Sweetwater man leads chase in st

A Sweetwater man was arrested Sunday on various charges after leading local law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase.

Lenoir City Police Officer Riley Miller responded to a business on U.S. Highway 321 to investigate reports of a stolen black Nissan. Miller and officer Shannon Runyan found the vehicle and attempted to stop it at Pearl Drive. The vehicle continued onto Pearl Drive and then Bethel Drive. The driver ignored sirens and blue lights, Miller wrote in a report.

The driver continued to flee, heading back to Pearl Drive from Bethel Drive where a spike strip was struck by three of the car’s four tires. The driver, Antonio Lee Sinnerard, 32, continued onto U.S. Highway 321 and reached speeds of 72 mph.

At the intersection of Highway 321 and Cory Drive, Sinnerard slowed before driving north in the southbound lane of Highway 321. He turned onto Market Drive and drove through various parking lots before getting back on the highway.

Sinnerard ended the pursuit at a business on Highway 321 where he stopped the car and placed his hands outside the window. Sinnerard had a female passenger in the car with him. Both were instructed at gun point to exit the vehicle face down, Miller wrote in a report.

Officers searched Sinnerard and found a baggie of 0.6 grams of methamphetamine and a baggie with an unknown pink powder substance with a straw. Officers found in the vehicle two homemade bongs, two glass pipes, one cut straw and baggies containing needles. Sinnerard claimed possession of all of the contents of the car.

The woman said she was picked up in Lenoir City and was getting a ride to Sweetwater. She told Sinnerard to end the pursuit several times.

Sinnerard corroborated her story and said she also didn’t know the car was stolen.

Sinnerard was charged with reckless endangerment, theft of property, evading arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and reckless driving and held without bond.

Man fights with officers

A Loudon man was arrested Friday on assault charges after trying to break into a residence.

Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Christopher Clemmer was called to a house at Clyde Street in reference to a man trying to break into a woman’s house. When Clemmer arrived, he saw Brian Wayne Mendenhall, 33, slam the house door. Clemmer met the woman who called 911 and asked where Mendenhall was. She told him “out the back door,” Clemmer wrote in a report.

Clemmer searched the area and heard Mendenhall running through the woods behind the house and told him to stop. Mendenhall refused.

Clemmer circled the area in an attempt to find Mendenhall before coming back to the house. The woman said Mendenhall punched through a window and reached through to unlock the door from the inside.

When Clemmer returned to the house, Mendenhall was there beating on the door. Clemmer told Mendenhall to walk toward him with his hands behind his back. He threw his jacket at Clemmer before trying to run away again. After giving Mendenhall more commands to stop, Clemmer deployed his taser, according to a report.

The man continued to resist arrest. After Mendenhall was finally placed in cuffs, officers tried to put him in the back of a patrol car. He continued to fight by kicking and attempting to bite officers multiple times.

Mendenhall was charged with violation of bond restriction, assault, aggravated assault, resisting arrest and public intoxication and held without bond.

March 22

• Travis Scott Carter, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and expiration of certificates and plates and released on $1,000 bond.

• Josh Ray Edens, 33, Johnson City, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $15,000 bond.

• Peggy Sue Gallegos, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of theft under $500 and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $3,000 bond.

• Dylan Avery Lewis, 21, Rockwood, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.

• Whitney Ayla Lorig, 21, Maryville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $3,000 bond.

• Susan Fox Wilkerson, 56, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property, criminal trespass, public intoxication and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $4,000 bond.

March 23

• Daniel Keith Carver, 40, Loudon, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.

• Rachel Lynn Evans, 38, Maryville, was charged with violation of probation and released on $3,000.

• Armando Lopez Figueroa, 47, Lenoir City, was charged with sexual battery and held on $5,000 bond.

• Brandin Marie Gage, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation, driving an unregistered vehicle and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Joshua Allen Green, 34, Loudon, was charged with violation of order of protection/restraining order and released on $2,500 bond.

• Daniel Lee Jaynes, 44, homeless, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Kaitlyn Marie Mills, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,000 bond.

• Gordon Dale Narmore, 40, Philadelphia, was charged with theft of property and vandalism and held on $9,500 bond.

• Wayne Leslie Willis, 42, Maryville, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $6,000 bond.

March 24

• Reanna Suzanne Armes, 29, Oliver Springs, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• Michael Allen Baker, 45, Sweetwater, was charged with violation of probation and held on $10,000 bond.

• Christopher Shane Branham, 31, Sweetwater, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.

• Logan Scott Duckworth, 20, Maryville, was charged with assisting other agency and held without bond.

• Claudine Jane Griffin, 67, Lenoir City, was charged with four counts of worthless checks and held on $5,500 bond.

• James Howard Williams, 39, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,500 bond.

March 25

• Steven Ray Birchfield, 51, Greenback, was charged with manufacture, sale, delivery, resale of a Schedule II substance, simple possession/casual exchange, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth, display of registration plate and driving without a valid license and released on $11,000 bond.

• Israel Martinez Gonzalez, 29, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,000 bond.

• Katie Gunther Webb, 30, Loudon, was charged with two counts of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and released on $3,000 bond.

• Lakin Denise Norman, 28, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation and released on $4,000 bond.

• Cody Dwayne Whittaker, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, sale, delivery, resale of a Schedule I substance and violation of probation and held without bond.

March 26

• Thomas Mason Cratty III, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Nathan Eugene Delay, 36, Knoxville, was charged with reckless driving and driving under the influence and released on $2,000 bond.

• Timmy Sanchez Lipford, 49, Chattanooga, was charged with violation of probation and held on $15,000 bond.

• Dustin Jerome Akers, 37, Knoxville, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and released on $5,000 bond.

• Jada Ann Allison, 20, Lenoir City, was charged with having contraband in a penal institute, tampering/fabricating with evidence, two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $33,000 bond.

• Caleb Bigbee Arbuckle, 25, Edmond, Okla., was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and held without bond.

• Iris Maries Arbuckle, 43, Edmond, Okla., was charged with theft of property and held on $3,000 bond.

• Travis Spencer Cook, 43, Harriman, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,500 bond.

• Christopher Steven Dills, 26, Loudon, was charged with criminal trespass and released on $1,000 bond.

• Erin Rose Ernest, 34, Madisonville, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,500 bond.

• Kayli Nicole Henderson, 21, Sweetwater, was charged with theft of property, simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $19,000 bond.

• Taylor Elizabeth Kitts, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with three counts of manufacture, sale, delivery, resale of a Schedule I substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $76,000 bond.

• James Chester Newell, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $15,000 bond.

March 27

• Angela McGill Dawson, 41, Maryville, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth, driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $9,000 bond.

• Shelby Lee McLain, 26, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation and released on $3,000 bond.

• Jonathan Wade Smallen, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $2,000 bond.

• Andrew Morgan Todd, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.

March 28

• Vanessa Michelle Dearing, 38, Surgoinsville, was charged with theft of property, criminal trespass and vandalism and held without bond.

• Laurie Ann Fitzgerald, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,000 bond.

• Rose Anna Lambert, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and held on $1,000 bond.

• Rebecca Leigh Lorenz, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with tampering/fabricating with evidence and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $16,000 bond.

• Richard Allan Pittman, 48, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $5,000 bond.

• Lucas Allen Stinnett, 41, Greenback, was charged with violation of probation and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $1,000 bond.