New York men jailed after theft

“The second male, Vasile Anghel, successfully short-changed the cashier of $100,” Runyan wrote in a report. “This is observed on (the retail store) camera footage. Contact was made with the defendant on a subsequent traffic stop wherein a California driver’s license was found in his wallet with his picture and a license number that belonged to a female in California and an unknown male’s name that is not his.”

Law enforcement learned Rostas’ identification was purchased from a friend for $25.

Ionel Rostas, 22, was also located in the vehicle. During the traffic stop, Ionel Rostas did not have a valid license and is unlicensed to drive in the United States, possessing only a passport from the United Kingdom.

“The name on the passport is Robert Meze, and this is the name that the defendant presented as his name to law enforcement,” Runyan wrote in a report. “The Department of Homeland Security Investigations however verified by fingerprint that the defendant’s name is Ionel Rostas and that U.S. Immigration encountered him in 2016 under the name Ionel Rostas.”

Suraj Rostas, New York, was charged with forgery, identity theft and theft of property and held without bond.

Vasile Anghel, New York, was charged with theft of property and held without bond.

Ionel Rostas, New York, was charged with driving without a valid licenseand criminal impersonation and held without bond.

Nov. 19

• William Andrew Clinton, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and released without bond.

• Gary Lynn Grimmett, 33, Maryville, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and released on $3,000 bond.

• Maurice Alexander Johnson, 27, Sweetwater, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• Jimmy Dale Presley, 34, homeless, was charged with evading arrest, resisting arrest, theft of property, criminal trespass, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and tampering/fabricating with evidence and held on $24,000 bond.

• Tracy Lee Oliver, 46, Greenback, was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, driving under the influence, reckless endangerment, possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony, possession of a handgun while under the influence, manufacture, sell, delivery or resale of a Schedule VI substance, simple possession/casual exchange and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $151,000 bond.

Nov. 20

• Terry Marcum Honeycutt, 53, Vonore, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.

• Andrea Jill Ivy, 35, Morristown, was charged with violation of probation and released $2,000 bond.

• April Lenore Lowery, 42, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held on $1,000 bond.

• Omar Enrique Melian, 64, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond.

• Candy Star Reagan, 25, Philadelphia, was charged with general sessions court capias and held without bond.

• Jesse Joseph Schweitzer, 33, Harriman, was charged with theft over $1,000 and released on $2,000 bond.

• Jason Hamilton Vincil, 50, Loudon, was charged with a juvenile attachment and held on $4,640 bond.

• Jose Manue Zavala Gonzalez, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor, public intoxication and violation of order of protection/restraint and held without bond.

Nov. 21

• Danielle Darlene Gribble, 43, Sweetwater, was charged with a juvenile attachment and held on $300 bond.

• Harley Daniell Grimes, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with theft over $1,000 and assisting other agency and held on $10,000 bond.

• Lacy Diann Hicks, 30, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.

• Jessica Faith Martin, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property less than $1,000 and released on $1,000 bond.

• David Allen Flanagan, 33, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $30,000 bond.

• Randall Jackson, 48, Lenoir City, was charged with aggravated assault and aggravated burglary and released on $15,000 bond.

Nov. 22

• Christopher Michael Bowes, 26, Maryville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $3,000 bond.

• Joseph Richard Heiple, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of general sessions court capias and criminal court capias and held $23,000 bond.

• Felicia Anne Sellers, 34, Maryville, was charged with general sessions court capias and released on $1,000 bond.

• Michele Lea Smith, 42, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $1,000 bond. Lenoir City Police Officer Jeremy Dishner responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle with a driver hanging out of a Volkswagen Beetle in a grocery store parking lot on U.S. Highway 321. Dishner met Smith, who was asleep with the engine running. “Upon further investigation, I determined Ms. Smith had been involved in a crash,” Dishner wrote in a report. “Ms. Smith struck a parked 2006 Ford F150 prior to my contact with her.”

Nov. 23

• John Terry Barber, 38, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, assisting other agency and violation of probation and held without bond.

• Randal Eugene Henegar, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence, driving on a revoked/suspended license and four counts of reckless endangerment and held on $13,000 bond.

• Bryan Harley Hovatter, 26, Mobile, Ala., was charged with theft under 500 and held on $1,000 bond. Dispatched for a theft at a retail store off U.S. Highway 321, Lenoir City Police Officer Carlos Espinoza spoke with a man who had Hovatter in custody for shoplifting. “(The man) stated Mr. Hovatter entered (the retail store) and bought one box of magic cards,” Espinoza wrote in a report. “Mr. Hovatter then left the store and returned three separate times to stealing one box of magic cards each time he returned. The approximate total for the three box of cards were $125.94.”

• Armando Perez Lopez, 49, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released without bond.

Nov. 24

• Michael Eugene Green, 56, Kingston, was charged with general sessions court capias and released on $25,000 bond.

• Jodi Lynn McDonald, 34, Loudon, was charged with theft under $1,000 and released on $1,000 bond.

• Haley Alysse Wiggins, 34, Lenoir City, was charged with unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon, manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $22,000 bond. Lenoir City Police Officer Caleb Green saw a female in the driver’s seat of a vehicle at a motel off U.S. Highway 321 exit the parking lot and go to a gas station nearby. Green met Wiggins and requested to search her vehicle. Inside he found a set of digital scales with white crystal residue on them, numerous syringes, two glass pipes used to smoke methamphetamine, hundreds of small baggies and a glass bowl used to smoke marijuana. Wiggins said she was staying at the motel nearby. “Inside the room I recovered a firearm (SIG Sauer .22) located on the sink, a plastic cup containing a white crystal substance believed to be methamphetamine (approximately .2 grams), and a syringe loaded with a brown substance believed to be methamphetamine (approximately 70 cc) located on the bed,” Green wrote in a report.

Nov. 25

• Heath Anso Bassette, 34, Powhatan, Va., was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and held on $5,000 bond. Dispatched to a motel off Highway 72 for two men fighting on the third floor, Loudon Police Officer Bennie Houser met Heath Bassette standing outside talking with LCSO Deputy Brian Smith. Houser then went inside and spoke with Paul Bassettee, Heath’s brother. “Paul Bassette stated that after they ate he (left) his brother’s room going outside to smoke,” Houser wrote in a report. “Paul stated Heath tackled him in the hallway and they wrestled around and he punched Heath in the nose. The hotel video showed Paul going to the elevator while Heath was on it and they got into it again.” Both were highly intoxicated and had conflicting stories. Heath had a bloody nose, while Paul had marks on his side and a bloody elbow. Paul Adam Bassette, 38, Hinton, Iowa, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and held on $5,000 bond.

• Ashley Nicole Bogle, 32, Maynardville, was charged with violation of probation and held on $4,000 bond.

• Michael Edward Castek, 55, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $2,000 bond.

• Matthew C. Ebersole, 24, Stockbridge, Ga., was charged with driving under the influence and reckless burning and released on $6,000 bond.

• Saul Porter Frase, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a Schedule II substance, tampering/fabricating with evidence and resisting arrest and released on $17,000 bond.

• Christopher Holden Hill, 21, Knoxville, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $3,000 bond.

• Tyrell Steven Huffman, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of simple possession/casual exchange, public intoxication and possession of drug paraphernalia and held without bond.

• Jonathan Ray Miller, 34, Shelbyville, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held on $5,000 bond.

• Sommer Renee Underwood, 25, Loudon, was charged with theft of property and released on $1,000 bond.