News Herald Arrest Report
2 men plead
guilty to sex offenses
A Lenoir City man pled guilty in late January in Loudon County Criminal Court to one count of rape involving a 14-year-old girl. Richard Nitz, 39, was sentenced to 12 years with the Tennessee Department of Corrections. After he is released, he will be placed on the national Sex Offender Registry and be subject to community supervision for life, which is an "enhanced form of probation for violent sex offenders," according to a press release from the Ninth Judicial District Attorney General's office.
"Though he will receive credit for the nearly two years that he
has already been in custody pending a trial, because he was
convicted of a violent sexual offense, he will be required to
serve 85 percent of his sentence before becoming parole
eligible," according to the release.
Norman Lettieri, 41, Lenoir City, pled guilty to two counts of
reckless aggravated assault recently in Loudon County Criminal
Court and was sentenced to six years probation.
During the probationary period, Lettieri will have to complete a
psychosexual evaluation and an alcohol and drug assessment,
according to the DA's press release.
Lettieri's attorney, T. Scott Jones, asked the court to allow
the man to take advantage of judicial diversion, and Judge Jeff
Wicks deferred ruling until May 2.
Assistant District Attorney Alyson Kennedy, who leads the DA's
Child Sex Crimes Unit, was the prosecutor handling both cases.
Pair jailed
for drugs in speeding stop
Two Lenoir City women were transported Friday to Loudon County Jail
after police initially spotted a green Ford Taurus going 13 miles
per hour over the speed limit on Old Highway 95 in Lenoir City.
Stopping the vehicle for going 43 mph in a 30 mph zone, Loudon County Sheriff's Office Deputy Cody Fritts recognized the driver, Stacy Renee Duggan, 39, Lenoir City, for having a previous revoked license charge for driving under the influence from July 2010, according to the arrest report. Fritts also identified a passenger in the car as Latonda S. Hughes, 35, Lenoir City.
While speaking with Duggan, Fritts noticed that she had "several
pills" in her hand, according to the report.
"I asked Ms. Duggan to hand me the pills and she gave me 1 Xanax,"
Fritts wrote. "I asked Ms. Duggan to step out of the vehicle, at
which time she tried to put (the) pills down her pants and under
the driver's seat."
After getting Duggan out of the car, another officer saw that
Duggan was attempting to swallow an object, according to the
report. Police then removed about 24 Xanax and five promethazine
pills from the woman's mouth, Fritts wrote, noting that officers
also found nine more Xanax and three promethazine pills in the
driver's seat and floor board.
"Upon speaking with Latonda Hughes, she was chewing and trying
to swallow while speaking to me," Fritts wrote. "She had (an)
Orange chalky residue in her teeth and around her lips
consistent with a methadone wafer."
Police found 11 Xanax and five promethazine pills in Hughes'
jacket pocket and "small orange pieces consistent with a
Methadone wafer," according to Fritts in the report.
Three empty methadone bottles were also found in the vehicle.
Hughes had an outstanding warrant out of Loudon County for
negligent homicide, Fritts wrote.
Hughes was charged with manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a
Schedule IV substance, tampering/fabricating with evidence,
simple possession/casual exchange and negligent homicide and
held on $64,000 bond.
Duggan was charged with manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a
Schedule II substance, tampering with evidence, driving on a
revoked/suspended license and simple possession/casual exchange
and released on $34,000 bond.
Man charged with assault
A Philadelphia man was taken into custody last week after
getting into an altercation over an employment issue.
Responding to a call of a domestic assault in the 5200 block of
Foshee Road, Loudon County Sheriff's Office Deputy Lance
Anderson spoke with a woman, who said Kenneth Doyle Smith, 55,
Philadelphia, began arguing over his employment after arriving
after work, according to the arrest report.
"The victim stated during the argument the (man) grabbed the
victim's arm and hit her twice in the face with a closed fist,"
Anderson wrote, noting that he saw bruising on the woman's
forearm, a mark on her right cheek and another mark on her left
cheek. The woman also had a bloodshot left eye, according to
Anderson.
