One-vehicle wreck leads to

A Lenoir City man was taken to Loudon County Justice Center this past weekend after wrecking a vehicle and leaving the scene of a crash.

Raul Oswaldo Lopez-Herrera, 27, was driving a white Ford Explorer east along Nelson Street and was unable to control the vehicle while going around a curve, according to Lenoir City Police Officer Jamie Whitt’s arrest report.

Lopez-Herrera then ran over the railroad track and struck a building located at Evans Lane. A witness reported seeing Lopez-Herrera leaving the driver’s side of the vehicle and running from the scene of a wreck involving “extreme property damage” on Nelson Street, Whitt said.

Police apprehended Lopez-Herrera near a bank on Broadway Street. Lopez-Herrera refused to perform field sobriety tasks and refused a blood draw and breathalizer test. He also told police he did not have a driver’s license.

Lopez-Herrera was charged with driving under the influence, violation of implied consent and leaving the scene of an accident and released on $2,000 bond.

Couple charged in dispute

A couple is facing separate domestic assault charges after getting into an altercation with their daughter’s fiance Friday in Greenback.

Responding to the scene of a domestic dispute in the 380 block of Kyker Road, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ronnie Reagan spoke with a man who had scratches on his chest, neck area and left elbow and was bleeding from his right elbow.

The man said he was sitting in the home with his fiancee’s mother, Tammie Dee Conrad, 51, when her husband, Paul David Conrad, 47, Greenback, came into the residence and began calling him names.

The man said he left the living room, and Tammie Conrad followed him into the kitchen and “began fussing at him and getting in his face,” Reagan wrote in his report. The man told deputies that he put his hands up to indicate that she should step back, and Paul Conrad grabbed him from around the corner. As a fight ensued, the man told deputies that he put Paul Conrad in “some type of wrestling hold” and saw that Tammie Conrad was coming at him with a knife.

The man was able to leave through the back of the residence and call his fiancee, who made the initial call to dispatch. A small child was at the scene when the dispute took place, according to the report.

Paul Conrad was charged with domestic assault and released on $2,500 bond.

Tammie Conrad was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,000 bond.

July 16

Brandon Thomas Deaton, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear on violation of probation and released on $4,000 bond.
Christina Nicole Evins, 28, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation on theft between $10,000-$60,000 and held without bond.
Nicolette Mariah Foster, 24, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear on driving under the influence and released on $6,000 bond.
Brandon Wayne Hinds, 38, homeless, was charged with criminal impersonation and public intoxication and held on $4,000 bond. Dispatched to the call of a suspicious person along Martel Road near Hardin Estates, LCSO Deputy Kenny Palmer spoke with Hinds, who said he was coming from his girlfriend’s house off Beals Chapel Road. According to the arrest report, Hinds told deputies that his full name was Maxwell Hinds. Palmer also said in his report that Hinds was ”very sweaty and soaking wet” and appeared to be “very intoxicated.” Hinds said he was taking Coricidin and was “tripping on triple C’s,” according to the report. Field sobriety tasks had to be stopped because Hinds almost fell down in the middle of the road, Palmer wrote. While on the way to jail on a public intoxication charge, Hinds said his first name was actually Brandon, so he was also charged with criminal impersonation.
Robby Ray Skidmore, 44, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation on sexual battery and held without bond.

July 17

Eugene Ray Akins, 63, Greenback, was charged with theft of services and held on $1,000 bond. Responding to the call of an unpaid taxi service in the 2900 block of Rest Camp Road, LCSO Deputy Ronnie Reagan spoke with the taxi driver, who said he picked up Akins in Knoxville and drove him to Jefferson City and then back to his residence at Rest Camp Road. When the trip was complete, Akins was given the opportunity to pay for the trip, but was unable to come up with the funds, according to the report.
Curtis Whye Brazzell, 30, Maryville, was charged with violation of community corrections/aggravated burglary/theft and held without bond.
Angelica Lea Jenkins, 19, Lenoir City, was charged with underage consumption and released on $1,000 bond.

Search leads to drug, evidence tampering charges

A Lenoir City man was arrested in the 180 block of Riverview Road after law enforcement initiated a search warrant and found cocaine at the residence.

Conducting the search warrant about 7 p.m. July 21, officers noticed that Ivan Enrique Melian, 33, Lenoir City, attempted to leave through the back door as officers made their way into the home. When Melian exited the back door, he was met with Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Inv. Shane Ezell, who saw a bag of crack cocaine in the man’s right hand, according to the arrest report.

Melian then turned around and ran back into a bathroom in the house, where police found the man bent over a toilet attempting to flush the bag down the drain.

While performing a search of the home, police found about 1/2 gram of crack cocaine behind of the residence on the ground. Police did not find the bag of crack cocaine Ezell spotted earlier in the search.

About $2,000 was found inside the home.

“Commingled with the $2,012 was recorded buy money that was used in prior controlled purchases (of) crack from Ivan Melian at the residence within the last 30 days,” Ezell wrote in his report.

Melian was charged with the manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance and tampering/fabricating with evidence and held on a $25,000 bond.

Man arrested for vandalism, burglary

Stemming from a break-in that took place earlier this month at a furniture store in Lenoir City, police arrested a Lenoir City man on vandalism and burglary charges after a juvenile admitted that she was a co-conspirator in the offense during an interview at Lenoir City Police Department.

On July 7, Larry Edward Mueller, 19, Lenoir City, broke into the second floor of the store with a 16-year-old female, according to police.

Mueller had sexual relations with the female on a white mattress that was on display inside the store, according to the arrest report.

