News Herald Arrest Report
Police
chase ends in arrest on drug, evasion charges
After leading police on a high-speed chase in the early morning
hours Sunday, a Mascot man was taken into custody on drug and
evasion charges after crashing his vehicle on Highway 72.
About 1:30 a.m., Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jamie Ketner saw a vehicle turn around in the middle of Highway 11 in Philadelphia, and after catching up with the driver, who was going 60-65 mph in a 45 mph zone, Ketner turned on his blue lights. The vehicle continued down the highway, according to the arrest report.
The driver, Kenneth J. Raper, 26, then ran a traffic light at
the intersection of Highway 72 and 11 and turned left onto
Highway 72. “The vehicle exceeded the posted speed limit in an
attempt to flee,” Ketner wrote in his report.
An officer with Loudon Police Department put a spike strip down
on the road, which punctured the vehicle’s right front tire, but
the driver continued moving at speeds up to 90 mph, and Raper
eventually crashed into the woods along Highway 72 near a boat
ramp, Ketner wrote.
Ketner, who was assisted by other officers, approached the
driver and found a shotgun shell and drug paraphernalia inside
the vehicle. The passenger door was open, and the driver had
fled on foot. After setting up a perimeter and deploying a K-9
dog, police eventually took Raper into custody.
Raper was transported to Fort Loudoun Medical Center to have his
wounds treated and then taken to Loudon County Jail.
Inside the vehicle, officers found a marijuana pipe, a set of
digital scales with white powder, baggies, a grinder and three
containers, according to the arrest report. Raper’s license was
found to have been revoked for a driving under the influence
charge, and he had a warrant out of Knox County for failure to
appear.
Raper was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license,
evading arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia, simple
possession/casual exchange and assisting other agency and held
on $12,000 bond.
Harriman man jailed
A Harriman man was taken to Loudon County Jail after initially
getting pulled over for a seat belt violation and an expired
tag.
Noticing the driver of a blue Ford Crown Victoria not wearing
his seat belt at Hines Valley Road and Highway 70, LCSO Deputy
Kevin Dailey pulled up behind the vehicle and saw that the plate
was expired.
After stopping the car, Dailey spoke with the driver, Brian
Christopher Cox, 42, Harriman, who appeared “visually nervous
with his hands shaking,” Dailey wrote in the arrest report.
Dailey told the deputy that his registration was expired, and he
could not provide insurance information. “Due to the nervousness
of Mr. Cox, I had him step outside of the vehicle to further
question him,” Dailey wrote.
Cox told the officer that he did not have anything illegal in
the car and refused a request to search the vehicle. A K-9 dog
provided by Lenoir City Police Department alerted on the vehicle
twice, according to the arrest report.
Police found three bags of marijuana in a lunch box that was
located in the backseat of the car, along with a set of scales,
according to the report. The marijuana weighed 2.61 ounces,
according to police. “At this point Mr. Cox had his ... rights
read to him where he waived them and stated that he was just
trying to make his family some money by making some deals,”
Dailey wrote.
Cox was charged with manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a
Schedule VI substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and
released on $9,500 bond.
Sept. 11
• Roger Dale Arwood, 38, Lenoir City, was charged with contempt
of court and violation of probation and held on $2,000 bond.
• Jona Nicole Campbell, 38, Loudon, was charged with violation
of probation and held on $1,000 bond.
• Thomas Matthew Elmore, 23, Sweetwater, was charged with
driving under the influence and released without bond.
• James Matthew Kiser, 22, Sweetwater, was charged with theft
and held on $1,000 bond.
• Ronald Matthew Lacy, 42, Oil Springs, Ky., was charged with
theft of property and released on $20,000 bond.
• Trevor Wade Lambert, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with public
intoxication and released on $1,000 bond. Responding to a call
of a wreck at a restaurant in Lenoir City, police spoke with
Lambert, who was standing in the middle of Kingston Street, and
the man “seemed confused and had slurred speech,” according to
the arrest report.
• David Morgan Turrentine, 40, Knoxville, was charged with
driving under the influence and released without bond.
