News Herald Arrest Report

Police find pills, counterfeit cash at home

While serving an arrest warrant last week at a home in the 160 block of Chrisman Road in Lenoir City, officials with the Loudon County Sheriff's Office narcotics unit and the Ninth Judicial Drug Task Force located numerous narcotics, drug paraphernalia and counterfeit currency.

Police recovered 77 oxycodone pills, 56 oxymorphone, 38-2 mg alprazolam, $50 in counterfeit money, three $10 bills, one $20 bill and multiple used needles and burnt spoons commonly used to cook and inject narcotics, according to the arrest report.

"During a mirandized interview (Coffman) advised he has been selling his prescription pain medication," according to the report.

Coffman was charged with two counts of manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule II substance, manufacture/sell/delivery/resale of a Schedule IV substance, criminal simulation, maintaining a dwelling and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $91,000 bond.
 
May 23
 
• Bryant Ramirez Aguilera, 21, Loudon, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $2,000 bond. Dispatched to a bank in the city of Loudon where a man was suspected of withdrawing money from an account that did not belong to him, Loudon Police Officer Bryan Blakney learned that the man, Aguilera, left the bank and was headed in the direction of Mulberry Street. Blakney saw Aguilera's vehicle turn into a residence on Mulberry, and Aguilera jumped out of the car and fled into a home. "I ordered him to stop numerous times but he failed to do so," Blakney wrote.
 
• Keith Allen Case, 54, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Brian Keith Jones, 45, Loudon, was charged with vandalism and domestic assault-misdemeanor and held on $2,000 bond. Responding to a call of a domestic disturbance in the 800 block of Vale Street, police spoke with witnesses, who said Jones assaulted a woman by tackling her and shoving her to the ground, which caused a scratch on her arm and redness on her back, according to the arrest report. Jones reportedly left the residence, and police located him in the 600 block of Ferry Street. In a separate incident report, LCSO Deputy Chance Gray was in the booking area of Loudon County Jail when Jones asked if he could be moved into protective custody. Jones told officers that he was not compatible with other inmates in the jail, but when asked for more information, Jones could not give an answer, Gray wrote in the report. "Mr. Jones then stated that he was in fear for his life," Gray wrote. "I then asked Mr. Jones why he felt he was in fear for his life. Mr. Jones then became angry and stated just to put him up and began aggressively swinging his hands and yelling." Jones was then taken to another part of the facility for a "cool-off period," according to the report. Gray then heard a "loud banging" coming from where Jones had been placed, and when officers arrived, they found Jones had broked a phone receiver in half, according to the report.
 
• Eric Matthew Leach, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with criminal trespass and driving on a revoked license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
May 24
 
• Denarius Martrel Arrington, 30, Maryville, was charged with failure to appear and fugitive from justice and held without bond.
 
• John Henry Goedeke, 23, Lenoir City, was charged with resisting arrest and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Bobby Alan Hubbard, 36, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence, driving on a revoked license-fourth offense and criminal impersonation and held on $10,000 bond.
 
• Kristy Leigh Jaynes, 36, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and failure to appear out of Knox County and held on $10,000 bond.
 
• Johanna Lorine Metze, 38, Philadelphia, was charged with theft of property and released without bond. According to the arrest report, Metza drove Jimmy Presley to a retail store in Lenoir City, where the man took a $264 air conditioning unit, according to police. Metze drove Presley away from the store and subsequently posted the AC unit for sale on Facebook. Metze arranged a meeting with a potential buyer, a loss prevention employee with the store, at a gas station in Lenoir City, according to the report. Police spotted the AC unit in Metze's vehicle at the gas station and made the arrest. Jimmy Dale Presley Jr., 31, Lenoir City, was charged with criminal trespass and theft of property and held without bond.
 
• John Mark Murray, 52, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and released on $20,000 bond.
 
• Ryan Kevin St. Pierre, 42, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $4,000 bond.
 
