News Herald Arrest Report

Woman charged with murder in drug death
 

A Knoxville woman has been charged with murder in the suspected drug overdose death of a local man.

Jessica Nicole Gambrell, 34, was served an arrest warrant Sept. 13 by deputies with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office and transported to the Loudon County Jail.

According to an affidavit from LCSO, the office’s narcotics unit responded June 16 to a report of a man who died following a possible drug overdose. Investigators found a syringe and other items in the man’s pocket.
The man’s cellphone was collected and data extracted. A text conversation June 15 between the man and another number led investigators to Gambrell. The text conversation begins at 6:04 p.m. when Gambrell responds asking if anything was needed. Texts back indicate the man has “30” if there was a good bit for him, and Gambrell affirms.

According to the report, no other messages indicate conversation with anyone regarding drug activity.

Investigators were told by a family member of the man that he returned home at 8 p.m. An autopsy has cause of death listed as fentanyl overdose, and the toxicology report shows fentanyl as the only illicit drug in the man’s system.

Investigators allege the man purchased a schedule II drug from Gambrell, which resulted in the man’s death.

Gambrell was charged with second-degree murder and held on $500,000 bond.

Sept. 4

• Brenda Danielle Price, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of methamphetamine and held on $10,000 bond.

• Corey Wade Price, 43, Loudon, was charged with capias-general sessions and violation of probation and held on $15,000 bond.

• Roberto Sarmiento Jr., 29, Sweetwater, was charged with false reports/statements, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, no driver’s license, reckless driving and reckless endangerment and released on $11,500 bond.

• Scott Edward Stockton, 49, Oliver Springs, was charged with driving on roadways laned for traffic, driving under the influence, driving with a suspended/revoked license, failure to show proof of insurance and violation of implied consent and released on $4,000 bond.

• Charles Dewayne Taylor Jr., 34, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,000 bond.

Sept. 5

• Timothy Allen Ashburn, 66, Greenback, was charged with violation of the sex offender registry and released on $5,000 bond.

• Aaron Shaun Fitzgerald, 42, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and due care and released on $1,500 bond.

• John Mitchell Grubb, 38, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of schedule II drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of probation and held on $17,000 bond.

• Alyse Lynn Hixson, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $283 bond.

• Seth Reese Howe, 22, Friendsville, was charged with theft of property and released on $2,000 bond.

• Renee Louise McInerney, 67, Loudon, was charged with burglary and released on $2,000 bond.

Sept. 6

• Miguel Angel Bravo, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,500 bond.

• Karen Anne Ritter, 40, homeless, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and public intoxication and held without bond.

• Ever Gomez Trinidad, 37, Toppenish, Wash., was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $1,500 bond.

• Tanner Earl Wilkerson, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery, possession of controlled substances, possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $4,000 bond.

Sept. 7

• Misty Dawn Devaney, 48, Oakdale, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $1,000 bond.

• Brett Nathaniel Erslein Devaney, 26, Oakdale, was charged with criminal impersonation and held without bond.

• Christopher Steven Dills, 28, Kingston, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $9,000 bond.

• Tyler Hudson Elliott, 23, Loudon, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $1,000 bond.

• Carlos Oxi Gabriel, 43, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and license required and held on $2,000 bond.

• Eric Lewis Gann, 39, Kingston, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,500 bond.

• Amanda Kathlene Porter, 41, Kingston, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $1,000 bond.

• Roy Allen Predmore III, 37, Rocky Top, was charged with capias-general sessions and held on $4,000 bond.

• Neal Fredrick Rudd, 62, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $7,500 bond.

• Darlene M. Sands, 44, Greenback, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,500 bond.

• Chasity Ruth Simpson, 33, Rockwood, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $1,000 bond.

Sept. 8

• Jaclyn Brooke Belcher, 29, Maryville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $2,500 bond.

• Lamarcus Anthony Brown Jr., 18, Kingston, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $1,000 bond.

• Brandi Luis Collins, 50, Lenoir City, was charged with shoplifting and held on $1,000 bond.

• Isaac Dayvon Ernest, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-municipal court and violation of probation and released on $8,500 bond.

• Diamond E. Ferguson, 20, Loudon, was charged with capias-municipal court and held on $1,000 bond.

• David Keith Ghormley Jr., 41, Madisonville, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• James Michael Hammondtree, 46, Calhoun, was charged with burglary and public intoxication and held without bond.

• Ronald Martin Johnson, 61, Lenoir City, was charged with aggravated statutory rape, sexual battery by an authority figure and statutory rape by an authority figure and held without bond.

Sept. 9

• Chastity Alice Marlow-Branyon, 34, was charged with capias-municipal court and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $300 bond.

• Armando Martinez, 31, Sweetwater, was charged with criminal littering, driving under the influence, financial responsibility law, illegal transfer of auto registration, license required, speed limit and violation of implied consent and held on $4,000 bond.

• Jeanette Marie Smith, 41, homeless, was charged with assisting other agency, driving on a revoked/suspended license, financial responsibility law and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $4,000 bond.

Sept. 10

• David Bruce Collins, 27, Detroit, Mich., was charged with two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and released on $3,000 bond.

• Zachary Brandon Lee Crowe, 24, Knoxville, was charged with possession of a handgun while under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Tyler Jaymz Douglas, 23, Corryton, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia, simple possession/casual exchange and violation of implied consent and released on $4,000 bond.

