Local chase ensues over stolen v

Local chase ensues over stolen vehicle

A Birmingham, Ala., man is in custody after law enforcement verified he was in a stolen vehicle, which eventually led to a high-speed chase through part of Loudon County.

Lenoir City Police Officer John Ailor observed a vehicle without tail lights on traveling Friday on Highway 11. Ailor was informed by dispatch that the vehicle was reported stolen and a traffic stop was initiated.

Ailor asked the driver, Guy Warren Springfield, to stick his hands out of the window. Springfield then made an “unintelligible” comment and sped off.

Ailor pursued the vehicle down Shaw Ferry Road, where Springfield was able to drive through a yard and get turned around and headed back the other way, according to the report. The pursuit continued on Highway 70.

Springfield passed a vehicle on a double yellow line, failed to stop at several stop signs and several red traffic signals and also drove in the oncoming traffic lane for several thousand feet at a time. He also stopped abruptly, attempting to get Ailor to rear-end Springfield's vehicle.

He continued to flee and was stopped at the Roane County line after driving over spike strips and wrecking in a yard. Springfield jumped out of the vehicle and dove on the ground before being taken into custody.

Springfield, 40, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, reckless endangerment, theft of property and evading arrest and held on $70,000 bond.

Feb. 20

• Jessica Wray Osborne, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,500 bond.

• David Michael Roberts, 63, Madisonville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $5,000 bond.

• Michael Elliot Steele, 25, Maryville, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.

• Jennifer Leeann Thomas, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with contempt of court and failure to appear-general sessions and released on $1,278 bond.

Feb. 21

• Michael Lee Anderson, 31, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $5,000 bond.

• Craig Allen Barnes, 41, Morristown, was charged with aggravated burglary, theft of property and contempt of court and held on $22,150 bond.

• Richard Allen Collins, 21, Philadelphia, was charged with domestic assault and held on $1,000 bond. Answering a domestic violence call at a motel in Philadelphia, Loudon County Sheriff's Office Deputy JC Schultz spoke with a woman who had a contusion on her right eye. The woman claimed Collins had gotten drunk and hit her in the eye and face. “She also stated that she was afraid of Mr. Collins when he was intoxicated and just wanted him to leave her alone because she had to be at work at (a restaurant) at 4 in the morning,” Schultz wrote in the report.

• Felicity Gail Presley, 39, Knoxville, was charged with a juvenile attachment, driving on a revoked/suspended license and a Knox County warrant and released on $3,400 bond.

Feb. 22

• Jeremiah Alexander Alvarez, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and released on $1,000 bond.

• April Lynn Bivens, 40, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and held on $4,000 bond.

• Arterio Lorenzo Holman, 41, Chattanooga, was charged with violation of probation and held on $1,000 bond.

• Amy Michelle Macuga, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

Feb. 23

• Amanda Denise Anderson, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond. LCSO Deputy Brandon Pesterfield saw a red Chevrolet with its driver's side headlight not working turn left out of a Lenoir City fast-food restaurant parking lot onto U.S. Highway 321 and then wrap back around into the closed restaurant’s parking lot before turning back onto Highway 321. Pesterfield caught up with the vehicle near Highway 70 West and initiated a traffic stop. The driver, Anderson, was “very jittery” and could not remain still. She said she took Percocet a few hours earlier. Anderson had a 3-year-old in the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop.

• Michael Thomas Abron, 33, Philadelphia, was charged with aggravated criminal trespass and held on $2,500 bond.

• Jennifer Manlinc Hernandez, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $283 bond.

• Mary Doris Jones, 41, Lenoir City, and Daltone Bradley Major, 36, Lenoir City, were charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,500 bond. Responding to a domestic violence call on Crisp Road, LCPD Officer Nicholas Halsey arrived and spoke to Jones and Daltone Bradley Major. The argument began because Jones wanted another female at the residence to leave. “The two began to argue and Mr. Major stated that Ms. Jones grabbed a knife and began swinging it in the air of his direction.” Both were arrested after Halsey noticed visible markings on their arms.

• Charles Arthur Ritter, 38, Maynardville, was charged with failure to appear and released on $30,000 bond.

• Gabrielle Rae Stoner, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released without bond.

Feb. 24

• William Andrew Clinton, 29, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jessica Mary Felty, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $4,000 bond.

• Jesse Scott Graves, 20, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and underage consumption and released on $5,000 bond.

• Peter Blake Hunt, 34, Wildwood, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $5,000 bond.

• Fontaine David King, 54, Wartburg, was charged with three counts of simple possession/casual exchange and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $8,000 bond.

• Cassandra Danielle Lane, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,500 bond.

• James Cecil Maples III, 48, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear and theft of property and held without bond.

• Andres Talamantez, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with false imprisonment and released on $1,000 bond.

Feb. 25

• Roy Anderson Baker, 53, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of violation of community corrections and two counts of violation of sex offender registry and held without bond.

• Ashley Nicole Bogle, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• Douglas Ray Gainey, 48, Loudon, was charged with theft of $1,000 and held without bond.

• Zachary Aaron Gibson, 19, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jason Michael Jeffers, 34, Rockwood, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.

• Shanda Michelle Patterson, 34, Kingston, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.

• Stacy Lee Willocks, 42, Maryville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and held without bond.

Feb. 26

• James Allen Foist, 41, Maryville, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and held without bond. While on a routine patrol, LCPD Officer Caleb Green noticed a white Ford F-150 in front of him swerve from the right lane of travel onto the shoulder several times. Green initiated a traffic stop after the vehicle failed to use a turn signal getting into the right lane near Highway 321 and Market Drive. Green noted the driver, Foist, appeared “agitated, and began claiming he was previously arrested on a false drug charge a week prior.” Foist denied having illegal drugs in the vehicle. While Green was writing Foist a citation, an LCSO deputy arrived with a K-9 to sniff around the vehicle and found an illegal narcotic. Officers found a small plastic bag of a crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine, weighing .5 grams, in the left cup holder of the center console. A digital scale was also found on the passenger side. Foist admitted the meth was his, but he claimed the digital scale was owned by a friend.

• David Franklin Thomas, 25, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held on $5,000 bond.

• Chris Michael Traux, 47, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence, open container and violation of implied consent and held without bond. Responding to a call of a vehicle circling the block throwing trash out the window, LCSO Deputy Austin Parton saw the vehicle around Cheestana Lane and initiated a traffic stop. Upon approaching the vehicle, Parton said he could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the driver. Parton found a half-empty beer can inside the vehicle.