News Herald Arrest Report

Local man faces sexual battery charge
 
A Lenoir City man is facing a sexual battery charge after inappropriately touching a woman multiple times at a local retail store.
 
Lenoir City Police Inv. Brad Brown notes in his report that Nathan Thomas Shelton, 38, was in the pantyhose section when he walked behind a woman and touched her buttocks with his hand. He walked behind her a second time and ran four fingers down the center of her buttocks.
 
“The victim turned and ‘glared her eyes’ at Shelton as he approached her a third time,” Brown wrote in his report. “Shelton then fled the area. (The retail store) video was collected and aides in corroborating the victim’s report. Shelton did have sexual contact with the victim without the consent of the victim.”
 
Shelton did not know the woman, according to the report.
 
Shelton was charged with sexual battery and held on $10,000 bond.

Man resists arrest

Alerted of a man bleeding who had left an East Broadway gas station quickly after he saw law enforcement, Loudon County Sheriff's Office Deputy JC Schultz talked with Chaison R. Chambers, 22.
 
Schultz noted in his report that Chambers smelled “strongly” of alcohol and had bloodshot eyes as he exited his vehicle. Chamber was bleeding from his head and right arm and had a “large quantity” of blood on his clothes.
 
“Mr. Chambers stated he was bleeding because ‘he had a bonfire’,” Schultz wrote in his report. “When this deputy asked Mr. Chambers to identify himself he took off running, disregarding this deputy’s commands to stop.”
 
Chambers was placed under arrest but refused to put his arms behind his back. After being put inside the vehicle, Chambers slipped off his cuffs and started kicking the cruiser door. “In route to the jail, Mr. Chambers continued to bang his head on my cruiser partion, threatened to kill this deputy’s family ‘because he has a gun’ and spit on me multiple times between the partition and the cruiser door.”
 
Chambers was charged on a Knox County warrant, public intoxication, resisting arrest, misdemeanor fleeing and aggravated assault and held on $16,000 bond.

May 22

• Brandon Shanta Coleman, 29, Knoxville, was charged driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of prohibited weapons and released on $11,500 bond. Observing a gray Dodge Charger, and having prior knowledge of the driver’s suspended license, LCSO Deputy Charlie Huskin stopped Coleman. After being granted permission to search the vehicle, Coleman said he was sick and needed to sit down. He sat down in front of the patrol car while Huskin talked with members of the narcotics unit. Other officers arrived on scene, and during the search found a pipe believed used to smoke marijuana in the center console area, a small black pouch containing a pipe and rolling papers, a loaded Gray Fire Arm 9mm firearm and a small jar with marijuana residue.
 
• Michael D. Jones, 41, Madisonville, was charged with failure to appear and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Carl Joseph Kress, 35, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $2,000 bond. Advised of a possible past domestic dispute at a local store, Loudon Police Officer Brandon Nix talked with a woman who said her boyfriend, Kress, had assaulted her. The woman said she was called into work and she awoke Kress to let him know. The two began to verbally argue because Kress didn’t want to take her to work, according to Nix’s report. The couple continued arguing outside. “(The woman) stated the two continued to argue and during the argument she attempted to go back inside,” Nix wrote in his report. “(The woman) stated as she went to open the door, Mr. Kress pushed her into a set of (tires) that are laying on the front porch.” Nix verified the woman’s statement after seeing a large bruise on the inside of the woman’s arm and a bruise/cut on her left leg. Kress said the woman fell on the tires.
 
• Joshua Paul Rucker, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of failure to appear and held without bond.
 
• Jason Lee Walker, 43, Loudon, was charged with a Lauderdale County warrant and released without bond.

May 23

• Teresa Ann Berry, 48, Philadelphia, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released without bond.
 
• Bradley Lamarr Butts, 31, Sweetwater, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Jeremiah William Downs, 39, Philadelphia, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.
 
• Bradley Lynn Hopper, 34, Greenback, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery and resale of a Schedule II substance and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $12,500 bond. Observing a white and black Dodge Ram 1500 traveling east on Tellico Parkway, LCSO Deputy Cody Fritts ran the license plate, which came back for a 2010 red Toyota. After stopping the vehicle, Fritts talked with Hopper and two passengers. Dispatch informed Fritts that Hopper’s license was revoked. “(One passenger) had pinpoint eyes and his hands were shaky,” Fritts wrote in his report. “I asked (the passenger) if he had anything illegal on him and he stated he had four syringes in his pocket.” After given permission to search the vehicle, Fritts found a green baggy with a small amount of crystal methamphetamine. Hopper said the meth was his.
 
