Lenoir City man locks burglar in

A Knoxville woman was arrested Sunday after breaking into a Lenoir City residence.

Lenoir City Police Officer Jordan Samuels was dispatched to a home on Kingston Street in response to a burglary in progress. The burglar, later identified as Emily Nicole Bethancourt, 26, was in the basement of the home trying to steal items when the homeowner locked her in until officers arrived.

Samuels opened the basement door and saw Bethancourt sitting on the floor. Samuels ordered Bethancourt to come out of the basement and placed her under arrest, according to a report.

The homeowner told officers he had been sleeping in the living room when he heard banging in the basement. When he went to investigate, he saw the door open and noticed clothes and toys originally inside the basement sitting outside the door. When he first attempted to shut Bethancourt inside the basement, she tried to cut him with a yellow box cutter, Samuels wrote in a report.

Man found in woods

A Lenoir City man was arrested on two active warrants after being mistakenly linked to a nearby theft.

Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Shane Gaumer responded to a business on U.S. Highway 321 for a report of theft of items from a barge. The owner believed the thief was living in the woods near the edge of the water. The items stolen were a welding lead, security light, thermometer and trash pump valued at a combined $820. The owner told deputies a small, black car and a man were located in the woods not far from where the barge was docked, according to a report.

Gaumer and Deputy Craig Brewer found the car one mile from the barge. Dispatch told Gaumer that officers with Lenoir City Police Department had been looking for a black car that should be occupied by Dustin Lee Landon, 38, who was allegedly suicidal at the time of a call a week earlier, Gaumer wrote in a report.

Gaumer identified Landon, who told deputies he was in the woods because he became stuck. Dispatch confirmed Landon had two active warrants out of Loudon County. Landon told deputies he was still suicidal and “wants to end it.”

A search of Landon’s car failed to locate any of the stolen items from the barge.

Landon was charged with manufacture, sale, delivery of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of probation and held on $90,000 bond.

• Jeffery Scott Elsea, 50, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.

• Trey Everet Jones, 19, Knoxville, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and held on $2,500 bond.

• Brooke Ann Kiser, 29, homeless, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.

• Diego Miguel, 23, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,000 bond.

• James Blakley Varner, 29, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and disorderly conduct and held on $4,000 bond.

• Lisa Lynn Wilson, 42, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of a Schedule II substance and released on $7,500 bond.

Sept. 2

• Jodi Lea Branum, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and released on $1,000 bond.

• Angel Gabriel Colon, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-felony and released on $7,500 bond.

• William Allen Curtis, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $4,000 bond.

• Carly Belinda Cusick, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation, aggravated domestic assault and vandalism and held on $8,500 bond.

• Marisa Lee Ford, 30, Loudon, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and violation of probation and held on $1,000 bond.

• Regina Arlone Helton, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.

• Gwendalyn Renea Jones, 26, Knoxville, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,500 bond.

• Travis B. McDaniel, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of a Schedule II substance, possession of a Schedule I substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $10,000 bond.

• Monica Rena Miller, 35, Athens, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and theft under $1,000 and released on $2,000 bond.

• Peggy Sue Wilson, 50, Tellico Plains, was charged with two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and held without bond.

Sept. 3

• Tommy Lee Cothran, 48, Philadelphia, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,500 bond.

• Jennifer Dawn Hobbs, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.

• Jason Daniel McIntosh, 32, Loudon, was charged with theft over $1,000 and a child support attachment and held on $6,500 bond.

• Gabrielle Nicole Sharp, 30, Andersonville, was charged with driving under the influence and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $4,000 bond.

• Donna Marie Whitaker, 64, Sweetwater, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,500 bond.

Sept. 4

• Heath Bettag, 42, Maryville, was charged with capias-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.

• Kevin Edward Cress, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and held on $2,000 bond.

• Kelvin Eugene Dagnan, 46, Harriman, was charged with two counts of failure to appear and held without bond.

• Steven Eugene Delk, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of manufacture, delivery, sale of a Schedule II substance and released on $8,000 bond.

• John Henry Goedeke, 27, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear and released on $2,000 bond.

• Donna Elaine Griggs, 75, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of manufacture, sale, delivery of a Schedule II substance and released on $8,000 bond.

• Harley Danielle Grimes, 27, Dandridge, was charged with theft of property and held on $7,500 bond.

• James Daniel Johnson, 47, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale, possession of meth with intent to distribute and released on $1,000 bond.

• Steven Charles McVeigh, 58, homeless, was charged with criminal trespassing and released on $1,000 bond.

• Emily Renea Schaffer, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of manufacture, sale, delivery of a Schedule II substance and held on $8,000 bond.

• Joshua Adam Spears, 35, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.

Sept. 5

• Billie Charlene Cowart, 60, Englewood, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale, possession of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence and released on $22,500 bond.

• Michael Willis Crabtree, 44, Loudon, was charged with tampering/fabricating with evidence, driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $4,500 bond.

• Jeremy Lyn Galyon, 43, Loudon, was charged with manufacture, sale, delivery, resale of a Schedule I substance, convicted felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm and a juvenile court attachment and released on $26,150 bond.

• Adara Leigh Henry, 25, Sweetwater, was charged with two counts of violation of probation and released on $4,000 bond.

• Devin Levi Kelley, 23, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Brooke Ann Kiser, 29, homeless, was charged with public intoxication and held on $1,000 bond.

• Kimberly Andrea Neil, 24, St. Louis, Mo., was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $6,000 bond.

• Roy Austin Oller, 23, Loudon, was charged with capias-general sessions and held on $6,000 bond.

• William James Shubert, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond.

• Michael Ashley Slack, 45, Englewood, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of meth and held on $20,000 bond.

• Mario Craig St. John, 37, St. Louis, Mo., was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $6,000 bond.

• Ana Maria Tinoco Torres, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and reckless driving and released on $2,500 bond.

Sept. 6

• Pamela Patricia Chastain, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of capias-general sessions and held without bond.

• George Floyd Locklear, 56, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of a Schedule III substance, tampering/fabricating with evidence and violation of probation and released on $16,000 bond.

• William Dylan Mann, 25, Philadelphia, was charged with evading arrest, driving under the influence, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, resisting arrest and aggravated assault and released on $34,500 bond.

• Tori Leigh Moore, 46, Knoxville, was charged with capias-criminal court and released on $30,000 bond.

• Alexis Estrella Rodriguez, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.

• Jackie Lynn Turpin, 57, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of order of protection, tampering/fabricating with evidence and possession of a Schedule II substance and held on $6,000 bond.

• Hayley M. Webb, 26, Alcoa, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.