Sept. 12
• Brittany Nicole McCulloch, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with
driving under the influence, driving on a revoked/suspended
license and violation of implied consent and held on $7,000
bond. Dispatched to a call of a wreck in front of a restaurant
in Lenoir City, police found a black Jeep and a Chevrolet Cobalt
in the middle of Kingston Street. The driver, McCulloch,
displayed signs of intoxication, performed poorly on field
sobriety tests and refused to provide a blood sample, according
to the arrest report. A 2-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl
were in the vehicle at the time of the wreck, according to
police. A check through the National Crime Information Center
revealed that McCulloch’s license was suspended.
• Brandon Lee Smith, 35, Loudon, was charged with driving on a
revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
• Brittany Renee Wright, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with
contraband in a penal institution and held on $15,000 bond. LCSO
Deputy Cody Bengel was walking through the booking area at
Loudon County Jail when he detected the smell of marijuana
coming from holding area six where Wright and another inmate
were being housed. Bengel searched the cell and found a roach
containing a leafy substance believed to be marijuana, along
with multiple cigarettes and a lighter, according to officers.
Sept. 13
• Michael Lance Courtney, 45, Lenoir City, was charged with
felony domestic assault and released on $5,000 bond.
• Brian David Gann, 28, Harriman, was charged with violation of
probation and contempt of court and held without bond.
• Craig Alan Jump, 35, Loudon, was charged with assault and
released on $2,000 bond. A man told police that he was coaching
in a youth football league at the old Loudon High School on Fort
Hill Street when a parent, Jump, became upset and went onto the
field to confront the man, who told Jump to leave the field
twice. “Jump refused to leave and threw a water bottle at (the
man), he then got up in (the man’s) face and was poking him in
the chest,” according to the arrest report. The man “eventually”
defended himself, and the two individuals had to be separated,
according to police. The man told police that as he was going to
his vehicle, Jump “made comments in reference to shooting” him.
• Darryl Wayne Smith, 39, Madisonville, was charged with driving
under the influence and violation of implied consent and
released on $4,000 bond, while Heather Nikole Arp, 34,
Madisonville, was charged with public intoxication and released
on $2,000 bond. LCSO Deputy Chris Hutchens found a man and woman
passed out inside a silver Nissan Altima at the Tellico Dam boat
ramp on Highway 444, according to the arrest report. Smith was
in the driver’s seat and a passenger, Arp, was hunched over on
the dash, according to Hutchens. Smith and Arp told police they
had consumed alcohol earlier that day and both displayed signs
of intoxication.
• Mark Anthony Stevens, 18, Loudon, was charged with failure to
appear-general sessions and held on $1,000 bond.
Sept. 14
• Tony Curtis Brown, 49, Knoxville, was charged with failure to
appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.
• Allyson Fay Fliegner, 34, Knoxville, was charged with
violation of probation and released without bond.
• Russell Ray Gasche, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with driving
on a revoked license-second offense and held without bond.
• Nathan Brandon Underwood, 27, Loudon, was charged with
domestic assault and held on $1,000 bond.
• William Jerry Wathen, 87, Lenoir City, was charged with
leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and held
without bond.
Lenoir City man charged with theft, trespass A Lenoir City man was taken to Loudon County Jail after police found him in possession of a vehicle, TV and other items that weren’t his. Responding to a call of a disturbance in the 4200 block of Waller Ferry Road in Lenoir City, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Inv. Sgt. Charlie Cosner spoke with a woman who said Andrew Emil Kotronias, 21, Lenoir City, had been told by her father not to come back on the property, according to the arrest report.
While searching the residence for Kotronias, deputies found
a TV, multiple cellphones and a computer monitor the woman
said did not belong at the home, Cosner wrote.
During an investigation, deputies found Kotronias drove to
the residence in a 2005 Pontiac Grand Am that belonged to a
woman at another residence. The second woman told officers
that the vehicle was hers and that she had given it to a
juvenile.
The car’s owner told the deputy she did not know Kotronias
had the vehicle and did not give him permission to drive it.
The car’s owner also said she was missing a TV, cellphone
and a computer monitor, which matched the description of
items located at the Waller Ferry Road residence, according
to the arrest report.
The vehicle was valued at $2,500, and the TV was valued at
less than $500.
Kotronias was charged with aggravated criminal trespass, two
counts of theft of property and violation of probation and
held without bond.
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