Broken brake light leads to drug

Broken brake light leads to drug bust

A Loudon woman was arrested Thursday after police discovered drugs in her car during a routine traffic stop.

Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Marshall Lynn noticed a vehicle with a broken brake light and initiated a traffic stop. Lynn talked with the driver, Alexis Diane Waller, 19, who could not provide proof of vehicle ownership.

Smelling an odor of marijuana, Lynn asked Waller to exit the vehicle and identify how much of the substance she had in her car and where it was located. After Waller retrieved a marijuana cigarette, Lynn told her he would be searching the car. Waller handed him a makeup bag containing 2.3 grams of meth in a baggie.

The bag also held a marijuana smoking pipe and grinder, two plastic containers with marijuana residue, several baggies with meth residue, rolling papers and a digital scale.

A search discovered two additional smoking pipes, a folded dollar bill containing meth and a rolled up bill, which appeared to be used for narcotics ingestion.

Waller was arrested without incident and brought to the Loudon County Justice Center, where she was interviewed by narcotics investigators. According to Lynn’s arrest report, Waller told them “you look at me and see a drug dealer, but I see someone who is just trying to provide for their family.”

Waller was charged with lights required on motor vehicle, simple possession/casual exchange, financial responsibility law, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, sell, possession of meth and released on $7,000 bond.

March 21

• Robert Marshall Arden, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and released on $200 bond.

• Hawkeye Beyal, 42, Murfreesboro, was charged with criminal trespass and released on $1,000 bond.

• Guadalupe Garcia Pena, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor, manufacturing, delivery, sale or possession of meth and driving under the influence and released on $8,000 bond.

• Kara Christine Knight, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with fugitive from justice and failure to appear-municipal court and held on $400 bond.

• Christopher James White, 42, Maryville, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $28,000 bond.

March 22

• Eleazar Jimenez Aguilar, 18, Loudon, was charged with underage consumption and evading arrest and released on $2,000 bond.

• Joshua Raymond Brown, 20, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment, evading arrest and speed limit and released on $15,000 bond.

• Skyler Greyson Copeland, 28, Oak Ridge, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacturing, delivery, sale or possession of meth, driving under the influence and driving on roadways laned for traffic and held on $14,500 bond.

• Carol Huff Embry, 73, Harrison, was charged with theft of property and released on $7,500 bond.

• Donald Wray Fairchild, 51, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.

• Tiffany Jane Galyon, 43, Loudon, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.

• Brenda Gail Harmon, 49, Loudon, was charged with driving on revoked/suspended license and released on $1,500 bond.

• Salmon Aguilar Jimenez, 19, Loudon, was charged with underage consumption and evading arrest and released on $2,000 bond.

• Jose Alfredo Jimenez Lopez, 18, Loudon, was charged with underage consumption and evading arrest and released on $2,000 bond.

• Joshua Eugene Roberts, 34, Maryville, was charged with violation of community corrections and held on $15,000 bond.

March 23

• Benjamin Caleb McLemore, Tellico Plains, was charged with capias-criminal court and held on $15,000 bond.

• Philip Guy Ratledge, 50, Niota, was charged with violation of probation and released on $3,000 bond.

• John Russell Stone, 25, Philadelphia, was charged with assault and two counts of violation of probation and held on $6,500 bond.

March 24

• Stormy Lee Albrecht, 31, Alcoa, was charged with violation of probation and held on $1,000 bond.

• Michael Keenan Jenkinson, 39, Loudon, was charged with two counts of domestic assault and released on $3,000 bond.

• Edward James Poffenberger, 51, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $10,000 bond.

• Robert Lester Sloan, 49, Knoxville, was charged with two counts of violation of probation and held on $22,500 bond.

March 25

• Courtney Darlene Brown, 36, Philadelphia, was charged with domestic assault and held on $1,000 bond.

• Dillon Leigh Disney, 24, Greenback, was charged with attachment-juvenile court and held on $500 bond.

• Joseph Lee Goins, 40, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,500 bond.

• Nathan David Henderson, 32, was charged with two counts of assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Isaiah Daniel Loveless, 31, Sweetwater, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• Robert James Rushing, 50, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $10,000 bond.

March 26

• Sarah Elizabeth Blosser, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacturing, delivery, sale or possession of meth and released on $2,000 bond.

• Juan Carlos De Leon Mejia, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence, violation of implied consent, traffic control signals and driving on roadways laned for traffic and held without bond.

• Clare Marie Ferguson, 39, Loudon, was charged with child abuse or neglect/endangerment and released on $1,500 bond.

• Dustin Edward McCollister, 35, Loudon, was charged with public intoxication and held on $1,000 bond.

• Angela Dawn Murray, 46, Knoxville, was charged with capias-municipal court and held on $500 bond.

• Kurt Wayne Roberts, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault and held on $1,000 bond.

March 27

• Chelsey Jo Coker, 25, Philadelphia, was charged with contraband in penal institution, public intoxication and manufacturing, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $1,000 bond.

• Kenneth Andrew Colbaugh, 38, Decatur, was charged with child abuse or neglect/endangerment, manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule I substance, manufacture, sell, delivery, resale of a Schedule IV substance, manufacturing, delivery, sale or possession of meth, driving under the influence and driving while in possession of meth and held without bond.

• Jeremiah Daniel Cole, 26, Decatur, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Jay Herron, 61, Caryville, was charged with manufacturing, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held without bond.

• Kristy Kerr Pennington, 51, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of theft of property and held on $2,000 bond.

• Johnnie Sue Saylor, 42, Speedway, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and held without bond.

• Scott Everett Taylor, 42, Knoxville, was charged with two counts of capias-general sessions and held on $10,000 bond.

March 28

• Michael Edward Johnson, 19, Lenoir City, was charged with evading arrest, simple possession/casual exchange, reckless driving and speed limit and held without bond.