News Herald Arrest Report
Man pulls knife on restaurant worker
A Lenoir City
man is facing aggravated assault and public intoxication charges
after pulling a knife on a restaurant employee. “He was swaying from side to side and also had slurred speech while answering questions regarding my investigation,” Espinoza wrote in a report. The victim said Sanchez had walked up to him while he was working near the host stand. The victim was unable to understand what Sanchez was saying due to the level of his intoxication. As the victim “leaned closer to the offender, he noticed Sanchez pulling a knife out of his right front pocket,” Espinoza wrote in his report. The victim tried to deescalate the situation but Sanchez was too intoxicated to listen. A witness said she noticed Sanchez and the victim arguing while Sanchez was holding a knife. The witness said Sanchez looked angry. Another witness said while the victim and Sanchez were talking, Sanchez pulled out a knife and pointed it at the victim. “She also stated, during the confrontation (the victim) looked like he was in fear,” according to the report. Sanchez was charged with aggravated assault and public intoxication and held on $26,000 bond. July 22 • Calvin Maurice Bradley, 34, Knoxville, was charged with a juvenile attachment and released on $100 bond. • Pavielle Lanelle Croom, 23, Flushing, Mich., was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $6,000 bond. • Dexter Allen McCowan, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond. • Abby Rose Varner, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and contraband in a penal institution and held on $33,000 bond. Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Inv. Jamie Ketner was contacted by jail corrections staff after they found a crystal substance on Varner during intake. LCSO Deputy Cheryl West said she asked Varner if she had anything illegal on her, and she had denied that she did. West observed Varner remove something from her mouth and tried to conceal it in her hand. West retrieved a plastic bag from Varner’s hand, and the bag revealed to contain 0.2 grams of methamphetamine. Varner had visited the Loudon County Justice Center to pay her fines, and while she was paying, she was told she had an active warrant. Varner said she forgot the methamphetamine was in her bra, according to Ketner’s report. • Kyle Jordan Whitehead, 23, Louisville, was charged with failure to appear on driving on a revoked/suspended license and released without bond. July 23 • Gerson Eduardo Espinoza, 20, Johnson City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $3,000 bond. • Lewis Howard Hargis, 56, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence, simple possession/casual exchange and failure to appear-municipal court and held on $3,000 bond. • Rodney Wayne Presley, 38, Sweetwater, was charged with a Monroe County warrant, Polk County warrant and three counts of domestic assault and held on $3,500. LCSO Deputy Kevin Kirkland was dispatched in reference to a domestic assault. Kirkland talked with a witness in the driveway who said Presley was inside the residence and had been in a fight with the victim. Kirkland was told that Presley “had been high on meth for days, has destroyed the house, was yelling and breaking stuff inside the residence and he had an ax and possibly a knife.” Kirkland noted he could hear a man yelling and a loud banging noise. Kirkland went to the back of the residence and ordered Presley to come out. Presley complied and was detained for questioning. Presley admitted he had been arguing with the victim and the damage in the residence was from the past few days. The victim refused to give a statement but said she had been in an argument with Presley for a few days. According to witnesses, Presley had been awake for multiple days and had been disruptive by yelling, “acting out and breaking things.” They explained Presley had pushed the victim on the bed and refused to let her leave the house. “They were scared he was going to hurt her so they called 911,” Kirkland wrote in his report. July 24• Joseph Daniel Queener, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault, violation of order of protection, vandalism up to $1,000 and assault and held on $10,000 bond.• Katie Lynn Sampson, 34, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond. July 25• Randall Jason Barnes, 38, Knoxville, was charged with worthless checks over $1,000 and $5,000 and released on $15,000 bond.• Bryan Anthony Gillis, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and driving under the influence and released on $8,000 bond. • Dallas Steven Graham, 42, Maryville, was charged with driving under the influence, habitual motor offender and simple possession of Schedule I substance and held on $39,500 bond. • Heather Lea Kofoed, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with criminal trespass and theft of property and released without bond. • Joshua Allen Underwood, 32, Loudon, was charged with aggravated assault, vandalism and interference with an emergency 911 call and held without bond. July 26• Craig James Griffin II, 33, Sweetwater, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and released on $2,000 bond. • Onis Wayne Keller, 61, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $2,000 bond. • Linda Christine Roberston, 57, Gainesville, Ga., was charged with driving under the influence and released on $5,000 bond. • Justin Nathaniel Demeere, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with contempt of court and released on $1,100 bond. • Matthew Carl Marsh, 34, Loudon, was charged with a warrant for general sessions for child support and released on $300 bond. July 27• Cindy Elizabeth Cook, 49, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $3,000 bond.• Lorenzo Cosme, 43, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and held on $581 bond. • Taylor Wayne Hill, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of a handgun while under the influence and resisting arrest and released on $4,000 bond. LCPD Officer Riley Miller watched a white Chevy Silverado fail to stop at the stop sign located at McGhee Boulevard and Rock Springs Road. Miller initiated a traffic stop, and Hill’s vehicle failed to stop. After activating his lights and sirens, Hill’s vehicle continue to travel to his residence. Miller requested Hill step out of the vehicle at least four times, according to LCPD Officer Caleb Green’s report. Once Hill exited the vehicle, he began walking toward his apartment. Miller ordered Hill to stop, but Hill refused. Miller grabbed Hill’s arm and attempted to bring him back to the patrol car, but Hill continued to resist, according to the report. Green arrived on the scene and helped Miller by detaining Hill. While speaking to Hill, Green observed the odor of an alcoholic beverage from his breath, bloodshot, watery eyes and unsteadiness on his feet. Green requested Hill perform a standardized field sobriety test, to which he agreed. Hill performed poorly on the test, and Green took Hill into custody. Hill said he had a firearm inside the vehicle. Miller located a Smith & Wesson M&P .45-caliber handgun inside the center console. The handgun had a round of ammunition in the chamber and a fully loaded magazine. • Peggy Sue Gallegos, 38, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond. • Emily Elaine Ray, 29, Maryville, was charged with driving on roadways laned for travel and driving under the influence and released on $2,000 bond. • Jesse Joseph Schweitzer, 42, Loudon, was charged with theft of property from $2,500-$10,000 and released without bond. July 28• Jonathan Edward Gowan, 37, West Columbia, S.C., was charged with driving under the influence and held on $5,000 bond.• Stephen Howard Yoder, 50, Farragut, was charged with public intoxication and released on $283 bond.
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