Man faces drug

Man faces drug, evading charges after chase

A Maryville man was taken to Loudon County Jail over the weekend after initially being spotted by police for committing a seat belt violation.

Noticing a driver of a 1999 silver Buick Century not wearing a seat belt Saturday and traveling toward Trigonia Road, Loudon County Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Dailey stopped the vehicle at Oakland Road and Highway 72 East.

Dailey spoke with the driver, Charles Edward Blankenship, 45, Maryville, who was cooperative until he was told that his car could be towed because his insurance was expired, according to the arrest report. After running a check of the man's license through dispatch, Dailey learned that Blankenship had Aryan gang ties, according to the report.

When asked if he had any drugs or weapons in the vehicle, Blankenship told police that he did not, and the man refused to a search of the Buick, Dailey wrote.

"I advised him again of the possibility of towing the vehicle where he became irate, in which I asked him to step out of the vehicle and he refused to," Dailey wrote. "After asking Mr. Blankenship to exit the vehicle he still refused. I then saw him go to put the vehicle into drive and drive away from the stop where I tazed him with the taser" but that didn't stop Blankenship.

Blankenship then drove away, and Dailey gave chase.

Reporting that the chase reached speeds of more than 100 mph, Dailey saw Blankenship pass a vehicle on a double yellow line and then proceed to his driveway in the 1600 block of Highway 72 East in Monroe County.

"Mr. Blankenship exited his vehicle in a quick manner where I put him at gunpoint and he complied with my orders and was taken into custody without incident," Dailey wrote.

During a search of the vehicle, Dailey saw what appeared to be crystal methamphetamine in the front seat, door panel and floor board of the car, a large amount of cash in the front seat and a "slapjack" (weapon), according to the arrest report. A narcotics investigator measured the drugs at 6.6 grams, which tested positive for meth.

Blankenship was charged with evading arrest, manufacture/sell/possession of a Schedule II substance, prohibited weapons, resisting arrest and tampering/fabricating evidence and held on $110,000 bond.

Oct. 15

• Candice Nicole Hunt, 31, Rockwood, was charged with failure to appear on violation of probation and released on $2,500 bond.

• Christopher Daniel Hutchison, 32, Knoxville, was charged with contempt of court and held on $150 bond.

• Lynn Joanne Murdock, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with assault and vandalism and released on $6,000 bond.

• Timothy Paul Spellings, 24, Cookeville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held on $6,000 bond.

• Bobbie Lynn Stevens, 50, Eugene, Ore., was charged with failure to appear and held on $14,500 bond.

• Jessika Darlene Wilson, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with a driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

Oct. 16

• Michael Chase Barron, 20, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, evading arrest and leaving the scene of an accident/property damage and was held on $3,000 bond.

• Joshua Leo Beck, 33, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.

• Emily Nicole Bethancourt, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a Schedule I substance and held on $8,500 bond.

• David Adam Bradford, 33, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear out of Roane County and released without bond.

• Daniel Keith Carver, 35, Loudon, was charged with evading arrest and failure to appear-general sessions and held on $14,000 bond.

• Javier Gallegas Corona, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with driving without a valid driver’s license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Charles Richard Davis, 30, Philadelphia, was charged with theft of property, resisting arrest, evading arrest, driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $36,000 bond.

• Michael Anthony Hancock, 20, Loudon, was charged with cite-in and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $1,000 bond.

• Leanne Renea Lane, 33, Maryville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $4,000 bond.

• Michael Patrick McGrail, 56, Kingston, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of a handgun while under the influence and stalking and released on $7,500 bond.

• Raul Fernandez Nunez-Sanchez, 27, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $2,000 bond.

• Jerika Denae Russell, 19, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault misdemeanor and released on $1,500 bond.

• David Michael Word, 29, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

Oct. 17

• Amy Gail Brown, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on a $1,000 bond.

• Danny Ray Brown, 30, Kingston, was charged with driving under the influence, violation of implied consent, violation of probation, simple possession/casual exchange and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $8,000 bond.

• Christopher Steven Dailey, 33, Loudon, was charged with theft of property and criminal trespass and held on $6,000 bond.

• Miranda Paige Doane, 35, Knoxville, was charged with assisting other agency, violation of probation, criminal impersonation and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $10,000 bond.

• Corey Joe Huffman, 23, Loudon, was charged with theft of property and released on $1,000 bond.

• Thomas Zebulon Kasemeyer, 26, Maryville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Stephanie Denise Hunter, 42, Harriman, was charged with theft under $500 and criminal trespass and held on $4,000 bond.

• Daniel Christopher Langley, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jason Derrick Rhodes, 41, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $4,000 bond.

• James Timothy Russell, 30, Kingston, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.

• Geneva Ann Sargent, 29, Kingston, was charged with theft under $500 and held on $2,000 bond.

• Lynn Allen Sowards, 55, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.

• Ernest Lee Spalding 36, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.

• Charles Sherman Thaxton, 51, Loudon, was charged with three counts of violation of community corrections and failure to appear-general sessions and held on $13,000 bond.

Oct. 18

• John Mark Davis, 50, Niota, was charged with driving under the influence, open container-cite in, and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $6,000 bond.

• Jonatan Estanislao, 20, Lenoir City, was charged with underage driving while intoxicated, driving without a valid license and violation of implied consent and released on $2,000 bond.

• Harris S. Foster, 50, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $2,000 bond.

• Andrew Emily Kotronias, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, public intoxication and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $6,000 bond.

• Casey Dan Pace, 37, Dalton, Ga., was charged with violation of probation and released without bond.