• Alex Brayden Frye, 20, homeless, was charged with public intoxication and held on $1,000 bond.

• Ricky Lynn Hawkins, 46, Lake City, was charged with capias-general sessions and held without bond.

• Taquan Kendell McCray, 28, Taylor, Mich., was charged with three counts of simple possession/casual exchange and released on $5,000 bond.

• April Michelle McDaniel, 48, Maryville, was charged with domestic assault and held without bond.

• Ladarius Donald Tinch, 28, Atlanta, Ga., was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of schedule VI drugs and held without bond.

Sept. 11

• Joseph Jason Pliske, 42, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and released on $7,500 bond.

• Megan McKenzie Ratcliffe, 24, Loudon, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.

• Audrey Jean Thompson, 56, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,500 bond.

• James Richard Wold, 58, Englewood, was charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest and released on $26,500 bond.

Sept. 12

• Hillary Claire Anglin, 39, homeless, was charged with driving under the influence and two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and released on $4,500 bond.

• Jimmy Austin Burnette, 27, Loudon, was charged with aggravated assault, evading arrest, public intoxication and resisting arrest and released on $19,000 bond.

• Dominic Mackenzy Comer, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest and held on $2,000 bond.

• John Caleb Drinnon, 23, Philadelphia, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,500 bond.

• Tatyana Marie Jenkins, 24, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and released on $131.25 bond.

• Terry Chadwick Johnson, 48, Lenoir City, was charged with weekender serving time and held without bond.

• Clinton Ross McMahan, 21, Madisonville, was charged with capias-criminal court and held on $70,000 bond.

• Candice Brooke Phillips, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-municipal court and held on $2,000 bond.

• Jody Conley Skipper, 39, Loudon, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $2,000 bond.

• Alec Michael Steepleton, 27, homeless, was charged with violation of probation and held on $2,000 bond.

Sept. 13

• Brianna Danae Bragg, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Kristi Michelle Burchfield, 47, Loudon, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond.

• Anna Renee Cooper, 35, LaFollette, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $5,000 bond.

• Lonie Farmer, 38, Sweetwater, was charged with contraband in a penal institution and public intoxication and released on $8,500 bond.

• Herman Edward Graves, 45, Knoxville, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $1,000 bond.

• Kyle Randall Jones, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $1,000 bond.

• Rebecca Goldston Nicholson, 58, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.

• Michaela Jo Nicole Sakellar, 21, Bristol, Va., was charged with violation of probation and held on $7,500 bond.

• Sidney La Shaver, 37, Sweetwater, was charged with criminal impersonation and resisting arrest and held on $4,000 bond.

• Tessa Briann Walker, 38, Knoxville, was charged with capias-criminal court and violation of probation and held on $20,000 bond.

Sept. 14

• Carrie Brooke Bachard, 41, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $2,500 bond.

• Lucaya Marshia Dixson, 35, Knoxville, was charged with violation of protection and released on $2,000 bond.

• Heather Renee Edwards, 43, Loudon, was charged with two counts of domestic assault and held on $3,000 bond.

• Chad Allen Kirby, 48, Crossville, was charged with violation of probation and released on $3,000 bond.

• Todd Eric Lundy, 56, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a revoked license and financial responsibility law and released on $2,000 bond.

• Ashley Clay Thompson, 49, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jody Dean Townson, 52, Loudon, was charged with assisting other agency and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of methamphetamine and held without bond.

• Crystal Ann Waldo, 37, Rockwood, was charged with capias-municipal court and released on $1,000 bond.

• Timothy Dalton Wheeler, 31, Maryville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

Sept. 15

• Guy Miguel Carino, 44, Eloy, Ariz., was charged with violation of an order of protection/restraining order and released on $5,000 bond.

• Landon James Haun, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Michael Patrick Hinton, 57, Lenoir City, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Dionicio Lopez, 36, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.

• Heather Jean Pilgram, 50, Lenoir City, was charged with capias-general sessions, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $2,000 bond.

• Cutavius Dontez Ray, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with aggravated assault and released on $5,000 bond.

• Kristin Suzanne Schaller, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond.

• Tyler Blake Woods, 31, Clinton, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and held on $8,000 bond.

Sept. 16

• Charles Ray Best, 82, Lenoir City, was charged with assault and two counts of domestic assault and released on $3,000 bond.

• Jose Manfredo Borjas-Gonzales, 34, Rockwood, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and held on $4,000 bond.

• Logan Zain McDonald, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Marty Allen Mills, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with criminal trespass and released without bond.

• Jessica Louise Murray, 37, Madisonville, was charged with capias-criminal court and violation of probation and held on $10,000 bond.

Sept. 17

• Ronnie Eugene Easterly, 71, Loudon, was charged with driving on a suspended license, financial responsibility law, following too close and misuse of evidence of registration and held on $1,000 bond.

• Kayla Nicole Guthrie, 34, Madisonville, was charged with driving under the influence and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $4,000 bond.

• Alexandra Iris Guzman, 20, Philadelphia, was charged with underage consumption and underage driving while intoxicated and released on $2,500 bond.

• Billy Robert Morelock, 39, Powell, was charged with violation of protection and released on $2,000 bond.

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