Smith fled from the residence before police arrived.
About 8:35 p.m. that day, Anderson and another deputy noticed a
red Ford F-150 in the parking lot of a boat ramp along Highway
72 North matching the description of Smith's vehicle, according
to the report. After stopping the truck, police found a loaded
handgun in Smith's front right pocket and a loaded handgun on
the driver's side door.
Smith was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released
on $1,000 bond.
Jan. 28
• Nancy Jane Rogers, 64, Maryville, was charged with violation
of probation and released on $2,000 bond.
• April Gail Taylor, 37, Loudon, was charged with violation of
probation and held without bond.
• Nathan Brandon Underwood, 27, Loudon, was charged with
criminal trespass and released on $2,000 bond.
• Becky Juanita Viars, 46, Loudon, was charged with
attachment-juvenile court and held on $500 bond.
Jan. 29
• Tabatha Michelle Decker, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with
driving on a revoked license and held without bond.
• Alicia Ann Taylor, 34, Greenback, was charged with
attachment-juvenile court and held on $150 bond.
• Coy Lee Best, 29, Friendsville, was charged with theft under
$500 and released on $2,000 bond. Responding to a call of a
shoplifter at a retail store in Lenoir City, police spoke with
loss prevention employees, who said they saw Best pull store
bags from his pocket and place multiple items from the shelves
into the bags, according to the arrest report. Best also placed
two boxes of toys into a cart along with the bagged items and
left the store without paying for the merchandise, according to
police. The estimated value of the items was $498.42.
• Dylan Curtis Ferguson, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with
failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.
• Heather Yvonne Graham, 41, Loudon, was charged with failure to
appear and held without bond.
• Melanie Leigh Hollis, 50, Loudon, was charged with criminal
trespass and released on $2,000 bond.
Jan. 30
• Thomas William Ervin, 54, Loudon, was charged with driving
under the influence and violation of implied consent and
released on $2,000 bond.
• Augustin Lara Espinoza, 25, Sweetwater, was charged with
driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000
bond.
• Cody M. Graves, 21, Maryville, was charged with criminal court
capias and released on $7,000 bond.
• Gary Marquis Hampton, 26, Loudon, was charged with theft of
property, reckless endangerment and evading arrest and held on
$40,000 bond.
• Johnny Ray Kirkland, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with
domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,500 bond.
• Eric Scott Risley, 32, Loudon, was charged with failure to
appear-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.
Jan. 31
• Nicholas Allen Bahr, 23, Loudon, was charged with violation of
probation and released on $1,000 bond.
• Jare Lyons Barkley, 50, Maryville, was charged with driving
under the influence, possession of legend drugs, open container,
violation of implied consent, simple possession/casual exchange
and following too close and released on $8,000 bond.
• Bobby Lee Bell, 34, Chattanooga, was charged with theft over
$500 and held without bond. Dispatched to a call of a theft at a
retail store in Lenoir City, police spoke with a loss prevention
employee, who said Bell was seen taking a shopping cart "full of
unpaid merchandise" from a customer, according to the arrest
report. Bell pushed the cart past the registers without paying
and handed the cart off to Steven Eugene Brannan, 33, Blaine,
who then left the store, according to police. Brannan was also
charged with theft over $500 and held without bond. The value of
the items was estimated at $856.59.
• Stephanie Nichole Buckner, 28, Sweetwater, was charged with
failure to appear and released on $1,000 bond.
• Isaac Lamar Conner, 20, Hardin Valley, was charged with
violation of probation and failure to appear and released
without bond.
• Shelby Jonell Gentry, 22, Hardin Valley, was charged with
violation of probation and failure to appear and released
without bond.
• Nicole Ann Gibson, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with failure
to appear and held on $4,000 bond.
• Jose Efrain Gonzalez-Cruz, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with
driving under the influence, driving without a valid driver's
license and violation of implied consent and released on $3,000
bond.
