News Herald Arrest Report

Officer pursues man in high-speed chase

A Lawrenceville, Ga., man is facing multiple charges after law enforcement noticed the license plate was about to fall off his vehicle on Interstate 75.

Observing a black Jeep Liberty traveling northbound on I-75, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris Jenkins ran the plate through dispatch, which showed it belonged to a red Ford Explorer. Jenkins turned on his lights to conduct a traffic stop, but the Jeep would not pull over.

Jenkins pursued the vehicle for seven miles on I-75 at speeds up to 120 mph, with the driver crossing the median and traveling north in the southbound lane, according to the report. The vehicle wrecked at mile marker 75.

Dispatch discovered the vehicle had been reported stolen in Kentucky. The driver, identified as James Anthony Haynes, was arrested.

“I deployed K9 Deja for a drug sniff of the vehicle and K9 Deja gave a positive response to a trained odor of narcotics coming from the vehicle and in the back driver’s side floor area of the vehicle,” Jenkisn wrote in his report.
 
A search in the vehicle found 95 grams of methamphetamine under a bag containing weapons. The center console had a silver container with three brown rock substances that tested positive for heroin and weighed 3 grams. A black backpack had three white oval pills believed to be hydrocodone. There was also an AR-15 and tactical shotgun loaded within arm's reach, body armor, handcuffs, ski masks, a security officer badge and a 12-gauge shotgun with a sawed-off barrel.
 
Haynes’ criminal history showed he had a revoked license and was a convicted felon.
 
Haynes was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, felony evading, impersonation of licensed professional, possession of a Schedule II substance, two counts of manufacture, sell, delivery and resale of a Schedule II substance, possession of a firearm during a dangerous situation, prohibited weapons, speeding and unlawful carry or possession of a weapon and held on $506,000 bond.

Officers halt rape attempt

Law enforcement stopped an attempted rape Sunday after a female was able to call 911 before dropping her phone and leaving the line open.
 
According to the report, Pedro Abel Cifuentes, 19, Lenoir City, was speaking to a woman at about 3 a.m., while she was smoking a cigarette outside their apartments. Cifuentes was “heavily intoxicated” and asked if the woman would have sex with him. The woman said no and that she was tired and was going to bed. Cifuentes tried to block her from going into her apartment, and he forced his way into the building after she was able to get inside.
 
“Once inside he grabbed her from behind and pushed her to the couch in the living room,” Lenoir City Inv. Brad Brown wrote in his report. “The defendant held her down on her front against the couch while he grabbed her breasts under her clothing.”
 
Cifuentes then allegedly exposed himself, among other things, despite the woman repeatedly yelling for him to stop, according to the report. Law enforcement responded to the call, which allowed the woman to “break free from his grasp.”
 
Cifuentes was charged with underage consumption, assault, kidnapping, sexual battery and aggravated burglary and held without bond.

Jan. 30

• Wanda Sue Beets Chrisman, 58, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and three counts of legend drugs and held on $4,000 bond.
 
• Floyd Gilmore Dalton Jr., 53, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $3,000 bond.
 
• Tammie Jane Fair, 44, Rockwood, was charged with two counts of violation of probation and released on $3,000 bond.
 
• Beverly Ann Mullins, 63, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and released without bond.

Jan. 31

• Travis Lee Huffman, 34, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Melissa Suzanne McNeal, 37, Maryville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and a warrant out of Grainger County and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Lance D. Meeks, 62, Memphis, was charged with theft of property, driving on a revoked/suspended license and criminal trespass and held on $19,500 bond.
 
• Paula Brooke Tyler, 37, Maryville, was charged with forgery and burglary and released on $15,000 bond.

Feb. 1

• Tiffany Rana Carlin, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Donette Lashell Hightower, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Michael Paul Lee, 30, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $4,500 bond. Responding to the call of a reckless driver on Interstate 75, LCSO Deputy Bobby Hamilton caught up with a silver Lincoln just after it turned onto the Sugarlimb Road exit. Hamilton noted the driver on “several occasions” veered into the oncoming lane. After stopping Lee, Hamilton noted the defendant had “a very hard time keeping his eyes open.” Lee said he had Suboxone on him, and Hamilton conducted a field sobriety test. The “defendant was very unsteady on his feet and struggling to keep his eyes open,” Hamilton wrote in his report. Upon arrest, Lee gave Hamilton a Suboxone strip but could not provide a prescription. Hamilton and Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Rodney Best inventoried Lee’s vehicle and found a powdery substance later identified as crushed Percocet.
 
