News Herald Arrest Report

Man admits hitting toddler, charged with abuse  
 
A Lenoir City man is being held at Loudon County Jail on a charge of child abuse after admitting to law enforcement that he struck two small children.

Responding to a Town Creek Circle residence in reference to a report of child abuse, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brandon Burley talked with a woman, who said she had left her children, ages 2 and 5, in the custody of her temporary roommate, Philip Lawrence Jenkins, 30, of Lenoir City. Five hours later, the mother returned home and found fresh cuts and scrapes on her toddler’s bottom.

“After speaking with Jenkins, he stated that he did strike the two-year-old female ... as well as he struck the five-year-old boy,” Burley said.
Jenkins was charged with child abuse or neglect (if violent) and held on $10,000 bond.
 
Meth lab found in truck
 
LCSO Deputy Kenny Palmer wrote in his report that a K9 alerted to the presence of narcotics in a vehicle involved in a traffic stop and that he noticed the driver, Jason Keith Holland, wearing a necklace “that appeared to be a pipe used for smoking marijuana.”
 
Marijuana was located inside the necklace along with four needles inside Holland’s overalls, Palmer said. More drug paraphernalia, marijuana and methamphetamine were found inside the vehicle.
 
“Sgt. (Michael) Watkins located 10 more needles inside a computer case along with three cut straws, a pipe used for smoking marijuana and approximately two grams of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. Sgt. Watkins also located, in a wallet, behind the driver’s seat four needles, three which were loaded with some type of liquid,” Palmer reported. “Sgt. Watkins also located inside the wallet two baggies with approximately 1.1 grams of powder total. The powder field tested positive for meth.”
 
In the bed of the truck, Palmer found an active meth lab.
 
Holland, 37, Greenback, was charged with manufacture/sell/possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, promotion of the manufacture of methamphetamine and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $14,500 bond.

Feb. 5
  • Amy Elizabeth Everett, 32, Clinton, was charged with violation of probation and released without bond.
     
  • Henry Clyde Hampton, 56, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond. Responding to a call of an intoxicated person at a gas station on U.S. Highway 321, Lenoir City Police Officer Brandon Gentry talked with a man, Hampton, who had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage and slurred speech. “Mr. Hampton was involved in an accident at his ex-wife’s residence earlier in the night. He also made threats to go to his son’s house and fight his son,” Gentry said.
     
  • Mark Thomas Manchester, 32, Philadelphia, was charged with violation of probation for simple possession and held without bond.
     
  • Anthony Richard Tinnel, 35, Philadelphia, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,000 bond. Responding to a call of a physical domestic incident at a Sweetwater Road residence in Philadelphia, LCSO Deputy JC Schultz talked with a man, who said he and his sister, Kimberly Diane Tinnel, had gotten into an argument. “... He cursed her out at which time she scratched his face and neck with her fingernails,” Schultz said. “Ms. Kimberly Diane Tinnel stated that her brother had became angry and picked up a chair and knocked holes in the wall, then threw the chair at her.” Kimberly Diane Tinnel, 30, Philadelphia, was also charged with domestic assault and released on $1,000 bond.
Feb. 6
  • Michael Steven Coffman, 27, Lenoir City, was charged with theft under $500 and released on $1,000 bond. LCPD Officer Christian Dragon wrote in his report that Coffman was seen placing a different price tag on an item valued at $59.
     
  • James Michael Gass, 26, Sweetwater, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond. Responding to a Lenoir City retail store in reference to a theft, LCPD Officer Jason Felts wrote in his report that Gass had in his possession a baggie of a green, leafy substance believed to be marijuana.
     
  • Charles Phillip Hicks, 28, Greenback, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
     
  • Brandon Sean Limburg, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation for simple possession and released on $2,000 bond.
     
  • Lincoln Terrance Sanders, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with burglary of motor vehicle and theft of property and held on $3,500 bond.
     
  • Jeremi Heath Smith, 27, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence-second offense (later reduced to driving under the influence-first offense) and held without bond.
     
  • Rebecca Sartin Smith, 52, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.
     
  • Davis Steven Turner, 43, Kingston, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, driving under the influence and cite-in-violation of implied consent and held on $2,500 bond. Dispatched to Highway 72 in reference to a reckless driver, Loudon Police Officer Brandon Nix talked with the driver, Turner, who had slurred speech, a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage and performed poorly on field sobriety tasks. “While doing a inventory on Mr. Turner’s vehicle, I noticed a 12 pack of beer that did have several beers missing,” Nix said.
     
  • Heath Barkley Yearwood, 43, Madisonville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held on $6,000 bond.
Feb. 7
  • Brian Lee Broyles, 40, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
     
  • Maria Margarita Cifuentes Saucedo, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with driving without a license and released without bond. LCPD Officer Jamie Whitt wrote in her report that Saucedo struck a parked vehicle on Second Avenue, causing the parked vehicle to hit another. “She did not stop at crash and report accident involving property damage,” Whitt said. “She left the scene and put the vehicle she was driving in the backyard of 403 West Broadway. She did not have a driver’s license or insurance.”
     