• Derek Todd Lawson, 32, Huntsville, was charged with driving
under the influence and released on $3,000 bond.
• Katie Jane McKiddy, 36, Madisonville, was charged with
violation of probation and held without bond.
• Walter Wuther Pond, 63, Loudon, was charged with driving under
the influence and held on $2,000 bond.
• Jeanette Nicole Snapp, 48, Loudon, was charged with violation
of probation, violation of interlock device and driving on a
revoked/suspended license and held on $4,000 bond.
• David Eugene Turner, 58, Lenoir City, was charged with
fugitive from justice and held without bond.
• Braden William Wiebe, 19, Knoxville, was charged with underage
driving while intoxicated and violation of implied consent and
held without bond.
Feb. 1
• Edith Rosetta Babb, 18, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic
assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,000 bond. Responding to a
call of domestic violence in the 6300 block of White Wing Road,
LCSO Deputy Brian Smith spoke with a woman, who said she and
Babb got into an argument about how the woman's boyfriend treats
her, according to the arrest report. The woman told deputies
that she attempted to make Babb leave the room. Smith wrote that
he didn't notice any marks on either woman, but determined that
Babb was the primary aggressor.
• Scottie Lee Denton, 31, Knoxville, was charged with violation
of probation and held without bond.
• Jordan Michael Hardin, 20, Loudon, was charged with driving on
a revoked/suspended license and held without bond.
• Larry Allen Horton, 31, Knoxville, was charged with failure to
appear-general sessions and held without bond.
• Johnny Mark Hall, 25, Harriman, was charged with violation of
probation and released on $1,000 bond.
• Charles John Hatcher, 31, Maryville, was charged with criminal
trespass and theft under $500 and released on $4,000 bond. Loss
prevention personnel at a retail store saw Hatcher take a
universal product code label off a toy car, which was valued at
$6.95, and place the label onto a remote control car costing
$54.97, according to the arrest report. Hatcher went through the
self-checkout line and only paid $6.95.
• Rock Allen Kennedy, 29, homeless, was charged with two counts
of failure to appear-general sessions and held on $10,000 bond.
• Stephanie Jesse Rutledge, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with
public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond. Responding to a
call of a reckless driver on Interstate 75 South, LCSO Deputy
Kenny Palmer followed the driver of the vehicle onto U.S.
Highway 321 and Town Creek Parkway, according to the arrest
report. The vehicle swerved into the middle of the road, and
Palmer pulled over the driver, Jared Coatney, at Harrison
Avenue. Coatney was arrested for driving under the influence and
driving on a suspended license. Palmer wrote in the report that
he found a passenger, Rutledge, was passed out when he
approached the vehicle. "I had Ms. Rutledge to wake up at which
time I observed she appeared to be under the influence," Palmer
wrote. "I asked Ms. Rutledge if she was OK, at which time she
stated she had diabetes and she thought her sugar was low."
Emergency personnel ran a check on Rutledge and reported that
the woman's sugar level "was fine and (emergency officials) did
not have any reason to transport her," according to Palmer.
Rutledge displayed signs of intoxication, and she told police
she had taken two Suboxone, Palmer wrote.
• Jared Anthony Coatney, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with
driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license
and released on $3,000 bond.
Feb. 2
• Anthony Lee Hood, 26, Sweetwater, was charged with driving
under the influence and violation of implied consent and
released on $2,500 bond.
• Jeremy Lamont Kerr, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with contempt
of court and held on $297 bond.
• Carol Ann Markowski, 58, homeless, was charged with domestic
assault-misdemeanor and held on $2,000 bond. Dispatched to a
driver assist call on Interstate 75 at mile marker 75, police
arrived in the middle of a verbal dispute between Markowski and
a man, according to the arrest report. Both individuals were
separated, and police interviewed the couple, according to the
report. "The (man) was complaining of a hand injury of which
there was still fresh blood on his hand and visible bite marks
on his right little finger," Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper
Ryan Smith wrote in the report. Markowski admitted to police
that she bit the man's hand.
