News Herald Arrest Report

Woman uses sister's identity at arrest
 
A Knoxville woman and Luttrell man are facing multiple charges after law enforcement were called to a Lenoir City store for shoplifting.
 
Lenoir City Police officers were dispatched June 20 to a retail store on U.S. Highway 321 when Jonathan King attempted to push out a shopping cart containing items totaling $503.86. A loss of prevention officer had attempted to stop King as he exited the store.
King fled on foot through the parking lot.
 
A female who was with King was detained at the store by Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Inv. Brad Brown. The woman gave the name and birth date of Amber Warwick to Brown and LCSO Deputy Scott Brewster. According to reports, the woman was later identified as Ashley Warwick.
 
“Ashley Warwick had used her sister’s identity to hide her own identity by providing officers with Amber’s information,” Cody Fritts, LCSO deputy, wrote in a report. “Ashley Warwick continued to use Amber’s identity through booking at the jail and was caught when there was a discrepancy with the Social Security number she provided to deputy jailers.”
 
Fritts later observed a wet, shirtless male with muddy shorts emerge from the woods on Shaw Ferry Road. After Fritts told the man — later identified as King — to get on the ground, he fled through yards and woods. King later came out on Town Creek Road and was taken into custody.
 
King told officers he had methamphetamine in the center console of his vehicle. Fritts searched the Ford Ranger and found 0.5 grams of meth in the center console. Warwick’s makeup bag in the front seat held 17 syringes, a cotton filter and a burnt spoon.
King had been banned from the retail store July 4, 2018, after he was caught stealing $581.31 in merchandise in Knoxville, according to reports.
 
King, 34, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and burglary and held on $22,000 bond.
 
Warwick, 42, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a Schedule II substance and held on $12,000 bond.

June 17

• Travis Spencer Cook, 41, Harriman, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $7,000 bond.
 
• Tony Lynn Frogg, 40, Harriman, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $7,000 bond.
 
• Dean Solon Matthews, 47, Sweetwater, was charged with possession of a Schedule II substance and released on $20,000 bond.
• Freddie Lara Mejia, 19, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia, prohibited weapons and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $8,000 bond.
 
• Orlando Arnoi Perez-Saucedo, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with driving without a valid license and failure to show proof of insurance and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Jennifer Lynn Wooliver, 46, Loudon, was charged with two counts of domestic assault and released on $2,000 bond.

June 18

• Michael Allen Buckner, 48, Etowah, was charged with theft and released on $12,500 bond.
 
• Rachel Ann Davis, 21, Loudon, was charged with statutory rape and held without bond.
 
• Teresa Navada Hensley, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Rebecca Darlene Phelps, 39, Knoxville, was charged with reckless driving, failure to move over for an emergency vehicle and resisting arrest and released on $1,500 bond.

June 19

• Richard Galima Beukeman, 28, Maryville, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, public intoxication and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $16,000 bond.

• Eric Gillian McLean, 23, was charged with domestic assault and vandalism and held on $3,000 bond. After being dispatched to Donna Drive, LCSO Deputy Brandon Dishner responded to a call of a break-in in progress. Dispatch warned that a man was attempting to kick in the front window of a residence. Dishner found McLean sitting on the front porch, and the window to the left of the front door had been destroyed. LCSO Deputy Brandon Pesterfield talked with the victim, who said McLean had been previously living with her and had moved back in a week earlier. She awoke to loud banging on her front door and McLean yelling. She explained that he “began kicking the window of her home, busting it out and knocking over her television and multiple picture frames.” She said was afraid McLean might harm her because McLean was not on his medication. McLean said people were chasing him, and he was trying to get into the home.

• Shannon Lee Odom, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and held without bond.
 
• Mellisa Wilber, 42, Norwalk, Ohio, was charged with possession of suboxone and theft under $1,000 and held on $2,000 bond.

June 20

• Rhonda Webb Suttles, 54, Seymour, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $4,500 bond.

June 21

• Tanner Earl Wilkerson, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence, use of a phone while driving and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $8,000 bond. LCSO Deputy Cole Rogers saw a black Nissan swerve across the center line while traveling on U.S. Highway 321. The vehicle then made an illegal turn onto Town Creek Road by traveling into the oncoming lane. Rogers attempted to stop the vehicle in the Shaw Ferry Road area, but the vehicle continued until it reached the 3000 block of Town Creek Road. The driver, Wilkerson, had three passengers in the car, including Alexis Kerr. Rogers asked Wilkerson about his driving, and Wilkerson said he was on his phone while driving. Wilkerson “did consent to a vehicle search that did produce hundreds of syringes and several small baggies in (Wilkerson’s) possession,” according to Rogers’ report. Wilkerson performed poorly on a standardized field sobriety test and during additional advanced roadside impaired driving enforcement testing. Alexis Deshan Kerr, 22, Loudon, was also charged with simple possession/casual exchange and child endangerment and held on $1,000 bond.

June 22

• Thomas Leon Ward, 36, was charged with domestic assault-felony and released on $5,000 bond. After being dispatched at 3:30 a.m. for a hang-up call, LCSO Deputy Cole Rogers talked with a victim who said Ward assaulted her. The victim explained the couple was in an argument about her drinking habits and it led to Ward grabbing her by the throat and the house. Ward had left the home, but LCSO Deputy Anthony Akins found Ward and detained him at a gas station on U.S. Highway 321. The victim stated she only wished to give a video statement and not write anything on paper. Rogers noted the victim had red marks around her neck and blood on her collar where she cut her finger trying to stop Ward.

June 23

• Shannon Elaine Patterson, 23, Loudon, was charged with felony arson and held on $30,000 bond.

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