“The mattress was ruined due to bodily fluid stains on the mattress,” according to the report. “Used feminine products and a puddle of urine were also found on the wooden floors of the business.”

Employees told police that the store incurred a loss of $500 from the mattress and the window, along with labor costs and cleaning supplies.

The juvenile was interviewed July 21, and a warrant was issued for Mueller’s arrest the same day.

Mueller was charged with three counts of vandalism, two counts of burglary and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and held on $27,000 bond.

July 17

Joshua Andrew Tunkel, 26, Philadelphia, was charged with public intoxication and released on $1,000 bond.
William Lopez, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $3,000 bond. Observing a gray sport utility vehicle swerving along U.S. Highway 321 north, police stopped the driver and spoke with Lopez, who displayed signs of intoxication, according to the arrest report. Lopez told police he had been drinking at a friend’s house. While performing field sobriety tests, police learned through a check with dispatch that Lopez’s license was revoked.
Donald Maurice McSpadden, 46, Sweetwater, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.
Santos Rivas Saucedo, 24, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $2,000 bond. Observing a vehicle cross the center line numerous times along West Broadway Street, Lenoir City Police Officer Bruce Padgett noticed the smell of alcohol coming from Saucedo as he approached the Dodge Challenger CTX. Saucedo told police he had two beers. Saucedo performed poorly on field sobriety tests and refused a blood draw at Loudon County Jail.
John Franklin Stringfield, 69, Loudon, was charged with two counts of manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance and released on $10,000 bond.

July 18

Christopher Neil Hankins, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault and released on $1,000 bond. Dispatched to a call of domestic assault in the 6500 block of Shaw Ferry Road, LCSO deputies found a woman coming from the back door of the residence holding her head. The woman said her boyfriend, Hankins, had kicked her in the back of the head. Entering the residence with his partner, Deputy Tony Branson detained Hankins. While speaking with the woman, deputies found a bump on her head and scratches on her body. Hankins said he was asleep upstairs when the woman came into the room, started arguing with him and threw an object at him. Hankins told deputies that he raised a foot to kick the woman away and “ended up kicking her in the head,” according to Branson’s report.
Michael Allen Jones, 44, Lenoir City, was charged with boating under the influence and released on $1,000 bond. Dispatched to the call of a two-boat collision at Lenoir City Park, police determined that Jones was the operator of one of the vessels involved in the collision. Jones told police that he had consumed alcohol earlier that day. He performed poorly on field sobriety tests.
Cory Dale Morphew, 27, Morristown, was charged with driving on a suspended license and released without bond.
Paul Joseph Oppegard, 43, Knoxville, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $2,500 bond. Noticing a silver GMC vehicle going across the center lane multiple times along Highway 11, LCSO Deputy Charlie Huskin stopped the driver at Muddy Creek Road. Oppegard got out of his vehicle and came toward the patrol car, according to the arrest report. After telling the man to sit on the front bumper of the patrol car, Huskin asked Oppegard if he would perform field sobriety tests. He told deputies he “didn’t think it (would) make any difference if he did or not,” Huskin wrote. Oppegard performed poorly on field sobriety tests, displayed signs of intoxication and refused a blood draw.
Juan Ramon Perez, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, driving under the influence-second offense and violation of implied consent and released on $7,000 bond. Responding to the call of a possible drunk driver traveling north along Highway 11, Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Rodney Best saw the vehicle cross the fog line before going to the side of the road. Perez displayed signs of intoxication and performed poorly on field sobriety tests, according to the THP arrest report. Perez refused a blood draw and was found to have a previous DUI conviction from August 2009 in Loudon County.
Evan Michael Ray, 28, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond. Noticing the passenger in the front seat of a Ford Taurus not wearing a seatbelt, LCSO Deputy Kenny Palmer stopped the vehicle on Marble Bluff Road and spoke with Ray, who provided Palmer with identification out of Indiana and said his license was suspended. After an inquiry from deputies, Ray said he had some marijuana in the backseat of the car. Using a K-9 search dog, deputies found two jars containing a green, leafy substance in the backpack, a pack of cigarillos with the leafy substance rolled up in a cigarillo wrapper and a marijuana grinder. A check through dispatch revealed Ray’s license had been revoked on a driving under the influence charge. Ray was also cited for not wearing a seatbelt.

July 19

Christopher Bradle Hensley, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation on driving under the influence and held on $2,000 bond.
Patricia Marilyn Poulter, 19, Purcellville, Va., was charged with underage consumption and released on $1,000 bond.
Isidro Herrera Velasquez, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released on $1,000 bond. Responding to the scene of a possible wreck without injury in the 160 block of Kennedy Drive, police noticed a man passed out at the steering wheel of a Honda CR-V. After shaking the vehicle on the driver’s side, police awoke Velasquez, who displayed signs of intoxication. Velasquez performed poorly on field sobriety tests and had a blood alcohol level of 0.216, according to the report.

July 20

Haley Renee Parris, 19, Cleveland, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.
Anastacio Calmo Perez, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence, driving without a valid license and violation of implied consent and held on $2,000 bond.
Melody Leann Wiggins, 36, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
Tommy Dwayne Greenwood, 57, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $3,000 bond.
Nicole Lynn King, 28, Athens, was charged with theft over $500 out of Monroe County and released without bond.
Margaret Heather Pupo, 38, Philadelphia, was charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest and held on $12,500 bond.
Lisa Ann Walker, 49, Strawberry Plains, was charged with violation of probation and theft under $500 and held on $2,000 bond.

July 21

Sonny Wayne Beason, 29, Sweetwater, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $1,000 bond.
Ronald Warren Bishop, 22, Harriman, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and held without bond.