Niota man charged with assault, drugs

A Niota man was taken to Loudon County Jail over the weekend on drug and assault charges after law enforcement was called to a domestic dispute in the 900 block of Spring Street.

Responding to the call Saturday afternoon, Loudon County Sheriff's Office Deputy J.C. Schultz spoke with a woman, who told deputies that she and her boyfriend, Jeremiah Jason Hightshoe, 36, Niota, went out to get some food and returned to the residence, according to the arrest report. The woman and another man were sitting on a bed eating and told Hightshoe to leave, Schultz wrote in the report.

"Mr. Hightshoe knocked on the bedroom window and told (the woman) 'to get your ass outside' and had a machete," Schultz wrote. "(The woman) asked Mr. Hightshoe to leave and told him that she would call him. Mr. Hightshoe broke out the window and threatened to cut (the woman's) throat."
 
The woman said Hightshoe sometimes "flips out" and had threatened her in the past, according to Schultz.
 
While retrieving the machete, which was located in a Honda Osyssey van, Schultz found a glass pipe with residue lying on the floor, according to the report. Schultz also found 1.7 grams of a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine in the vehicle and an unidentified brown powder that weighed 0.7 grams, according to the report. Police also located two other glass pipes and a propane torch.
 
Inside the residence, police found three metal pipes with marijuana residue on the other man's bed, according to the report.
 
Hightshoe was charged with domestic assault, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia and held without bond.
 
Man arrested in dispute with grandmother
 
A Loudon man is facing numerous charges related to stolen cash and a vehicle theft stemming from a domestic disturbance with his grandmother at a residence on Poplar Springs Road.
 
Responding to a call of a vehicle theft, LCSO Deputy Kenny Palmer spoke with a woman, who said her grandson, Bevan Hunter Thompson, 23, Loudon, wanted her to give him some money, and he became upset when she told him she was not going to give him money, according to the arrest report.
 
The woman told police that Thompson threw and smashed her phone on the ground and doused water on her office computer, Palmer wrote. Thompson then left the residence, came back and continued asking for money.
 
When she refused the request, Thompson "grabbed her by the arm and started twisting," according to the report. Thompson then grabbed her by the neck, put her in a headlock and pushed the woman onto the bed, Palmer wrote. Thompson then got her purse and went outside.
 
"(The woman) stated that he then came back inside with her purse and told her he didn't mean for it to go down this way," Palmer wrote.
 
About $130 was missing from the woman's purse, and Thompson took her Toyota Prius without her permission.
 
Thompson was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor, robbery, theft of property between $10,000-$60,000 and theft of property less than $500 and held without bond.
 
April 11
 
• Jorge Luis Abrego, 22, Loudon, was charged with theft under $500 and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Delilah Caldwell, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with illegal possession/fraudulent use of a credit card and released on $5,000 bond.
 
• Tyler Ross Corderly, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Samantha Ann Cox, 20, Lenoir City, was charged with promotion of methamphetamine manufacture and held on $30,000 bond.
 
• Michael Andrew Crain, 40, Maryville, was charged with driving on a suspended license, driving under the influence, speeding and violation of implied consent and released on $13,000 bond.
 
• Benjamin Ray Hopkins, 39, Maryville, was charged with driving under the influence-second offense and released without bond.
 
• Stefanie Leeann Reagan, 39, Kingston, was charged with theft out of Knox County and released without bond.
 
• Tracy Marie Williams, 37, Madisonville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $10,000 bond.
 
April 12
 
• Kayla Rachelle Cansler, 27, Sweetwater, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Johnny Ray Lee, 29, Philadelphia, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and failure to appear-general sessions and released on $6,000 bond.
 
• Vanessa Linette Ruppe, 40, Rockwood, was charged with making false reports and released on $20,000 bond.
 
April 13
 
• Wanda Sue Chrisman, 58, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Brandon Scott Coffman, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Kevin Lee Davis, 30, Maryville, was charged with driving under the influence, violation of implied consent and refusal to sign citation and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Misty Dawn Lowery, 39, Clinton, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Jeffery Robert Miller, 25, Loudon, was charged with driving on a suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Chantell Denene Pelfrey, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and assisting other agency and held on $6,000 bond.
 
