News Herald Arrest Report

Trio faces charges after officer sees pot
 
Two men and a woman are facing multiple charges after one of them smoked pot beside a police car at an intersection in Lenoir City.
 
While stopped at a traffic light at Exit 81 of Interstate 75, Lenoir City Police Officer Shannon Runyan saw the driver of a maroon 2006 Lincoln pull a pipe and lighter from his pocket to smoke what Runyan believed was marijuana.
 
Runyan initiated a traffic stop and talked with the driver, James Allen Whaley, as well as passengers Mysti Danielle Gomez and Mark Allen McCullough.
 
As he searched the vehicle, Runyan found 11 grams of a leafy green substance believed to be marijuana, several plastic sandwich baggies, a metal marijuana grinder, a glass marijuana pipe, two white pills and a blue plastic container with a crystal substance believed to be methamphetamine.
 
Gomez, who was a passenger in the back seat, had approximately 3.5 grams of crystal meth, digital scales, approximately 4 grams of marijuana, a glass meth pipe and later was found to have a blue plastic baggie with what was believed to be meth.
 
McCullough had .1 grams of a dark substance believed to be heroin, a bent silver spoon with used filters and a needle.
 
• Whaley, 30, Maryville, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange, possession of legend drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $6,000 bond.
 
• McCullough, 31, Harriman, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $4,000 bond.
 
• Gomez, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule III substance, manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule VI substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $22,000 bond.

Nov. 6

• Virgil Nathan Beck, 36, homeless, was charged with a Roane County warrant and theft of property and held on $5,000 bond.
 
• Robert Jerome Benton III, 18, Athens, was charged with three counts of theft of property and three counts of burglary of motor vehicle and held on $39,000 bond.
 
• William Cowden Brown, 40, Kingston, was charged with theft of property and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Eugene Davidson, 38, Ten Mile, was charged with theft over $100, theft over $1,000 and aggravated burglary and held on $37,500 bond.
 
• Ronnie Lee Davidson, 36, Philadelphia, was charged with theft of property, theft over $1,000 and aggravated burglary and held on $37,500 bond.
 
• Natalie Christina Degroot, 35, Sweetwater, was charged with three counts of possession of legend drugs and held on $7,500 bond.
 
• Donald Edward McCoy, 40, Knoxville, was charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Callie Millsaps, 20, Athens, was charged with three counts of theft of property and three counts of burglary of motor vehicle and held on $39,000 bond.
 
• Georgann Smith Woods, 55, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.

Nov. 7

• Waylon Bernard T. Ackerman, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with a Monroe County warrant and released without bond.
 
• Darrell Alan Brown, 31, Louisville, was charged with a juvenile attachment and held on $500 bond.
 
• Randall Dale Brown, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Raven Danielle Maples, 34, Strawberry Plains, was charged with a Knox County warrant and released without bond.

Nov. 8

• Michael James John Amble, 53, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.
 
• Rachel Annemiriam Comer, 33, Loudon, was charged with assisting other agency and theft of property and held without bond.
 
• Kayla Marie Galyon, 23, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• James Thomas Inman, 34, Sweetwater, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Bethanna Ruth Pennisi, 30, Oak Ridge, was charged with assisting other agency and held without bond.
 
• Michael George Ramey, 26, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $6,000 bond.
 
• Natasha Lynn Ramsey, 25, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.

Nov. 9

• Daniel Wayne Capps, 31, Philadelphia, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $3,000 bond.
 
• Reginald Deanthony Pass, 41, Atlanta, Ga., was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal impersonation and held on $5,000 bond.
 
• Pedro Damian-Hernandez, 28, Morristown, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Rachel Michelle Langley, 37, Sweetwater, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Christopher William Sherrill, 26, Sweetwater, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.
 
• Leslie Jenene Stinnett, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.

Nov. 10

• Lisa Marie Bumbaugh, 41, Sweetwater, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Anthony Ray Henry, 30, Loudon, was charged with burglary and held without bond.
 
• Heath Shane Norrell, 45, Chattanooga, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Mario Garcia Rodriguez, 49, Philadelphia, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to appear-general sessions and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Richard Allen Stout, 46, Philadelphia, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Craig Allen Williams, 38, Knoxville, was charged with prohibited weapons, driving under the influence and reckless driving and released on $7,000 bond.

Nov. 11

• Crystal J. Bingham, 44, Philadelphia, was charged with two counts of manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule II substance, three counts of simple possession/casual exchange, two counts of possession of legend drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $42,000 bond. Observing a white Cadillac with expired tags going 55 mph and a 45 mph zone, Loudon County Sheriff's Office Deputy Cody Fritts stopped with Bingam. “Ms. Bingham had pinpoint eyes and white power residue in the left nostril of her nose,” Fritts wrote in the report. Bingham denied taking any substances. After being granted to search her vehicle, Fritts found a brown and pink change purse with five 15-mg Oxycodone pills, three 20-mg Oxycodone pills, one Adderall pill, two Suboxone strips, three Buprenorphine and Naloxone strips, one Ondansetron pill, four Sucralfate pills, one empty capsule of 40-mg Vyvanse and a cut straw. Bingham’s purse also had two notebooks with documented narcotic sales.
 
• Mary Margaret Goddard, 42, Lenoir City, was charged with theft under $1,000 and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Brandon Leslie Harmon, 24, Oak Ridge, was charged with an Anderson County warrant and held without bond.
 
• Amanda Nicole Parson, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with theft under $1,000 and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Christopher William Sharp, 46, Philadelphia, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Lucas Allen Stinnett, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Becky Juanita Viars, 47, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.

Nov. 12

• Roy Lee Culberson, 45, Athens, was charged with a McMinn County warrant and held without bond.
 
• Amanda G. Gibson, 37, Greenback, was charged with criminal court capias and released on $5,000 bond.
 
• Terry Dewayne Griffin Jr., 37, Sweetwater, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Jorge Esteban Macias-Diaz, 25, Philadelphia, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving without a valid license and held on $3,000 bond.
 
• Richard Allen McDonald, 54, Loudon, was charged with public intoxication and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Denieka Ann Skeens, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-felony and held without bond. Responding to a physical domestic assault, Lenoir City Police Officer Cole Morgan talked with Skeens, who said she had been assaulted by a man. After further investigating, Morgan noticed the man had marks on his neck from being grabbed. “(Victim one) ... stated he came home and Denieka was screaming and furious about something of which he did not know,” Morgan wrote in the report. “As he and his mother (victim two) walked into the living room, Denieka came down the stairs with a shelf and started swinging it at him.” After taking the shelf from Skeens, she grabbed the man’s throat. Morgan’s report also notes Skeens grabbed a hammer, “like she was going to hit (victim two) in an attempt to cause serious bodily harm or death.”

Nov. 13

• Michael Wayne Ramsey, 49, Maryville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $30,000 bond.
 
• Dustin Duane Rolen, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and held on $1,000 bond.

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11/20/17