• Alexander Wesley Strader, 20, Jefferson City, was charged with underage consumption and released on $2,000 bond. Dispatched to a call of a juvenile party that had gotten "out of hand" in the 1800 block of McKelvey Road, LCSO Deputy Chris Hutchens and another deputy found three males walking along the road, one of whom was Strader, according to the arrest report. "It was found that the other two males had left the residence after Strader had fled the residence, and they were trying to get him to come back," Hutchens wrote. "Strader was soaking wet and had a strong odor of (an) alcoholic beverage emitting from his person." Deputies brought the three individuals back to the home, but Strader fled a second time, according to the report. "Once everyone was gathered it was established that Strader had consumed too much alcohol, and became belligerent before fleeing the residence the first time," Hutchens wrote.
 
• Ashley Clay Thompson, 42, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and failure to appear and released on $5,000 bond.
 
May 25
 
• Jeremiah Jackson Ballew, 33, Knoxville, was charged with theft of property and resisting arrest and released on $4,000 bond. Responding to a call of a shoplifter at a retail store in Lenoir City, police spoke with a loss prevention employee, who said Ballew put on two pairs of shorts and a shirt and put two packs of clear bags in his pocket, according to the arrest report. Ballew left the store and began running through the parking lot toward Home Depot, according to the report. Officers told Ballew to stop in the parking lot, but the man continued to flee before eventually being detained. Ballew was banned from the retail store property.
 
• Kristen Lee Brashears, 36, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault-felony and held on $10,000 bond. Dispatched to a call of a domestic dispute in the 900 block of Summer Street, Loudon Police Officer Jonathan Yates spoke with Brashears and a man after an argument, according to the arrest report. The man tried to leave the residence, but Brashears shot him in the back with a carbon dioxide-powered BB gun, which left "two distinct welts and bruising," Yates wrote in the report. After speaking with both people, police determined that Brashears was the primary aggressor, according to the report.
 
• Misty Kay Dills, 38, Pigeon Forge, was charged with violation of probation and released without bond.
 
• Terry Lee Jaynes, 32, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Elijah Daniel O’Neal, 34, Loudon, was charged with violation of probation and released without bond.
 
• Mark Anthony Stevens, 19, Loudon, was charged with disorderly conduct and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• David Franklin Thomas, 23, Philadelphia, was charged with failure to appear-municipal court and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Joshua Alan Underwood, 29, Loudon, was charged with disorderly conduct and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Nathan Brandon Underwood, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with two counts of coercion of a witness and held on $180,000 bond.
 
• Gregory Darrel West, 46, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of a handgun while under the influence and held without bond.
 
May 26
 
• Michael Chase Barron, 21, Knoxville, was charged with theft under $500 and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Thomas Daniel Bryant, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $1,000 bond.
 
• Scott Dewayne Goins, 45, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession/casual exchange and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $4,000 bond.
 
• John Robert Lee, 22, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Marcus Anthony Rogers, 43, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a suspended license and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Cory Austin Scruggs, 21, Sweetwater, was charged with domestic assault and held on $2,000 bond. Responding to a call of a domestic assault in the 3300 block of Holt Road, LCSO Deputy Jamie Ketner spoke with Scruggs, who had a box of 12-gauge slugs in his front pocket, according to the arrest report. Scruggs told deputies that he and a 15-year-old had been in a fight, adding that the younger individual tried to "act like his boss," Ketner wrote in the report. Scruggs told police that the 15-year-old threw the first punch. When the juvenile and his mother arrived at the residence, Ketner noticed that the juvenile had a busted lip and two swollen black eyes, Ketner wrote. The teenager said he was trying to go into the house when Scruggs swung at him, and the two then began to fight, Ketner wrote. Two firearms were taken from the home, including a 12-gauge Remington belonging to Scruggs and a Smith & Wesson belonging to the juvenile's father, who lives in another state, according to the report. The boy's mother said she did not want the firearm in her house and requested that the sheriff's office hold onto it, Ketner wrote.
 
• Timothy Paul Spellings, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $3,000 bond.
 
• Tyler Creek Tackett, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• T.J. Wilkerson, 54, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $2,000 bond.
 