• Autumn Dawn Ramsey, 21, Greenback, was charged with failure to appear-second offense and released on $10,000 bond.
 
April 14
 
• Donald Stanley Bishop, 51, Maryville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Ervin Ariel Cano Rodriguez, 19, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Jennifer Michelle Elrod, 32, Maryville, was charged with facilitation and held without bond.
 
• Tiffany Jane Galyon, 37, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation-second offense and held on $4,000 bond.
 
• Dennis Roy Hartley, 70, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.
 
• Brian Anthony Leach, 21, Kingston, was charged with criminal court capias and released without bond.
 
• Christopher Aaron McCord, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving on a revoked/suspended license and theft over $500 and held on $11,000 bond.
 
• Kayla Ann Murrell, 25, Sweetwater, was charged with violation of probation and held on $4,000 bond.
 
• Alicia Dawn Partin, 24, Sweetwater, was charged with manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance in a school zone and held on $20,000 bond.
• Jeremy Russel Vandermeeden, 34, Greenback, was charged with prevention or obstruction of service and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Jamy Start Wilson, 43, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and possession of a handgun while under the influence and released on $4,000 bond.
 
April 15
 
• Jason Lane Aldridge, 43, Philadelphia, was charged with aggravated burglary and theft of property and held on $16,000 bond.
 
• Danny Kevin Chavis, 50, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of violation of probation and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Daniel Gary Duggan, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and released on $15,000 bond. Responding to a call of an assault in the Eaton community, LCSO Deputy Chris Jenkins spoke with a man and his fiancee, who said they saw a male passenger and a female driver snorting pills at a gas station, according to the arrest report. The driver, Stacy Renee Duggan, who has a revoked license from a driving under the influence charge in 2010, got out of the vehicle, approached the woman and began "cursing, yelling and pushed" her, according to Jenkins. The passenger, Daniel Gary Duggan, got out of the vehicle and pulled out a gun, "putting both victims as well as the two children in their vehicle in fear of their life, safety and bodily harm," Jenkins wrote. Daniel Duggan had outstanding warrants on two counts of aggravated assault and was located at Parkway Drive and taken into custody.
 
• Stacy Renee Duggan, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and assault and released on $1,500 bond.
 
• Clare Marie Ferguson, 33, Loudon, was charged with aggravated burglary and theft of property and held on $16,000 bond.
 
• Michael Patrick McGrath, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation-third offense and held without bond.
 
• Randall Eugene Mincey, 36, Loudon, was charged with theft of property and held without bond.
 
• Michael Thomas Odomirock, 47, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to wear orange vest while hunting and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Christy Michelle Russell, 38, Loudon, was charged with criminal court capias and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Michael Dale Russell, 44, Loudon, was charged with criminal court capias and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Stephen Sailem, 51, Warner Robbins, Ga., was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.
 
• Michael Bruce Williams, 47, Loudon, was charged with criminal court capias and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Paul Kristopher Young, 49, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and released without bond.
 
• Wesley Thomas Waller, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with aggravated child abuse and neglect, manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance and sexual battery and held on $75,000 bond.
 
April 16
 
• Courtney Darlene Brown, 30, Philadelphia, was charged with criminal impersonation, manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule IV substance in school zone, resisting arrest, tampering/fabricating with evidence and failure to appear and held on $35,000 bond. Conducting a traffic stop for a seat belt violation in a drug-free school zone, LCSO Deputy Chris Jenkins identified the driver as Poinsettia Lennex, who had a suspended license for failure to appear from January 2015, according to the arrest report. "A back seat passenger tried hiding her identity by a bandana and hoody jacket," Jenkins wrote in the report. "(I) asked the female what her name was and she gave a name that did not come back (and she was) trying to hide her true identity." After asking the passenger to step out of the vehicle, Jenkins was able to identify her as Courtney Darlene Brown, according to the report. During a search, Brown pulled her hand out of a pocket to reveal a small yellow baggy, and Brown resisted when Jenkins attempted to retrieve the item, he wrote in the report. After the woman was taken to the ground, Jenkins asked her "several times" to stop resisting and to turn over the baggy, according to the report. "Ms. Brown was advised that she would be tazed if she did not stop resisting," Jenkins wrote. "Ms. Brown still refused. Ms. Brown was then drive stunned and taken into custody." Lennex was detained and placed in a separate patrol car. During a search at Loudon County Jail, police found seven oval peach-colored pills believed to be 10 mg zolpidem inside the baggy, according to the report.
 
