News Herald Arrest Report

Homeless man violates sex registry
 
A homeless man was arrested Friday after officers found him in violation of the sex offender registry.

Lenoir City Police Officer Jamie Pistole was patrolling Lenoir City Park near midnight when he saw a white Ford Edge parked. He talked with the driver, Gregory Heath Engle, 33, and told him the park was closed, and that he shouldn’t be there, according to a report.

A female in the car with Engle was identified as a 17-year-old girl. The two work together at a fast food restaurant and had just finished their shifts. They have worked together for several months, Pistole wrote in a report.

Engle is a registered sex offender and brought the girl to the park, knowing she was 17, to a secluded area where they would not be seen by the general public. Engle also violated state law because he had the girl out past curfew.

The girl’s mother picked up her daughter.

Engle was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and establishing a residence where minors reside and held on $10,000 bond.

Muddy man runs

A Kingston man was arrested Saturday after running through a graveyard and backyards covered in mud and later resisting arrest.

Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Cody Bengel responded to a church to investigate a man running through the graveyard and residential yards. The man was described as heavy set in in a long sleeve shirt, jeans with a leg cut off and covered in mud. About an hour and 30 minutes later, another caller described the same man in the area of Hill Top Drive, according to a report.

Bengel located Felton Dwight Marchman, 37, on Martel Road. As Bengel approached in his patrol car, Marchman started crossing the street. Bengel rolled down his window to tell him to come back. Marchman ran beneath an underpass and into a yard.

Bengel pursued Marchman on foot before taking him to the ground and placing him in custody.

In the back of Bengel’s patrol car, Marchman began to “violently ram his head into the partition,” Bengel wrote in a report.

Marchman said he has Hepatitis C and genital warts and hoped Bengel contracted both, according to the report.

Marchman was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct and released on $2,000 bond.

Feb. 8

• Lorrie Deneise Lankford, 54, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of violation of probation and capias-criminal court and held on $17,500 bond.

• Shawna Nicole Smallen, 29, Loudon, was charged with having contraband in a penal institution, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and violation of probation and held on $20,000 bond.

• Shaina Marie Welch, 42, Loudon, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $6,000 bond.

Feb. 9

• Crystal Lyn Hall, 42, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and capias-criminal court and held on $25,000 bond.

• Charles Randale Jones, 42, Sweetwater, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $6,000 bond.

• Rachael Maria Kiser, 26, Cleveland, was charged with failure to appear and held on $36,000 bond.
• Talitha Faith Martin, 53, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.
• Stephen Scott Singleton, 37, Anniston, Ala., was charged with being a fugitive from justice and held without bond.
• Jessica Ann Smith, 37, Loudon, was charged with assault, theft of property and aggravated burglary and held on $9,000 bond.
• Robert Lee White, 51, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held on $10,000 bond.

Feb. 10

• Jennifer Leigh Bennett, 45, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.

• Leatha Ann Cardin, 55, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of probation and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $6,000 bond.

• Thomas Leroy Cathey, 64, Jacksonville, Fla., was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $4,000 bond.
• Devin Levi Kelley, 23, Loudon, was charged with having contraband in a penal institution, possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and driving under the influence and held on $34,000 bond.
• Pamela Sue Loveday, 60, Loudon, was charged with criminal trespass and released on $1,000 bond.

• John Robert McKinney, 43, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.

Feb. 11

• Robin Lynn Belcher, 33, Loudon, was charged with possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held without bond.
• Christopher Payne Bennett, 26, Loudon, was charged with theft of property and released on $2,000 bond.
• Amy Lynn Gonzalez, 34, Philadelphia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and capias-general sessions and held without bond.
• Roberto Andres Gonzalez, 24, Philadelphia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held without bond.
• Whittney Nicole Hunter, 30, Kingston, was charged with having contraband in a penal institution and two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and held on $15,000 bond.
• James Daniel Johnson, 47, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and held without bond.
• Christopher Ryan Novitzke, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor, theft of property and two counts of vandalism and held without bond.

Feb. 12

• Arturo Arroyo Bedolla, 37, Loudon, was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.
• Robert Vernon Green, 60, Knoxville, was charged with theft of property and released on $1,000 bond.
• Thomas Lynn Ingram, 42, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $18,000 bond.
• Carl Joseph Kress Jr., 39, Philadelphia, was charged with theft of property and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $11,000 bond.
• James David Stanifer, 52, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.
• Daniel Michael Teto, 52, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
• Tessa Briann Walker, 35, Oliver Springs, was charged with two counts of violation of probation and held on $25,000 bond.

Feb. 13

• Angela Ann Bolton, 44, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor, having contraband in a penal institution, public intoxication and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $13,500 bond.
• Joni May Harris, 42, Sweetwater, was charged with three counts of simple possession/casual exchange and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and released on $8,000 bond.
• Logan Dean Lacure, 23, Jamestown, Ohio, was charged with aggravated assault and released on $25,000 bond.
• Jorge Luis Mejia, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with having contraband in a penal institution, public intoxication, manufacture, sale, delivery, resale of a Schedule VI substance and manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $36,000 bond.
• Theresa Ann Morton, 52, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.
• Zachary Eric Norman, 32, Powell, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.
• Leonel Corona Orozco, 41, Loudon, was charged with possession of a handgun while under the influence and driving under the influence and released on $3,500 bond.

Feb. 14

• John Arthur Cook, 34, homeless, was charged with possession of a handgun while under the influence, alteration of serial numbers and public intoxication and held on $6,000 bond.
• Deanna Renea Crawley, 23, Sweetwater, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence, driving without a valid license and capias-general sessions and held without bond.
• Joseph Richard Heiple, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
• Jordan Alexander Jensen, 26, Knoxville, was charged with capias-general sessions and held without bond.
• Katlyn Ann Ross, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and released on $200 bond.
• Christina Elizabeth Summers, 32, Knoxville, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $4,000 bond.

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2/22/21