Knoxville woman faces DUI, drug charges

A Knoxville woman was taken to Loudon County Jail after police responded to a report of a wreck along Martel Road.

Loudon County Sheriff's Office Deputy Kevin Parks found a vehicle sitting about 30 yards off the road, and the driver, Elizabeth Carroll Sweeden, 49, Knoxville, attempted to leave the scene, according to the arrest report.

Sweeden, who displayed signs of intoxication, had a small baggie in the passenger seat of the vehicle that contained five Xanax pills and a white cup that contained liquor.

“Mrs. Sweeden admitted to taking half a xanax and drinking the alcohol beverage earlier,” Parks wrote, noting that the woman also had a “half methadone waffle” in her purse.

She performed poorly on field sobriety tests and refused implied consent, according to deputies.

After being transported to jail, officers found clear, plastic baggies in her front pocket containing drugs that field tested positive for cocaine, according to the report. Officers also found a small snort spoon.

Sweeden was charged with driving under the influence, manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance, simple possession/casual exchange and manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule IV substance and released on $46,000 bond.

4 arrested for drugs

A man and woman from Chattanooga, a Maryville man and a man from Georgia were arrested on multiple charges after deputies spotted a car with numerous occupants traveling through what the arresting officer called a “known drug area” along Sunnyside Road.

Loudon County Sheriff's Office Deputy Kevin Dailey saw a 2006 Chevrolet Impala travel through the area twice Wednesday, and after checking the tag through dispatch, he learned that the tag was registered to a 1999 Ford truck, according to the arrest report.

After stopping the vehicle, Dailey spoke with the driver, Dennis Ray Clark, 28, Maryville, and attempted to get the identification of the others in the car. A passenger, later identified as Richard Lee Rush, 29, Chattanooga, initially told the deputy that he was Robert Gamble, Dailey wrote.

Clark and another passenger, Christopher Sean Carroll, 33, Ringgold, Ga., were detained due to active warrants out of Monroe County and Georgia, according to the police report.

The woman in the vehicle was identified as Jennifer Michelle Wilson, 37, Chattanooga.

After arresting Clark, Rush and Carroll, Dailey said he noticed what appeared to be marijuana on the passenger door. Rush told the deputy that the marijuana belonged to him, according to the report.

During a search of the vehicle, police found four digital scales, a 9 mm handgun, six needles, $733, a meth pipe and a silver cylinder with meth residue, according to the arrest report.

A narcotics officer measured and tested four bags of meth located in a black bag in the center console, and the meth weighed 40.14 grams, according to police. Marijuana located inside the vehicle weighed 1.62 grams.

The driver and four occupants told officers that none of the drugs, nor the paraphernalia, were theirs.

Clark was charged with the manufacture/sell/possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony and held on $32,500 bond.

Rush was charged with criminal impersonation, manufacture/sell/possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony, simple possession/casual exchange and possession of burglary tools and held without bond.

Wilson was charged with manufacture/sell/possession of a controlled substance and held on $22,500 bond.

Carroll was charged with violation of probation on possession, manufacture/sell/possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $45,000 bond.

Oct. 18

• Natasha Lynn Ramsey, 23, Vonore, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Curtis Adam Summey, 27, Vonore, was charged with failure to appear and assisting other agency and held on $4,000 bond.

Oct. 19

• Victoria Suzanne Chandler, 22, Vonore, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.

• Lavinia Constantine, 22, Phoenix, was charged with solicitation and held on $4,000 bond.

• Sandra Marie Dean, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jason Michael Hale, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with contempt of court, theft of property and felony escape out of Blount County and held without bond.

• Timothy Hall, 33, Harriman, was charged with theft of property, two counts of resisting arrest and failure to appear-general sessions and held on $26,000 bond.

• Rustin Lynn Key, 30, Philadelphia, was charged with forgery and held without bond.

• Timothy Lee McCauley, 35, Philadelphia, was charged with aggravated domestic assault and held on $5,000 bond.

• Starr Leann Miller, 35, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation on worthless checks and held on $2,000 bond.

• Janie Caroline Ross, 49, Maryville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of probation on simple possession and released on $6,000 bond.

• Timothy Edward Wright, 46, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and driving under the influence and released on $6,000 bond.

Oct. 20

• Frank R. Bristow, 60, Loudon, was charged with reckless endangerment and held on $1,000 bond.

• Brian William Ganz, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $390 bond.

• Albert William Hamilton, 43, Kingston, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $4,000 bond.

• Brandi Marie Hill, 39, Vonore, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• Danny M. Norris, 32, Oak Ridge, was charged with convicted felon in possession of a firearm and held on $10,500 bond.

• Timothy Shane West, 35, Sweetwater, was charged with theft under $500 and released without bond.

Oct. 21

• Chase Arden Brinson, 27, Athens, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.

• Cody Michael Chastain, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with theft under $500 out of Knox County and released without bond.

• Kevin Edward Fann, 35, Maryville, was charged with unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $14,500 bond.

• Dallas Steven Graham, 38, Tellico Plains, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held on $4,000 bond.

• Katherine Leann Lambert, 30, Knoxville, was charged with two counts of forgery and two counts of theft of property and held on $20,000 bond.

• John Jason Marlow, 36, Wartburg, was charged with contempt of court and held without bond.

• Justin Wayne Redmond, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held on $7,500 bond.

• Jimmy Lee Upshaw, 27, Atlanta, was charged with domestic assault and held on $3,000 bond.

Oct. 22

• Quenia T. Holguin, 42, Lenoir City, was charged with criminal trespass and released on $1,000 bond.