News Herald Arrest Report

Lenoir City man faces assault, pot charges
 
A Lenoir City man is facing domestic assault and drug charges after law enforcement responded to a call off Town Creek Road of a person with a firearm.
 
Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Lance Anderson talked with James Edward Phillips, 55, after arriving on the scene. Phillips said he got into an argument with his sister’s boyfriend because a piece of sheet rock blocked his door. He demanded the man leave the property. After speaking to others at the residence, Anderson was told Phillips had a handgun during the time of the argument.
“The complainant stated the offender was standing above the victim in a breezeway that connects the main house to the garage apartment where the offender lives,” Anderson wrote in the report. “I then spoke with the victim and he stated he told the offender to leave the residence and the offender stated he was going to get a gun and shoot him. The victim stated he never saw a gun but heard what sounded as a gun being loaded and cocked.”
 
While speaking with Phillips inside his apartment, Anderson saw a gun matching the description given by witnesses. He also saw a grinder, cigarette rolling papers and a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana, which weighed 23 grams. Three firearms were taken for safe keeping.
 
Phillips was charged with aggravated domestic assault, possession of a Schedule VI substance-felony and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $21,000 bond.

Sept. 11

• Robbie Earl Lane, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Sara Marie Moore, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of manufacture, sell, possession of a controlled substance and held without bond.
 
• Joshua Lou Presley, 32, Loudon, was charged with criminal trespass and held on $1,000 bond.

Sept. 12

• Jorge L. Abrego, 24, Loudon, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of violation of probation and failure to appear and held on $2,000 bond. Responding to a suspicious vehicle/person in the area of Legacy Park in Loudon, Loudon Police Officer Jon Yates found a Ford Explorer on the side of the road. After approaching the vehicle, Yates immediately recognized the driver and knew she was a juvenile. He also knew the front passenger was a runaway juvenile, and identified Abrego in the back seat. “A search of the vehicle uncovered a glass pipe used for the consumption of methamphetamine,” Yates wrote in his report. “Mr. Abrego knew both parties were juveniles and aided in their delinquency by having them out past curfew and being around narcotics/paraphernalia.”
 
• William Matthew Allison, 34, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Joseph Benjamin Comer, 57, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.
 
• Erica Nicole Dunlap, 32, Maryville, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and held on $5,000 bond.
 
• Dustin Potter, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Gabriel Ray Russell, 34, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• David Franklin Thomas, 25, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and released on $15,000 bond.

Sept. 13

• Dereck Demill Bumgarner, 34, Kingsport, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Edye-Nicole Hudley Clark, 23, Walland, was charged with a Blount County warrant and held without bond.
 
• Christopher Allen Davis, 30, Knoxville, was charged with a juvenile attachment and released on $373 bond.
 
• Scottie Lee Denton, 33, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and held without bond.
 
• William Reece Free, 27, Knoxville, was charged with Blount County and Knox County warrants and held without bond.
 
• Roberto Andres Gonzalez, 20, Philadelphia, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Dylan Robert Graves, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and violation of probation and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Starla Leeann Pursiful, 34, Kingston, was charged with failure to appear and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Emily Renea Schaffer, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and held without bond.
 
• Natisha Lucille Skipworth, 31, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Mack Dixon Paul Dockery, 30, Knoxville, was charged with illegal possession/fraudulent use of a credit card and released on $1,000 bond.

Sept. 14

• Kristina Leanna Chastain, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and driving under the influence and released on $4,500 bond. Noticing a red vehicle traveling on U.S. Highway 321 at 63 miles per hour in a 40 mph zone, LCSO Deputy Billy Lewis stopped Chastain. “While speaking with Chastain, I could smell the odor of a intoxicating beverage coming from the vehicle,” Lewis wrote in his report.
 
• Amber Lynn Bargy, 28, Sweetwater, was charged with a juvenile attachment and held on $150 bond.
 
• Tamara Charleigh Richesin, 27, Sweetwater, was charged with a juvenile attachment and released without bond.

Sept. 15

• Barbara Rachel Abston, 22, Harriman, was charged with theft and held without bond.
 
• Gregory Allen Baker, 54, Gallatin, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond. Flagged down by a driver who said a Ford Fusion ran him off the road and then into the median while trying to exit the interstate onto Highway 72, LCSO Deputy JC Schultz was able to locate the vehicle and attempt a traffic stop in a local liquor store parking lot. “The vehicle did not stop but attempted to park by backing into a stall, but was unsuccessful as it straddled a parking spot. The driver was asked to exit the vehicle for this officer’s safety due to the unusual driving.” Schultz located three empty 99 Peppermint Schnapps Liqueur bottles inside the vehicle.
 
• Laqueena Deelisa Brown, 26, Dayton, was charged with criminal court capias and held on $500,000 bond.
 
• Andria Chiffvon Farris, 36, Philadelphia, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Nicole Ann Gibson, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $15,000 bond.
 
• Clay Matthew Jenkins, 19, Philadelphia, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Rhonda Jane King, 44, Tellico Plains, was charged with two counts of contempt of court and released on $773 bond.
 
• Danielle Rhea McDaniel, 21, Powell, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.
 
• Kristopher Drake Pierce, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Charles Dewayne Ramsey, 30, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $15,000 bond.
 
• Matthew Neal Russell, 35, Maryville, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.
 
• Timothy Brandon Sapp, 27, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Richard Quintin Shebley, 44, Lenoir City, was charged with fugitive from justice and held without bond.
 
• Lauren Michelle Sigmon, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Melody Lee Ann Wiggins, 38, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.

Sept. 16

• Cindy Gay Carver, 57, Greenback, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and held without bond.
 
• Saprina Marie Correll, 34, Maryville, was charged with theft under $1,000 and held without bond.
 
• Jeffrey Dru Everett, 38, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and released without bond.
 
• Hailey Randolph Milsaps, 24, Niota, was charged with public intoxication and held without bond.
 
• Joseph Michael Sales, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Jeffrey Kenneth Seifert, 45, Baxter, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and a Putnam County warrant and held without bond.
 
• Justin Tyler Walker, 33, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $3,000 bond.

Sept. 17

• Stephen Alexander Maher, 35, Powell, was charged with failure to appear-criminal court and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Billy Joe Russell, 50, Madisonville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.
 
• Anisha J. Smiley, 29, Jonesborough, was charged with driving under the influence and possession of a handgun while under the influence and held without bond. Traveling northbound on Interstate 75, Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Nathaniel Crow observed a wreck that had just occurred. Crow talked with the driver, Smiley, who said the accident occurred because she reached for a fallen water bottle in the floorboard. While speaking with Smiley, Crow noticed the odor of an intoxicating beverage. She said she had “several beers while watching the football game earlier in the evening.” While searching her vehicle, Crow found a loaded handgun in the glove box and four unopened Landshark beers that were in a cooler.

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9/25/17