May 27
 
• Jeffery Scott Elsea, 46, Niota, was charged with violation of probation and held on $30,000 bond.
 
• Karen Flowers, 38, Philadelphia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Taylor Wayne Hill, 19, Lenoir City, was charged with evading arrest, reckless driving, two counts of reckless endangerment, driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and held on $23,000 bond.
 
• Lenning Huerta Martinez, 23, Philadelphia, was charged with two counts of failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.
 
• Phillip D. Shope, 51, Sweetwater, was charged with criminal impersonation and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Rachel Marie Barenberg, 20, Myrtle Beach, S.C., was charged with driving under the influence, refusal to sign citation and violation of implied consent and released on $5,000 bond.
 
• Stephanie Marie Croft, 38, Loudon, was charged with theft under $500 and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Terry Lane Ferguson, 30, Rome, Ga., was charged with theft of property and held without bond.
 
• Allen Joshua Fritts, 36, Loudon, was charged with failure to appear and held without bond.
 
• Daniel Gross, 28, San Antonio, Texas, was charged with refusal to sign agreement to appear and released on $1,000 bond.
 
• Lenning Jav Huerta Martinez, 23, Philadelphia, was charged with two counts of failure to appear-general sessions and held without bond.
 
• Joshua David Morgan, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Magan Nichole Sharpe, 26, Silver Creek, Ga., was charged with theft of property and criminal impersonation and held without bond.
 
• William Keith Thornton, 43, Jacksboro, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and released on $2,000 bond.
 
May 28
 
• Christian Peyton Bennett, 20, Loudon, was charged with manufacture, sell, deliver and resale of a Schedule II substance, criminal trespass, possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession/casual exchange and held on $46,000 bond.
 
• Tommy Lee Bolden, 41, Sweetwater, was charged with two counts of manufacture, sell, deliver and resale of a Schedule II substance, one count of manufacture, sell, deliver and resale of a Schedule VI substance and possession of drug paraphernalia and held on $92,000 bond.
 
• Patrick Michael Brewer, 35, Lenoir City, was charged with simple possession and a child support warrant and held on $4,300 bond.
 
• Michael Willis Crabtree, 39, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property and released without bond.
 
• Dandy Mejia, 20, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of drug paraphernalia and simple possession/casual exchange and released on $3,000 bond.
 
• Coy Harmon Potter, 35, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Charles Wesley Viles, 46, Vonore, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Amanda Sue Morton, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property over $10,000 and held without bond.
 
May 29
 
• Nicholas Grant Bryant, 30, Louisville, was charged with boating under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $2,000 bond.
 
• Blake E. Bunnell, 22, Greenback, was charged with simple possession and possession of a handgun while under the influence and released on $3,000 bond.
 
• Ronald David Coggins, 46, Cosby, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and held on $4,000 bond.
 
• Tasha Renee Jenks, 35, Knoxville, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• John Mark Reel, 39, Kingston, was charged with theft under $500 and held on $2,000 bond.
 
• Jason Lynn Roberts, 28, Loudon, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, manufacture, sell and possession of a controlled substance and driving on a revoked/suspended license and held without bond.
 
• Teresa Kaye Stinnett, 47, Madisonville, was charged with tampering/fabricating with evidence and two counts of simple possession/casual exchange and held on $34,000 bond.
 
• Tyler Michael Svedberg, 32, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.
 
• Donna Maria Vetrano, 33, Cosby, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, simple possession/casual exchange, taking pill, possession of marijuana and possession of meth in jail and held on $66,000 bond.
 
• Amber Nicole Weaver, 28, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear out of Knox County for driving on a suspended license and contempt of court and held on $158 bond.
 
May 30
 
• Jason Lane Aldridge, 43, Loudon, was charged with driving on a revoked license and held on $3,000 bond.
 
• Alejandro Torres, 25, Knoxville, was charged with driving on a suspended license and held without bond.
 
• Garland Eugene Wilson, 58, Loudon, was charged with driving under the influence and held without bond.

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