• Poinsettia Maria Lennex, 34, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Robert Allan Cox, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with theft under $500 and aggravated criminal trespass and released without bond. Dispatched to a call of a shoplifter at a retail store on U.S. Highway 321, police spoke with a man, who said Cox had attempted to steal two game callers in the sporting goods section and leave the store without paying for the merchandise, according to the arrest report. The man said Cox was stopped, and the stolen items were recovered, according to the report. The items were valued at $49.94. The store had a no-trespassing order out on Cox from May 2015.
 
• George Eugene Johnson Jr., 31, Greenback, was charged with failure to appear and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Stephen Alexander Maher, 34, Powell, was charged with violation of probation and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Michael Andrew McNeal, 22, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
April 17
 
• Michael Thomas Abron, 31, Philadelphia, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Ben Franklin Barnes, 45, Charleston, Tenn., was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and violation of probation out of Bradley County and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Domingo Maudilio Cano, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with driving without a valid driver's license and held without bond.
 
• Jonathan James Egan, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with child abuse-neglect and released on $5,000 bond.
 
• Nathan Thomas Ray Hutton, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Christopher Leon Lane, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a Schedule III substance and possession of a Schedule VI substance and held on $4,000 bond. Spotting a white van cross the center line along Town Creek Parkway and Old Highway 95 multiple times, Lenoir City Police Officer Bruce Padgett spoke with the driver, Lane, who was identified as having a revoked license, according to the arrest report. Another officer on the scene told Padgett that he could see Lane putting drug paraphernalia under the driver's seat, Padgett wrote. Police found a clear plastic baggy containing marijuana and two syringes in the vehicle. Police also located another plastic baggy containing four pills believed to be 8 mg buprenorphine hydrochloride inside a pack of cigarettes, Padgett wrote.
 
• Jonathan Ray Long, 40, homeless, was charged with alteration of a prescription and held without bond.
 
• Christopher Bruce Nelson, 34, Philadelphia, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,000 bond. Responding to a call of a domestic dispute in the 19000 block of Pond Creek Road, police spoke with a woman, who gave a written statement that Nelson pushed her as he went into the home to speak with his child, according to the arrest report. Nelson admitted to pushing the woman, according to police.
 
• Merv Conley Rodgers, 53, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a revoked license and held without bond.
 
• Alvie Melton Tolle, 55, Kingston, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,000 bond. Dispatched to a call of a domestic dispute in the 300 block of Easter Drive, LCSO Deputy Brian Smith spoke with a man who said he and Tolle had gotten into an argument about the man's son. The man told deputies that he went outside to take his son home when Tolle followed him to the vehicle and began "poking him in the chest and screaming at him." The man told deputies he was afraid Tolle would harm him, so he restrained Tolle until officers arrived. Tolle admitted to poking the man but denied wanting to harm him. Smith determined Tolle was the primary aggressor.
 
• William Keith Wampler, 45, Philadelphia, was charged with aggravated domestic assault, domestic assault, simple possession of a Schedule VI substance and resisting arrest and held without bond.
 
April 18
 
• Derick Alan Davis, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and misuse of the 911 system and held without bond. Responding to a call of an intoxicated driver in the 3200 block of Hines Valley Road, LCSO Deputy J.C. Schultz spoke with Davis, who told deputies that he had called 911 because he did not want girlfriend to leave the home. "He then stated that he knew it was wrong to misuse the 911 system and was sorry," Schultz wrote. The woman told police that Davis took her keys and would not return them or let her leave, and he also got into her vehicle and would not get out. "When Mr. Davis exited her vehicle he then kicked the car door and tried to get back inside by jerking the door open," Schultz wrote. "Mr. David hit himself in the head and cut his forehead."
 
• Corey Wade Price, 36, Philadelphia, was charged with violation of community corrections and held without bond.

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