A Sweetwater woman is facing drug charges after law enforcement found her passed out in a gas station parking lot.

Flagged down on Highway 72 by a gas station employee who said a gold Chevrolet with someone in it had been parked for about two hours with its lights on and multiple vehicles had pulled up beside it, Loudon Police Officer James Cogdill went to check on the driver’s welfare.

The driver, identified as Rhonda Renea Givens, 43, was sleeping behind the wheel. Givens said she fell asleep while on her way home to Sweetwater, according to the report.

“She stated that she does take medication and that could be why she fell asleep,” Cogdill wrote in the report, adding he was given permission to search the vehicle. “... While searching the vehicle this officer located in the front passenger seat in a green makeup bag what appeared to be ice (methamphetamine), as well as a small bag containing two different types of pills as well as needles.”

Givens told officers it was meth in the bag and the pills were xanax and hydrocodone. The meth was packaged in three bags for resale weighing a combined 64.5 grams. The pills were also in a clear bag. Cogdill also found a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana in Givens’ pocket.

Givens was charged with three counts of simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance and released on $18,000 bond.

Sept. 25

• Timothy Dewey Connatser, 36, Friendsville, was charged with failure to appear and released without bond.

• Shannon Lynn Gilliam, 38, Rogersville, was charged with failure to appear and released on $2,000 bond.

• Tina Louise Soper, 48, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.

• Charles Delmar Walden, 39, Loudon, was charged with child abuse or neglect and released on $20,000 bond.

Sept. 26

• Shiann N. Bryant, 27, Loudon, was charged with tampering/fabricating with evidence and failure to appear-general sessions and held on $29,500 bond.

• Marleena Sharie Dennis, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,000 bond.

• Heather Leeanne Harrison, 32, Maryville, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Amanda Lee Hayley, 36, Harriman, was charged with theft over $20,000, failure to appear and two counts of assisting other agency and held on $2,000 bond.

• Jarrod Shane Hunt, 36, Madisonville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.

• Misty Devon Jaques-Davis, 36, Watertown, was charged with a Wilson County warrant and released without bond.

• Joseph Jerome Kimpson, 27, Athens, was charged with assault and released on $2,500 bond.

• Shawn Michael Moore, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of failure to appear and held on $2,000 bond.

• Jamie Dawn Oody, 41, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.

• Michele Lynn Rich, 27, Philadelphia, was charged with failure to appear and held on $2,000 bond.

• David Paul Wicks, 37, Harriman, was charged with aggravated assault and held on $7,500 bond. Responding to an assault call on Hines Valley Road, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brian Smith talked with a man who said Wicks attacked him with a “big” flashlight. The man said Wicks yelled at him about stealing lights and then attacked him. “(The man) then stated he did strike Mr. Wicks with a flashlight to defend himself,” Smith wrote in the report. “Mr. Wicks took the flashlight from him, started striking him in the face with the flashlight and then started beating his head into the asphalt.” Smith noted he saw the man had blood on his face, in his mouth, several knots on the right side of his head and a cut over his left eye.

Sept. 27

• Michael James John Amble, 53, Lenoir City, was charged with criminal trespassing and held without bond.

• Kristie Lynn Beacham, 29, Athens, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held on $2,000 bond.

• Courtney Darlene Brown, 32, Philadelphia, was charged with criminal trespassing and released on $2,000 bond.

• Melinda Gail Denton, 43, Sweetwater, was charged with driving under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $5,000 bond.

• Ted Dustin Hamilton, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• Cayci Nicole Littleton, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property and held on $1,000 bond.

• Robert Allen Sampson, 41, Friendsville, was charged with failure to appear and held on $2,000 bond.

• Mason Taylor Smith, 23, San Antonio, Texas, was charged with criminal trespassing and released on $2,000 bond.

• Maria Vasquez, 19, Lenoir City, was charged with driving without a valid license and released without bond.

• Ashley Marie Warren, 25, Maryville, was charged with failure to appear and held on $4,000 bond.

Sept. 28

• Joshah Aaron Dewey, 25, Philadelphia, was charged with unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon and released on $1,000 bond. Responding to a complaint of a person with a pistol on his side who had been at a retail store for the past few days, Lenoir City Police Sgt. Ronnie Reagan talked with Dewey, who was sitting in the back seat of a van in the front of the store. Dewey told Reagan he did not have any weapons on him, and Dewey was told to exit the vehicle. Reagan noticed a black handgun behind the seat on the right side of the vehicle and another on Dewey’s right hip. “He stated he was carrying the weapon because he was threatened by his girlfriend’s family,” Reagan wrote in the report. “Mr. Dewey stated to me that his girlfriend works at (the retail store) and that he was waiting on her in the parking lot while she worked.” Dewey did not have a valid handgun permit.

• Lakin Denise Norman, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic violence and violation of probation and held without bond.

Sept. 29

• John Terry Barber, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and released on $3,000 bond.

• James Dale Butler, 46, Maryville, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,000 bond.

• Mike Anthony Crochet, 32, Maryville, was charged with a juvenile attachment and released on $150 bond.

• Stacy Eugene Branson, 49, Lenoir City, was charged failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.

• Lillian Elizabeth Durmer, 34, Vonore, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $3,000 bond.

• Kenneth Francis Lee, 46, Sevierville, was charged with worthless checks and released on $10,000 bond.

• Derek Joe Littleton, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of criminal court capias and failure to appear and released on $6,000 bond.

• Matthew Doyle Spradlin, 42, Friendsville, was charged with a Blount County warrant and held without bond.

Sept. 30

• Floyd Gilmore Dalton Jr., 54, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and held without bond.

• Elizabeth Quinnell Loveall, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,500 bond. Observing a white Nissan traveling on West Broadway at a high rate of speed in a 30 mph zone, Lenoir City Police Officer Shannon Runyan conducted a traffic stop. Runyan noticed a “heavy smell” of alcoholic beverage coming from inside the vehicle and observed Loveall slurring her words.

• Amy Marie Scarlett, 50, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $3,000 bond.

• Luther Earl Smith, 26, Tellico Plains, was charged with a juvenile attachment and released on $300 bond.

• Joshua Anthony Ward, 37, Sweetwater, was charged with contempt of court and held on $1,500 bond.

Oct. 1

• Christina Renee Burkhart, 42, Lenoir City, was charged with resisting arrest and public intoxication and held without bond. Answering a suspicious intoxicated call at Mealer Road and Highway 70, LCSO Deputy JC Schultz observed a woman sitting at the intersection. Schultz noted the woman had a strong odor of alcoholic beverage. “She stated that she was intoxicated and was ready to go get her mat in the jail,” Schultz wrote in the report. “Ms. Burkhart then stated that when she consumed alcohol and was intoxicated she became sexually aroused and wanted to know if this deputy ‘wanted to play’ because she was ‘ready to play hard’.” Burkhart was placed under arrest, but not before she was uncooperative to Schultz’s commands to put her hands behind her back.

• Bobbie Hudson, 23, Heiskell, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

• Dakota Gunner Weaver, 22, Philadelphia, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

Oct. 2

• Delaney Alene Grimes, 20, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and held without bond.

• Alexander Timothy Millsaps, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released without bond.