  • Lisa Malia Davidson, 52, Lenoir City, was charged with theft under $500 and released on $1,000 bond. LCPD Officer Jason Felts wrote in his report that Davidson was seen concealing merchandise, totaling around $300, and walking past all points of sale without paying at a Lenoir City retail store.
     
  • Dillon Jay Miller, 20, Madisonville, was charged with possession of a Schedule II substance-morphine and held on $20,000 bond.
     
  • Eric Vernon Myers, 25, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.
     
  • Timothy Paul Spellings, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.
     
  • Jeffrey Scott Stephens, 25, Talbott, was charged with manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule VI substance and held on $20,000 bond. Dispatched to Teeters Road in Greenback in reference to a suspicious vehicle, LCSO Deputy Jamie Ketner wrote in his report that the keys were still in the ignition and a strong odor of alcohol was coming from the vehicle. “While looking for the registration, I noticed there was an open bottle of Jack Daniels inside the glove box and several blunt wrappers,” Ketner said, adding that three men were later spotted coming from a nearby wooded area. “These subjects stated that they were raccoon hunting. I asked Mr. Stephens did he have anything illegal on him. He gave me approximately 21 grams of marijuana,” Ketner wrote in his report. “Mr. Stephens also stated that he had smoked marijuana inside his vehicle that day.” Ketner reported that the other men also had marijuana and paraphernalia in their possession. “Mr. (Seth Austin) Stokes had in his possession approximately 3 grams of marijuana and Mr. (Seth Thomas) Fordham had in his possession one pipe used to smoke marijuana.” Stokes and Fordham received citations.
     
  • Jeremy Michael West, 20, Vonore, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held on $4,000 bond.
Feb. 8
  • Cecil Anthony Currier, 47, Lenoir City, was charged with theft under $500 and released on $1,000 bond. According to an arrest warrant, Currier was caught on video concealing meat inside his pants and exiting a Lenoir City retail store  without paying for the merchandise, which totaled $56.
     
  • Justin Charles Davis, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $2,500 bond. LCSO Deputy Brandon Burley wrote in his report that a vehicle was speeding 67 mph in a 50 mph zone and left its lane of travel on multiple occasions. The driver, Davis, had red, watery eyes and an odor of an alcoholic beverage.
     
  • Tylin Montez Gordon, 21, Athens, was charged with violation of probation on theft under $500 and held on $1,000 bond.
     
  • Melissa Joy Hasty, 31, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation-prostitution and indecent exposure and released on $2,000 bond.
     
  • Johnny Edward Lee, 62, Philadelphia, was charged with manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance and released without bond. Stopping a vehicle for not observing a stop sign at the intersection of Donelson Road and McCrary Street, LCSO Deputy Cody Fritts wrote in his report that the driver, Lee, was shaking and appeared nervous and a K9 alerted to the presence of narcotics in the vehicle. “Upon searching the vehicle located between the driver seat and middle console was an inhaler with two plastic baggies inside containing pills,” Fritts said.
     
  • Tommy Dale Stone, 29, Loudon, was charged with theft under $500 and released on $1,000 bond. LCPD Officer Brandon Gentry wrote in his report that a man, later identified as Stone, took a pair of shoes from a Lenoir City retail store and left in a black vehicle.
Man threatens to kill woman, children  
 
A Knoxville man is being held on $68,000 bond at Loudon County Jail after allegedly threatening to kill a woman and her children and hitting the woman as the two were driving in Lenoir City.

Lenoir City Police Inv. Brad Brown wrote in his report that a woman, who Brown identified as terminally ill and handicapped, alleged that Glenn Larry Brown, 34, of Knoxville, struck her in the face, chest and lower body as she was turning onto U.S. Highway 321 from the Interstate 75 exit ramp.

“He told her he was going to kill her and that she would die today. In fear of her life (the woman) tried to jump out of the driver’s seat of the vehicle while traveling down the road but Mr. Brown wouldn’t let her out of the car,” the investigator said, adding that Brown threatened to kill the woman’s children as well. “Mr. Brown repeatedly grabbed the steering wheel of the car and tried to steer them off of the roadway.”
 
The investigator also said that the woman incurred serious bodily injuries to her face, head, legs and arms.
 
Brown was charged with attempted murder-first degree, especially aggravated kidnapping, assault and harassment (non-verbal threat).
 
Meth lab found near Loudon park
During a search of a  Loudon home believed to be manufacturing methamphetamine, Ninth Judicial Drug Task Force agents and Loudon Police officers charged a Loudon County pair earlier this week for manufacturing the illegal substance.
 
Drug Task Force Agent April Farmer wrote in her arrest warrant that during a search of the home, law enforcement found an active meth lab in the basement of the Simpson Street residence. Officers also found a man, Jeremy Christian Byrd, 33, of Loudon, in possession of meth in his pant pocket along with another bag of meth, several cut straws and a mirror with residue on it in a woman’s bedroom. The woman was later identified as Tracy Elaine Brown, 39, also of Loudon.
 