• Geneva Ann Sargent, 30, Kingston, was charged with theft under
$500 and held without bond.
Feb. 3
• Michael Lance Courtney, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with
violation of bond restriction and held without bond.
• Shelby Jessica Davis, 22, Tellico Plains, was charged with
failure to appear and held without bond.
• Brian Wayne Mendenhall, 28, Loudon, was charged with violation
of probation and released on $30,000 bond.
• Barkley Blair Wiseman, 33, Loudon, was charged with driving
under the influence and held on $2,000 bond.
Feb. 4
• Debra Kay Bailey, 57, Strawberry Plains, was charged with
driving on a suspended license and held without bond.
• Christopher Allen Davis, 29, Maryville, was charged with
contempt of court and held on $1,500 bond.
• Whitney Alison Washington, 27, Knoxville, was charged with
driving under the influence, aggravated assault and resisting
arresting and held without bond.
• Kaleigh Janee Collins, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with
public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.
• Tony Curtis Johnson, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with
reckless driving and evading arrest and released on $6,000 bond.
• Heather Ann Newman, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with
pawned/conveyed rental property and released on $1,000 bond.
• William Shane Roberts, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with
failure to appear and driving on a revoked license and released
on $4,000 bond.
Feb. 5
• Donnie Bo Barker, 26, Greenback, was charged with theft over
$500 and held on $5,000 bond.
• Marcia Anne Brown, 55, Loudon, was charged with failure to
appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.
• Miranda Gail Byrd, 27, Greenback, was charge with possession
of drug paraphernalia and theft of property and held on $6,000
bond.
• Victor Kenneth Falk, 48, Lenoir City, was charged with public
intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.
• Justin Allen Fowler, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with failure
to appear-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.
• Joseph Alexander Godfrey, 33, Knoxville, was charged with
driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000
bond.
• Sherry Fields Greenwald, 63, Lenoir City, was charged with
criminal trespass and theft under $500 and held on $4,000 bond.
• Jose Cisneros Guzman, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with
driving under the influence and released without bond.
• Gwendlyn H. Heiple, 57, Loudon, was charged with failure to
appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.
• Melody Renee Idol, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with
manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance and
held on $15,000 bond. Observing a green Honda Accord traveling
30 mph in a 15 mph school zone during restricted hours, police
stopped the vehicle and conducted a K-9 search, according to the
arrest report. During the search, police found a clear rock-like
substance, a needle and multiple empty baggies in Idol's purse,
according to the report. The substance tested positive for
methamphetamine, and the drugs weighed about 0.5 grams.
• Angelia Marie Mayo, 31, Harriman, was charged with failure to
appear-general sessions and released on $5,000 bond.
• Sara Marie Moore, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on
a revoked/suspended license and released without bond.
• Noah Charles Simpson, 18, Philadelphia, was charged with
domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,000 bond.
Feb. 6
• Jorge Luis Abrego, 22, Loudon, was charged with domestic
assault-misdemeanor and violation of probation-second offense
and held on $4,500 bond.
• Jeremy Allen Coleman, 25, Rockwood, was charged with theft of
property and held on $20,000 bond. A man's Ford F-250 was parked
at a residence in the 600 block of West 6th Avenue in Lenoir
City when Coleman got into the pickup, opened the steering wheel
column cover, started the vehicle with a screwdriver and drove
away, according to the arrest report. Later that day, hikers
found the truck near a lake off Jackson Bend Road. When officers
arrived on the scene, Coleman was still in the driver's seat and
attempted to drive away, but the truck was stuck in the mud,
according to the report. Officers then removed Coleman from the
driver's seat and placed him under arrest. Police reported
"significant damage" to the truck valued at $7,500.
