5 in Lenoir City arrested in dru

5 in Lenoir City arrested in drug bust

Five Lenoir City residents were arrested June 24 after a drug bust by the 9th Judicial Drug Task Force.

DTF agents found Randy Dean Dattilio, 65, Stacey Eugene Branson, 52, Kristian Nicole Hatcher, 34, James Martin Kennedy, 37, and Ginger Gail Neely, 53, at a residence on Turman Drive after executing a narcotics search warrant, DTF agent Cody Fritts wrote in a report.

In the room Dattilio and Hatcher were occupying, agents found a small purse on Dattilio’s bed containing a bag of 0.5 grams of methamphetamine and a bag of 0.5 grams of heroin. Thirty-one yellow capsules identified as gabapentin were found in one of Dattilio’s shirt pockets hanging up in his room. Agents also found multiples baggies, digital scales, meth pipes and syringes, Fritts wrote in a report.

Branson and Neely were found in a bedroom with a bottle on the dresser containing 3.5 grams of “white powder heroin/fentanyl, a bowl with 1 gram of orange powder heroin/fentanyl and 11 yellow capsules identified as gabapentin,” Fritts wrote in a report. Agents also found syringes, baggies, cut straws, a glass pipe and two baggies of unidentified powder in the bedroom. Agents found baggies, syringes and an “aluminum can bottom with cotton filters” next to the recliner where Kennedy was sleeping.

After transported to the Loudon County Jail, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brad McCall noticed what appeared to be drugs in the transport van. DTF agent Branden DeBoer tested the substances, which came back as positive for meth and fentanyl.

“Agents watched the in-car video, which showed Randy Dattilio remove the drugs from his shorts and use both fentanyl and methamphetamine while in the back of the van,” Fritts wrote in the report. “He then passed both drugs to James Kennedy who also ingested them both. Dattilio was then seen shoving the capsule that contained the fentanyl into the seat of the van. Kennedy is then seen throwing the bag of the methamphetamine to the back of the van.”

Branson was charged with manufacture, sale or possession of a controlled substance, manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule I substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance and held on $36,000 bond.

Dattilio was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacture, sale or possession of a controlled substance, tampering/fabricating with evidence, two counts of manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance and failure to appear and held on $36,000 bond.

Hatcher was charged with manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule I substance, two counts of manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, sale or possession of a controlled substance and released on $46,000 bond.

Kennedy was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of manufacture, sale, delivery, resale of a Schedule II substance and tampering/fabricating with evidence and held on $26,000 bond.

Neely was charged with manufacture, sale or possession of a controlled substance, manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule I substance, manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $36,000 bond.

Knoxville man jailed for potA Knoxville man was arrested June 24 on drug charges after having drugs delivered to a Lenoir City business.

DTF was contacted when a suspicious package containing what was believed to be narcotics was delivered to a business on West Broadway. DTF agents April Farmer and Jamie Ketner found four vacuum-sealed bags filled with marijuana and three vacuum-sealed bags filled with THC wax, Farmer wrote in a report.

The agents decided to seal the box back up and place it outside the business to see if anyone tried to pick it up. Shammond Kefla Dave, 21, showed up a short time later and placed the box in his SUV.

Dave was taken into custody and LCSO Lt. Michael Watkins had his K-9 conduct a “free air search” around the vehicle, Farmer wrote in a report.

The K-9 alerted on the SUV and after a search agents found another postal box in the back seat containing four more bags of marijuana and three bags of THC wax. The total weight of the marijuana was 3,800 grams, and the total weight of the THC wax was approximately 3,100 grams.

June 22

• Regina Arlone Helton, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Israel Solis Aguilar, 64, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.

• Joshua James Thomas, 31, Jefferson City, was charged with failure to appear and released without bond.

June 23

• Richard Lee Brotherton, 45, Loudon, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jay B. Lindsey, 72, Greenback, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Arthur Conrad Lockett, 50, Knoxville, was charged with theft over $2,500 and under $10,000 and held on $20,000 bond.

• Johnathon Jay Rhyne, 24, Greenback, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Robert Allen Rogers, 50, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Michael Paul Sonnier, 44, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-felony and released on $5,000 bond.

• Brooker Alexandra Turner, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with coercion of a witness and released without bond.

• Amber Nicole Weaver, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with a Knox County warrant and a Monroe County warrant and released without bond.

• Jessika Darlene Wilson, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance, simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $12,000 bond.

June 24

• James Benjamin Franklin, 28, Rockwood, was charged with theft of property and burglary and held on $15,000 bond.

• Roger Sylvester Heard Jr., 31, Chattanooga, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Stephen Raymond Lewis, 34, Loudon, was charged with two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond.

• Kayla Elizabeth Shaw, 31, Loudon, was charged with possession of a legend drug and released on $1,000 bond.

June 25

• Joseph Aaron Duggan, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with a Roane County warrant, domestic assault-felony, interfering with an emergency call and contraband in a penal institute and held on $11,000 bond.

• Richard Thomas Godsey, 46, Loudon, was charged with theft under $1,000 and held without bond.

• Charles Daniel Helton, 44, Washburn, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Ronald Lynn Helton, 47, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery or sale of a Schedule II substance, tampering/fabricating with evidence and simple possession/casual exchange and held without bond.

• Barbara Jean Merritt, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Charles T. Reninger, 50, Knoxville, was charged with aggravated domestic assault and held without bond.

• Antonio Menjiver Sanchez Sr., 58, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held without bond.

June 26

• Christina Lee Devaney, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery or sale of a Schedule II substance and released on $10,000 bond.

• Raj Alexsix Fanroy, 24, Atlanta, Ga., was charged with reckless endangerment, driving on a revoked/suspended license, reckless driving and leaving the scene of accident with property damage and released on $13,500 bond.

• Charles Edward Hampton, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule VI substance, manufacture, sale or possession of a controlled substance, manufacture, sale, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a dwelling where drugs are sold and held on $10,000 bond.

• Dustin Lee Landon, 38, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery or sale of a Schedule II substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held without bond.

• Kayla Elizabeth Shaw, 31, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, reckless driving, leaving the scene of accident property damage, two counts of simple possession, illegal transfer of auto registration and escape and held without bond.

June 27

• Christopher Wade Cheatham, 29, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia, simple possession/casual exchange and evading arrest and held on $3,000 bond.

• Melody Renee Idol, 27, Knoxville, was charged with violation of community corrections and two counts of failure to appear and held on $90,000 bond.

• Brittany Michelle Lyles, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of community corrections and violation of probation and held on $10,000 bond.

• Jacob Tyler Miller, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Christopher Allen Nance, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and false imprisonment and released on $2,000 bond.

• Brandon George Peters, 26, Loudon, was charged with aggravated domestic assault and released on $5,000 bond.

• James Franklin Taylor, 45, Clinton, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and released without bond.

June 28

• Marc Alan Anderson, 36, Harriman, was charged with three counts of illegal possession/fraudulent use of a credit card and released on $9,000 bond.

• Christopher Allen Neely, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with criminal trespassing and held on $1,000 bond.

• Tyler Creek Tackett, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.

• Kurtis Joseph Zackey, 31, Sweetwater, was charged with driving under the influence and possession of a handgun while under the influence and held on $2,000 bond.