• Jeffery Shawn Littleton, 42, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Tyler Ray Menke, 23, Clinton, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.
 
• Joshua Derek Smith, 29, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Ashley Marie York, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and released on $2,000 bond.

Feb. 2

• Todd Michael Kintgen, 35, Oconto Falls, Wis., was charged with driving under the influence, violation of implied consent, simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $12,000 bond.
 
• Chasity Joan Beth Lynn, 28, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Sara Marie Moore, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, sell and delivery of a Schedule II substance in a drug free zone, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence and held on $25,000 bond.
 
• Robert Arlen Newcomb, 29, Kingston, was charged with violation of community corrections and failure to appear and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Carolyn Diana Smith, 52, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-felony and held without bond. Responding to a call of an altercation on the 1000 block of Bill Smith Road, LCSO Deputy Craig Brewer talked with Smith and another woman in the driveway. The woman came to the residence to pick up some items of her mother’s. According to Brewer’s report, a verbal altercation ensued after Smith came outside with some items. “According to both parties, Mrs. Smith picked up a handful of rocks (and) threw them at (the woman),” Brewer wrote in his report. “... On placing Mrs. Smith in custody for the assault ... she made the statement that when she gets out of the jail she is going to kill (the woman).”
 
• Brittany Marie Tucker, 19, Piqua, Ohio, was charged with theft of property and criminal trespass and held on $6,000 bond.

Feb. 3

• Sarah Beth Debuty, 36, Maryville, was charged with driving under the influence and held without bond.
 
• Aaron Jerry Grizzle, 35, Maryville, was charged with driving under the influence, driving on a revoked/suspended license and violation of implied consent and held on $6,000 bond.
 
• James Mathis Rankin, 41, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence, driving on a revoked/suspended license and cite-in for violation of implied consent and held without bond.
 
• Ashley Patrice Ward, 31, Mascot, was charged with driving under the influence, driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of a Schedule II substance and released on $6,000 bond.
 
• Eric Van Camp, 27, Athens, was charged with contraband in a penal institution and habitual motor offender and held on $40,000 bond.
 
• Samuel Justin Gilbert, 20, Loudon, was charged with burglary of a motor vehicle and theft under $500 and held on $3,500 bond.
 
• Aaron Green, 20, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession of methamphetamine and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Rhonda Jane King, 43, Madisonville, was charged with contempt of court and released on $150 bond.
 
• Dutch Alexander Lance, 69, Philadelphia, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery and resale of a Schedule II substance and released on $15,000 bond.
 
• Erwin L. Lott, 24, Chattanooga, was charged with driving on a suspended license and driving under the influence and released on $5,000 bond.
 
• Mary Annis McMahan, 63, Philadelphia, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery and resale of a Schedule II substance and released on $15,000 bond.
 
• Lola Marie Pennington, 32, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Johnny Lyle Shubert, 42, Oak Ridge, was charged with assisting other agency and released without bond.

Feb. 4

• Samuel Douglas Branum, 22, Philadelphia, was charged with two counts of contempt of court and held on $1,500 bond.
 
• Joseph Anthony Cole, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Richard Jason Sinclair, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and a Monroe County warrant and held without bond.

Feb. 5

• Dashawntae Alazno Durham, 28, Dalton, Ga., was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and theft of property and held on $6,000 bond.
 
• Jonathan Eric Harris, 43, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $3,000 bond.
 
• Marquise Antomio Saunders, 30, Dalton, Ga., was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $3,000 bond.
 
• Steven Clay Turner, 43, Farragut, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $3,000 bond.

Feb. 6

• Joseph Jack Gann, 37, Harriman, was charged with theft $1,000-$10,000 and held without bond.
 
• Gary Wayne Ivey, 47, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault and held without bond.
 
• Christina Louise Knight, 35, Maryville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and held without bond.
 
• Nathan Christopher Limburg, 38, Kingston, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence and held without bond.
 
• Aaron Bradford Long, 37, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and held without bond.

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