News Herald Arrest Report

Mom charged with DUI had kids in car
 
A Lenoir City woman has been charged with driving under the influence after law enforcement responded to a call that a woman with two children had stopped her car and appeared impaired.
 
Lenoir City Police Officer Jeremy Dishner located a white Audi in a gas station parking lot June 11 on U.S. Highway 321. Christina Lee Devaney, 31, the driver, had her 7-year-old and 7-month-old daughters with her.
 
Dishner reported that Devaney had slurred speech and was “lethargic in answering questions.”
 
Reports show Devaney is prescribed several narcotics, including Alprazolam, Buprenorphine and Methylphenidate.
 
Dishner wrote that Devaney was “unsteady on her feet upon exit from the vehicle” and that she “performed poorly on (the) standardized field sobriety test, as well as poorly on advanced roadside impairment detection enforcement tests.” The tests were conducted by Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jerramie Bowen.
 
Devaney told officers she took half of an Alprazolam, and she snorted one of the Buprenorphine 8-milligram tablets. She was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,500 bond.

June 10

• Brandi Nicole Crank, 34, Loudon, was charged with criminal impersonation and vandalism and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Denieka Ann Skeens, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.

June 11

• Kayla Hope Abercrombie, 32, Kingston, was charged with assisting another agency, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $47,500 bond.
 
• Chancey Ray Green, 38, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $4,000 bond.

June 12

• Edwar Ivan Benegas, 39, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and driving under the influence and held on $7,000 bond.
 
• Kelly Marie Gonzalez, 34, Loudon, was charged with criminal trespassing and theft under $1,000 and released on $4,000 bond. Dispatched to a retail store off Highway 321, Lenoir City Police Officer Shannon Runyan was told that Gonzalez and Kenneth Nathaniel Whitehead had concealed multiple items from the store in store bags, then brought the items to the customer service desk and used a fraudulent receipt to return the items for money. During the investigation, it was revealed Gonzalez signed a notice of restriction from all store properties for life on May 20, 2017. Whitehead, 33, Sweetwater, was charged with theft under $1,000, aggravated assault on an officer and resisting arrest and held on $11,500 bond.
 
• Christopher Allen Green, 31, homeless, was charged with evading arrest, theft of property, reckless endangerment and driving on revoked/suspended license and held on $24,500 bond.

June 13

• Matthew Allen Follett, 32, Kingston, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and evading arrest and held on $20,000 bond.
 
• Michael Bryon Phillips, 18, Knoxville, was charged with underage consumption, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and simple possession/casual exchange and held without bond.
 
• Tina Marie Prater, 31, Kingston, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and was released without bond.
 
• Debra Ann Fish, 32, Seymour, was charged with driving under the influence, violation of implied consent, two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $6,000 bond. After being notified of a reckless driver on Interstate 75, LCSO Deputy Kenneth Palmer learned the vehicle was “all over the roadway and almost struck several vehicles.” LCSO Cpl. Chad Estes caught up to the black Volkswagen Jetta, and when he pulled the vehicle over, he noticed the driver “put something behind the back seat.” Palmer noticed a strong odor of alcohol when speaking with Fish, but she explained she had not had anything to drink. Fish failed field sobriety tasks. Palmer inventoried the vehicle and found a cigarette pack with what was assumed to be marijuana, four empty liquor bottles and one nearly full liquor bottle. A syringe was located in the center console, and nine syringes, two spoons, a cotton swab and cotton swab tips were found in a purse in the trunk. Palmer also found a small container with a white pill believed to be Tramadol Hydrochloride 50 milligram.

June 14

• Rony De Los Saucedo-Herrera, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and driving without a valid license and held on $3,500 bond.
 
• Jordan Michael Skaggs, 28, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of a Schedule IV substance and driving on revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.

June 15

• Liu Gabriel Huerta, 23, Philadelphia, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and general sessions court capias and held on $16,000 bond.
 
• Katie L. King, 25, Philadelphia, was charged with driving under the influence, contraband into a penal institution, possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $19,000 bond. LCSO Deputy Anthony Akins was dispatched to Exit 68 on Interstate 75 for a possible reckless driver and wreck without injuries. Akins located a vehicle that had gone off the roadway. King, the driver, was unsteady on her feet, had slurred speech and could not pronounce words correctly. Akins asked if she needed to have an ambulance make sure she was OK, but she claimed she was fine. King performed poorly on a field sobriety test. She agreed to a blood test and was taken to Fort Loudoun Medical Center. A search of the vehicle revealed a cut straw with a powder substance. Officers also found a silver container with four small blue pills in King’s waistband after she was transported to jail.
 
• Francisco Lagunas, 18, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of a Schedule II substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $16,000 bond.
 
• Jacob Lawson Mealer, 22, was charged with driving under the influence, manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of a Schedule VI substance, enticing/purchasing alcoholic beverages and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $9,500 bond.
 
• Mary Elizabeth Wayman, 41, Knoxville, was charged with burglary and three counts of theft of property and held on $16,000 bond.

June 17

• Jennifer Lynn Wooliver, 46, Loudon, was charged with two counts of domestic assault and held without bond. LCSO Deputy Mark Rodriguez was dispatched to 615 Grandview Drive and spoke with a victim who explained her fiance and Wooliver had been arguing over a Facebook comment. Wooliver tried involving the victim in the argument, but she said she “did not want any part in it.” Wooliver became agitated and threw a plastic cinnamon bottle at the woman, striking her in the arm. A second person was struck with the bottle on the right side of the face. Wooliver asked the first woman to leave the residence, but she refused. Wooliver was determined as the primary aggressor and taken into custody.
 
• Rony De Los Saucedo-Herrera, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and driving without a valid license and held on $3,500 bond.
 
• Jordan Michael Skaggs, 28, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence, possession of a Schedule IV substance and driving on revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.

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6/24/19