Couple caught with fake ID cards

Two Northport, Ala., residents were arrested after law enforcement responded to a wreck on Interstate 75 and found counterfeit identification cards and discovered the vehicle was stolen.

Dispatched to a wreck with an injury, Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Rodney Best found a female with head injuries and two males in the vehicle. All three were transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center, where Best continued his investigation.

The two passengers identified were Leonel Catalan Aguirre and Esperanza Cavilla-Cisnerso.

“During my investigation, I found the defendant possession multiple counterfeit Society Security cards that were made to appear as genuine cards issued by the Social Security Administration,” Best wrote in the report. “However, the cards did not have the appropriate security features found on authentic cards. Furthermore, the defendant possessed a counterfeit Permanent Resident Card that was made to appear as genuine but did not have the appropriate security features like authentic cards issued by the Department of Homeland Security.”

Best noted in the report that it was common for someone to illegally buy, sell or possess counterfeit ID cards to gain employment or other benefits. Dispatch advised Best the vehicle was stolen out of Kentucky.

Cavilla-Cisneros, 40, was charged with theft over $10,000, forgery of U.S. residence card and forgery of Social Security card and held on $20,000 bond.

Aguirre, 42, was charged with theft over $10,000 and held on $10,000 bond.

Man charged with rape

Joseph Benjamin Comer, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with aggravated statutory rape after a 17-year-old girl said she was in a relationship with him in January 2014. Both worked together in Knox County. The girl indicated there were four instances in which she and Comer had sex.

"In 2017, (the girl) spoke to Mr. Comer via Facebook Messenger," Loudon County Sheriff's Office Inv. Sgt. Jason Smith wrote in a report. "She talked about the sexual relationship and the issues she was having due to their past relationship. Mr. Comer responded that he loved her and put his life at risk just to be with her. He stated that he was sorry if he crossed the line with her."

On July 31, Comer was spoken to by law enforcement and claimed the two only kissed. He said he knew she was 16 years old when they started talking, and he could not recall a Facebook conversation with the girl.

Comer was served a warrant and booked Dec. 27. He was charged with aggravated statutory rape and released on $25,000 bond.

Dec. 23

• Wesley Thomas Burton, 28, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Miguel Angel Epinoza, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with driving without a valid license and driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jimmy Derek Henderson, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,500 bond.

• Glen Edward Inman, 38, Maryville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Derrick Shawn Kiker, 47, Raleigh, N.C., was charged with driving under the influence, possession of legend drugs and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $9,000 bond.

• Candy Michele Limburg, 44, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jesus Martinez, 30, Columbus, Ohio, was charged with driving under the influence and held on $3,000 bond.

• Heather Ann Pitts, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault and violation of probation and released on $3,000 bond.

• Thomas Edward Roberts, 38, Madisonville, was charged with driving under the influence and resisting arrest and released on $4,000 bond.

• James Louis Tate, 35, Greenback, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Michelle Dawn Tauzell, 43, Philadelphia, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and theft under $1,000 and released on $3,000 bond.

Dec. 24

• Christopher Paul Aikens, 44, Lenoir City, was charged with misuse of the 911 emergency system and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jennifer Ann Bahr, 37, Philadelphia, was charged with contraband in a penal institution, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and held on $37,000 bond.

• Matthew Zacheriah Bridges, 37, Knoxville, was charged with possession of a firearm during a dangerous situation, simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and held on $54,000 bond.

• Peggy Ann Cooper, 54, Maryville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Michael Allen Gaines, 29, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence, simple possession/casual exchange, driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to appear-general sessions and failure to appear and held on $12,000 bond.

• Bobby Douglas Powers, 44, Loudon, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

Dec. 25

• Sylvia Michelle Hanley, 48, Greenback, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Derek Joe Littleton, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with contraband in a penal institution and public intoxication and released on $16,000 bond.

• Joseph Jordan Seigle, 35, Vonore, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,000 bond.

Dec. 26

• Tammie Lynne Harget, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Glenn Stanley Jackson, 68, Knoxville, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $4,000 bond.

• Amanda Faye Throckmorton, 42, Philadelphia, was charged with failure to appear and held on $2,000 bond.

• Mike A. Crotchet, 32, Maryville, was charged with a juvenile attachment and released on $300 bond.

• Zackery Dave Geagley, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with reckless endangerment, driving on a revoked/suspended license and reckless driving and released on $7,000 bond. Observing a black Dodge Durango traveling south in front of him on Highway 11 in the left lane, LCSO Deputy Peter McGinley noticed the vehicle sped up and pulled in the right lane without using a signal. The vehicle then passed a vehicle and cut back into the left lane without signaling and then attempted to keep the vehicle that was just passed from passing. “The Durango then hit the brakes, causing the vehicle he passed to hit his brakes,” McGinley wrote in the report.

• John Henry Goedeke, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

Dec. 27

• Thomas Martin Leach, 32, Sweetwater, was charged with criminal court capias and released on $2,000 bond.

• John Frederic Storaska, 27, Athens, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,000 bond.

• Nicholas Alan Tauzell, 20, Philadelphia, was charged with driving under the influence and held on $4,000 bond.

• Johnathon Richard Viars, 23, Loudon, was charged with aggravated burglary and theft over $1,000 and held on $20,000 bond.
Responding to a burglary on Fork Creek Road, deputies talked with a man who said he returned home, saw his lights on and believed there could be someone inside his residence. No one was found inside the house, but a boot print was found in the bedroom and a bottle of orange juice was found on the grill outside. LCSO Inv. Charlie Cosner arrived at the scene and collected DNA and photographic evidence. The man identified several belongings totaling $20,000. LCSO Lt. Patrick Upton ran several names and suspects through the pawnshop database and came across items that matched the man’s belongings recently pawned by Viars.

• Jeremy Wayne Aikens, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with contraband in a penal institution, failure to appear-general sessions, possession of drug paraphernalia, simple possession/casual exchange and criminal impersonation and held on $14,000 bond.

• Rebecca Lynn Bradford, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.

• Jameson Thomas Cull, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and held on $1,000 bond.

• Shelby Jessica Davis, 24, Tellico Plains, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.

• Erica Nicole Dunlap, 32, Maryville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $2,000 bond.

• Kristen Renee Gabriel, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,000 bond.

Dec. 28

• Brandi Kay Helton, 34, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,000 bond.

• Rebecca Lorenz, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• Daniel Carlie McEachern IV, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $26,000 bond.

• Farren Louise Neely, 29, Knoxville, was charged with a Knox County warrant, driving on a revoked/suspended license and driving under the influence and held on $7,000 bond.

• Colby Austin Redmond, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $4,000 bond.

• Tara Dawn Shelton, 29, Athens, was charged with violation of probation and held on $15,000 bond.

• Andrew Alden Armstrong, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with child abuse and released on $2,500 bond. On Dec. 4, Armstrong allegedly threw a wrench at a 10-year-old boy, hitting him in the back. The man got upset after the boy used the wrong water spigot to fill up a dog’s bowl. “Photographs were taken of the injury and a long bruise could be seen from the middle of his back to his shoulder,” LCSO Inv. Sgt. Jason Smith wrote in a report. Armstrong later said the wrench bounced off the wall and hit the boy.

• Lloyd Raymond Cabe, 47, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.

• Matthew Joseph Downs, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property and released on $2,000 bond.

• Alen Clay-Ashley Ellis, 23, Knoxville, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,000 bond.

Dec. 29

• Charles Alan Spears, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and held on $4,000 bond.

• Patrick Dallas Albritton, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property and held without bond.