Man caught with 55 grams of meth

A Dandridge man is facing drug charges after law enforcement found a large bag of methamphetamine.

Responding to a call of a suspicious person asleep or passed out in a gray Honda at a gas station on Highway 72, Loudon Police Officer Kent Russell talked with an employee at 6:46 a.m. stating a vehicle had been at the pump since about 3 a.m. and that driver was asleep behind the wheel.

Russell approached the vehicle and identified John Fred Hughes, 45.

“Mr. Hughes was searching for his wallet,” Russell wrote in his report. “I observed a butane torch and digital scales sitting on the front passenger seat. Mr. Hughes asked to exit the vehicle to look for his wallet. He kept putting his hand in his right pocket despite being asked not to. I conducted a pat down of Mr. Hughes in which I felt his right front pocket a glass pipe like what is commonly used to smoke methamphetamine.”

Hughes’ license came back suspended after checking with dispatch. While searching the vehicle, Russell found a plastic bag with a crystal substance believed to be methamphetamine. The bag’s weight came in at about 55 grams. A clear pink bag in Hughes’ front pocket also contained meth, according to the report.

Hughes was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, sell, delivery and resale of a Schedule II substance and held without bond.

June 26

• Jonathan Scott Flynn, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond. He was also arrested June 28 for violation of probation and released on $15,000 bond.

• Dominique Davonte Harvey, 23, Loudon, was charged with illegal/fraudulent use of credit card and released on $2,500 bond.

June 27

• Hector Manuel Casillas, 18, Knoxville, was charged with resisting arrest and released on $1,000 bond.

• Barbra Lynn Headrick, 49, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jay Nyce Patterson, 57, Wellsboro, Pa., was charged with driving under the influence, possession of a handgun while under the influence and released on $10,000 bond.

• William Michael Roberts, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with hindering secured creditors and released on $5,000 bond.

• Adan Martinez Salazar, 44, Lenoir City, was charged with vandalism and aggravated assault and held on $26,000 bond. Responding to the 400 block of West Broadway on a wanted person call, Lenoir City Police Officer Christian Dragon talked with Salazar, who he was read his Miranda rights before asking questions. Salazar understood his rights and admitted he vandalized a vehicle. “He also stated that he attacked (a man) on 6-20-17, striking him in the face with a little knife,” Dragon wrote in his report. “Salazar stated that he vandalized (the man’s) vehicle because he was angry with (the man) due to an affair between Salazar’s girlfriend and (the man).”

June 28

• Morgan Holtz Brown, 27, Kingston, was charged with two counts of violation of probation and held on $4,000 bond.

• Candice Nicole Evans, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with theft under $1,000 and held on $1,000 bond.

• Edward Author Houser, 38, Sweetwater, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,500 bond.

• Lord Nicolas Jackson, 26, Loudon, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Dakota Dylan Lawrence, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of criminal court capias and failure to appear-general sessions and held on $58,000 bond.

• Mandy Annette McDonald, 41, Sweetwater, was charged with violation of probation and held on $1,000 bond.

• Frankie Leon Sanes, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest and held on $2,000 bond.

• Christy Ann Whisenhunt, 35, Philadelphia, was charged with violation of probation and held on $7,000 bond.

June 29

• Favian Castro Frutos, 21, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• Andrew Harold Greer, 26, Knoxville, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $2,500 bond. Dispatched to a domestic call at Chota Hills Trace, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jamie Pistole talked with a man in the road who had blood “all over his face and body.” “He stated that his son busted through a locked bedroom door where he was asleep with his wife ...,” Pistole wrote in his report. “(The man) stated that when he heard his door bust open, before he could react, his son Andrew was choking him and hitting him in the face.” Pistole saw Greer sitting in the living room and breathing “heavily.” When asked why he hit his father, Greer said he did not take his medication and he “just snapped.”

• Jeremiah James Henry, 34, Greenback, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $4,000 bond.

• John Fred Hughes, 45, Dandridge, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, sell, delivery and resale of a Schedule II substance and held without bond.

• Casper James Large, 31, Philadelphia, was charged with theft over $1,000 bond.

• Emily Brooke Orr, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and held on $2,000 bond.

• Joseph Adam Self, 39, Madisonville, was charged with failure to appear and released on $1,000 bond.

• Logan Blake Shamblin, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and evading arrest and released on $2,500 bond.

• Amanda Ruth Ward, 25, Etowah, was charged with a McMinn County warrant and held without bond.

June 30

• Gerald Craig Sheldon, 34, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jeremy Matthew Brewer, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and held without bond.

• Bradley Joseph Christian, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.

• Lisa Marie Foltz, 48, Loudon, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jordan Lee Gray, 31, Sweetwater, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $5,000 bond.

• Caleb Seth Russell, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.

• Rachel Leah Russell, 38, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jason William Wilder, 29, Powell, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $5,000 bond.

July 1

• Randall Cobb, 59, Farragut, was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.

• Dawn Mary Eipeldauer, 66, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond.

• Jack Robert Gibson, 23, Loxahatchee, Fla., was charged with public intoxication and held on $1,000 bond.

• Tina Marie Shelton, 32, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and driving under the influence and held on $2,500 bond.

• Thomas Allen Wright, 43, Interlachen, Fla., was charged with theft of property, evading arrest, reckless endangerment and driving without a valid license and held on $63,000 bond. After noticing a motorcycle driver without his helmet heading southbound on Interstate 75, LCSO Deputy Brad Rayfield attempted to initiated a traffic stop. “The subject kept running at speeds approaching 90 mph in and out of traffic all the way to 81 mm getting off the interstate, still evading this officer on Hwy 321 circling the parking lot of Bimbo’s Fireworks where several adults and children were in the parking lot trying to get out of the way,” Rayfield wrote in his report. “The subject then, still evading, pulled back onto Hwy 321 going the wrong direction towards Hwy 70 on the wrong side of the road.” The subject, identified as Wright, turned onto Old Highway 95 and eventually left into a driveway before spinning out in wet grass. Rayfield noted Wright then took off on foot. He was caught about 50 yards behind the residence.

July 2

• Erick Giovanni, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence, driving without a valid license and held on $2,500 bond.

• Amy Alisha Sampsel, 45, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.

• Ted Dustin Hamilton, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.

• Lonnie Justin Schaffer, 32, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,500 bond. Dispatched to Union Street of a possible domestic, Loudon Police Officer Brandon Nix learned a woman had called and said Schaffer hit her. Nix made contact with the woman after arriving. She said the two had argued throughout the day. “(The woman) stated she was outside sitting on the front steps talking to her mother,” Nix wrote in his report. “(The woman) stated Mr. Schaffer was also outside, and while outside they began to argue. At this time Mr. Schaffer attempted to sit down beside (the woman), but accidentally sat on her feet. (The woman) stated she moved her feet while the two continued to argue. At this time Mr. Schaffer did strike (the woman) on the left side of her face with a closed fit, leaving a red and bruised area which I witnessed.” Schaffer admitted to hitting the woman.

• Richard J. Stokes, 49, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $1,500 bond.