• Johnathan Morgan Elrod, 25, Greenback, was charged with
driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug
paraphernalia and two counts of simple possession/casual
exchange and held on $8,000 bond. Spotting a blue Volvo going 37
mph in a 50 mph zone on Highway 411, LCSO Deputy Kevin Dailey
noticed that the car's registration lights were not working,
according to the arrest report. Dailey spoke with the driver,
Elrod, who refused consent to search the vehicle, according to
the report. After a K-9 unit gave a positive alert to the car,
police conducted a search and found two syringes, a burnt spoon,
one Suboxone strip and a white pill believed to be promethazine,
Dailey wrote. "Mr. Elrod advised all of it was his where he also
admitted that he had took approximately 5 grams of Meth when he
observed my cruiser behind him," Dailey wrote. Emergency medical
personnel responded for a possible overdose, according to the
report.
• Joshua Manuel Frase, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with driving
on a revoked/suspended license and released without bond.
• Rodney Stuart Grugin, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with
driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and
released on $2,000 bond.
• Juan Carlos Martinez, 26, Loudon, was charged with domestic
assault-felony and held on $15,000 bond. Responding to a call of
a domestic assault in the 900 block of Maremont Parkway, Loudon
Police Officer Jonathan Yates spoke with a woman, who said she
and Martinez got into an physical altercation and was "visibly
upset, crying and had welts on her neck," according to the
arrest report. The woman told police that Martinez threw her to
the ground and was choking her, Yates wrote. "She also states
that while he held her down, Martinez held a knife to her and
threatened to kill her," according to Yates. "Martinez also took
her cell phone and therefore eliminated any possibility of her
calling for help." The dispute took place at the home of the
woman's father, Yates wrote. Police could not immediately locate
Martinez but found and arrested him two days later.
• Jeanette Nicole Snapp, 48, Loudon, was charged with simple
possession/casual exchange, driving on a revoked/suspended
license and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on
$8,000 bond.
Feb. 7
• Jimmy Lynn Arden, 50, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to
appear-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.
• Charles Devon Charles, 21, Decatur, was charged with public
intoxication and released without bond.
• Elizabeth Kay Crawley, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with
possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $1,000 bond.
Seeing a silver Dodge Durango run through a stop sign at the
intersection of Highway 411 and North Trigonia Road, LCSO Deputy
Cody Fritts noticed that the passenger, Crawley, appeared "very
nervous," according to the arrest report. "She could not be
still and kept moving around in her seat," Fritts wrote. "Upon
speaking with Ms. Crawley, I noticed a bulge under her shirt
around her belt line." Crawley pulled out a baggie containing
four syringes, two burnt spoons and multiple pieces of cotton.
• Dwayne Edward Hubbard, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with
possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession/casual
exchange and held on $1,000 bond.
• Tabitha Alyssa Johnson, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with
simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug
paraphernalia and released on $4,000 bond.
• Joseph Robinson, 23, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a
revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
• John Russell Stone, 19, Philadelphia, was charged with simple
possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia
and released on $2,000 bond.
Feb. 8
• Richard Lee Brotherton, 41, Philadelphia, was charged with
failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.
• Juan Daniel Espinoza, 19, Loudon, was charged with vandalism
and released on $1,000 bond.
• Justin Danny Kelley, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with failure
to appear-general sessions and held on $4,000 bond.
• Christopher Lee Raper, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with
promotion of methamphetamine manufacture and held without bond.
• Brooks Ray Richardson, 23, Knoxville, was charged with
possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $2,000 bond.
Dispatched to a call of a vehicle that was swerving on
Interstate 75 North, LCSO Deputy Jamie Ketner spoke with the
driver, Richardson, who displayed signs of intoxication,
according to the arrest report. After getting verbal consent to
search the vehicle, Ketner found a marijuana pipe under the
driver's seat, according to the report. "Mr. Richardson stated
that he forgot it was there," Ketner wrote.
• Steven Michael Zychowicz, 37, Vonore, was charged with
domestic assault-misdemeanor and held on $2,000 bond.
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