• Christopher Allen Nichols, 28, Clinton, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Jason Lee Peeler, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Michael Wayne Ramsey, 48, Greenback, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia and held without bond.
 
• Elizabeth Nell Watt, 37, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.

May 24

• David Gene Frye, 37, Philadelphia, was charged with a Monroe County warrant and released without bond.
 
• Leeann Melissa Hurst, 37, Kingston, was charged with theft of property and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Jason Chandler Johnson, 34, Athens, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Samantha Lockhart, 25, Philadelphia, was charged with a Monroe County warrant and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Dandy Mejia, 21, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Samantha Mae Sellers, 29, Loudon, was charged with a juvenile attachment and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,150 bond.
 
• Eric Jay Stevens, 44, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and violation of probation and held on $10,000 bond.
 
• Connie Lisa Walls, 51, Harriman, was charged with theft of property and released on $2,000 bond.

May 25

• David Ken Allen, 48, Sweetwater, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $2,500 bond.
 
• Ashley Nicole Claxton, 26, Loudon, was charged with criminal trespass and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• John Henry Goedeke, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.
 
• Sherry Ann Greenless, 49, Oak Ridge, was charged with criminal trespass and held without bond.
 
• Maurice Alexander J. Johnson, 26, Athens, was charged with failure to appear-criminal court and violation of probation and held on $60,000 bond.
 
• Michael Joseph Lurry, 33, Sweetwater, was charged with bench warrant/assault and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Jared Andrew Orr, 31, Powell, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Chris Smythia, 44, La Vergne, was charged with contempt of court and released on $150 bond.

May 26

• Roy Lynn Harness, 53, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Angela Devore Smith, 45, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of community corrections and released on $10,000 bond.
 
• Brendon Thomas Sokol, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, financial responsibility, habitual motor offender and leaving the scene of an accident and held on $7,500 bond.
 
• Michael James John Amble, 53, Lenoir City, was charged with indecent exposure and held on $2,000 bond.

May 27

• Nicole Jean Krueger, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with a Blount County warrant and released without bond.
 
• Heather Nicole McFarland, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and held on $1,500 bond.
 
• Philip Edward Partin, 52, Kingston, was charged with driving under the influence and held without bond.
 
• April Gail Taylor, 39, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Tierra Nichole Wiggins, 31, Madisonville, was charged with a Cumberland County warrant and released without bond.
 
• Ashley Nicole Bogle, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Scott Lee Denton, 32, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.

May 28

• Charles Edward Robinette, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.
 
• Mario Sanchez, 50, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.
 
• Daffney Ann Tatham, 45, Knoxville, was charged with contempt of court and failure to appear-general sessions and held on $150 bond.

May 29

• Baltazar Mora Hernandez, 44, Loudon, was charged with public intoxication and possession of a handgun while under the influence and held without bond. Noticing a red sport utility vehicle traveling north on Ferry Street with its brake lights not working, Loudon Police Officer Anthony Akins stopped the vehicle and identified Hernandez, Eduardo Espinoza and Ismael Zahdalla. Hernandez’s license came back revoked after checking with dispatch. The men were asked if there were any weapons in the vehicle, including guns or knives. After asking to search the vehicle, Akins found a .50-caliber Desert Eagle handgun between the middle of the back seat. Zahdalla and Espinoza had access to the gun from where they were sitting. All three claimed the gun did not belong to them, according to the report. Eduardo Frutos Espinoza, 37, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and held without bond. Ismael Zahdalla, 35, Loudon, was charged with public intoxication and possession of a handgun while under the influence and held without bond.
 
• Juventino C. Hernandez, 33, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence, driving without a valid license and violation of implied consent and released on $5,000 bond.
 
• Rachel Lynn Evans, 34, Louisville, was charged with driving under the influence and held on $3,000 bond. 

May 30

• Jamy Stuart Wilson, 44, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and held without bond.

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