
June 20
 
• Lucas Tanner Massey, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of order of protection and aggravated criminal trespass and held without bond.

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