“While searching the residence Agent’s (sic) also found several components inside the residence and outside that are used for the manufacturing of methamphetamine,” Farmer said, adding that both admitted to manufacturing meth.
 
“Ms. Brown is the primary renter of the residence where the active lab was located and stated that she allowed and had knowledge of the manufacturing taking place in the residence,” she added. “There is a 9 year old child and a 18 year old child (living) at the residence and the residence in question is located within 1,000 feet of Legion Park.”
 
Byrd was charged with manufacture/sell/possession of a controlled substance, manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance and promotion of the manufacture of methamphetamine and held on $25,000 bond.
Brown was charged with maintaining a dwelling where drugs are sold, promotion of methamphetamine manufacture and Schedule II drug violations and held on $22,500 bond.
 
Feb. 9
  • Christian Peyton Bennett, 19, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.
     
  • Wayne Allen Davis, 33, Sweetwater, was charged with assisting other agency-Blount County warrant and held without bond.
     
  • Terry Lee Jaynes, 31, Loudon, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $2,000 bond. Dispatched to a Cox Road residence in reference to an unwanted guest, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jamie Ketner talked with a woman, who said Jaynes was intoxicated and verbally abusive. Ketner talked with the man in his bedroom, where the deputy noticed a strong odor of marijuana. “Mr. Jaynes was very intoxicated. There was a marijuana joint in the ashtray, rolling papers and one hypodermic needle on the nightstand in plain view,” Ketner wrote in his report. “Mr. Jaynes stated that the ‘rig’ was not his, but the marijuana was.”
     
  • Thomas Jackson Morgan, 29, Rockwood, was charged with criminal trespassing and theft under $500 and held on $4,000 bond.
     
  • Ricky Lynn Partin, 50, Philadelphia, was charged with fugitive from justice and held without bond.
     
  • Christopher Bradley Redmond, 18, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-juvenile court on vandalism and released on $500 bond.
     
  • Chelsea Nicole Stephens, 26, Vonore, was charged with theft under $500 and released on $2,000 bond. LCPD Officer Brandon Gentry wrote in his report that Stephens allegedly attempted to leave a Lenoir City retail store without paying for merchandise.
     
  • Ronnie Gene Tudor, 23, Athens, was charged with violation of probation on possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $2,000 bond.
     
  • Joshua Paul Wright, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-public intoxication, assault and resisting arrest and held on $10,000 bond. Noticing a “suspicious” man outside of a Lenoir City gas station after store hours, LCSO Deputy Billy Lewis talked to the man, later identified as Wright, who said that he came to the store to buy cigarettes. Wright allegedly gave false identification.
Feb. 10
  • Raul Armando Bastida Angeles, 22, Knoxville, was charged with driving without a valid driver’s license and released on $1,500 bond. Stopping a vehicle for failing to dim its high beams while passing oncoming traffic, LCSO Deputy Billy Lewis wrote in his report that the driver, Angeles, said that his low beams were not working properly and that he did not have a Tennessee driver’s license or car insurance.
     
  • Earl Kirk Newman, 23, Maryville, was charged with child support and held on $700 bond.
     
  • Samantha Johndale Oody, 26, Clinton, was charged with contempt of court and released on $150 bond.
     
  • Richard Warren Shepherd, 37, Knoxville, was charged with an Anderson County warrant and released without  bond.
     
  • Christopher Scott Walker, 42, Maryville, was charged with theft of merchandise under $500, criminal trespassing and violation of probation and held on $6,000 bond. LCPD Det. Kevin Condee wrote in his report that Walker allegedly took a watch and a speaker from a Lenoir City retail store without paying for the merchandise. Condee also said that Walker had previously been banned from the store.
Feb. 11
  • Kasey Lea Evans, 31, Bulls Gap, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
     
  • Ruby Ann Huskins, 41, Tellico Plains, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $5,000 bond.
     
  • Alexis Faye Lawson, 24, Loudon, was charged with aggravated domestic assault and held on $7,500 bond. Responding to a Grove Street apartment in reference to a past domestic violence situation, LPD Officer Kenny Ridings talked with a woman, later identified as Lawson, who alleged that a man had hit her in the face. The man said that he and Lawson had been arguing over a car when “Lawson started hitting him in his face then she got a kitchen knife and started trying to cut him,” Ridings said, adding that the man said he hit the woman in self defense.
     
  • Joel Hamilton Lynn, 28, Sweetwater, was charged with domestic assault, failure to appear-general sessions and violation of probation and held on $7,500 bond.
     
  • Randy Lee McCallie, 44, Philadelphia, was charged with violation of probation and released without bond.
Feb. 12
  • Nicholas Allen Bahr, 22, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation-third offense and held without bond.
     
  • Heather Mary Kathan, 39, Niota, was charged with driving on a suspended license and held on $2,000 bond.
     
  • Shawn Paul Spurlock, 39, Knoxville, was charged with theft under $500 and held without bond.

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