Woman arrested for DUI

A Chattanooga woman was taken to Loudon County Jail last week after getting pulled over for failing to maintain her lane on Interstate 75.

Spotting a silver Saturn traveling over the lines as it went onto the interstate, Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Rodney Best stopped the vehicle and saw the driver, Madeline Arley Grimes, 22, Chattanooga, moving around items in the passenger floorboard, according to the arrest report.

Smelling an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and noticing that Grimes appeared "very nervous and soft spoken," Best spoke with Grimes, who said she was going to her mother's home in Asheville, N.C., according to the report.

A check through dispatch revealed that Grimes' license was revoked for driving under the influence.

"I also observed an interlock device on the vehicle, at which point she stated she needed to blow in it to keep the car running," Best wrote.

As Best was talking with Grimes outside the Saturn, he saw "fresh and old track marks" on her arms, and Grimes told the trooper she had taken Xanax and gabapentin. She performed poorly on field sobriety tests, agreed to a vehicle search and said she did not have anything illegal in the car except a needle, according to the report.

During the search, Best located 12.5 grams of marijuana inside a pill bottle in her purse, along with a blue Q-tip case containing folded aluminum with a white powdery substance later identified as heroin, Best wrote, noting that he also found a burnt spoon, two needles, a suboxone stripe and a bottle of miscellaneous pills. The heroin weighed 1.3 grams.

Grimes had a prescription for Lamotrigine, and the bottle for that medicine contained other pills, including 10 gabapentin and one Xanax. In addition to the other items, Best found a pink pipe with marijuana stuffed inside between the seat and console.

Grimes was charged with driving under the influence-second offense, driving on a revoked/suspended license, possession of a Schedule VI substance, possession of a Schedule I substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of legend drugs and held on $81,000 bond.

Man charged with assault

Dispatched to the 300 block of Avery Circle for a medical call, Loudon County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ron DeLand talked with a woman, who said Bradley Kissior, 22, Lenoir City, got into a fight with her husband.

“(The woman) said Bradley came home intoxicated ...,” DeLand wrote. “... Brad punched (the husband), and threw (him) into the tub, knocking a hole in it the side off it with (the man’s) head. Brad then started choking (him).” Kissior then left the residence, according to the arrest report.

Kissior was found on Leeper Parkway in Lenoir City, where he was then taken into custody.

Kissior was charged with domestic assault-felony and released on $1,500 bond.

• Jamie Joann Hawkins, 49, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held without bond.

• Kevin Lynn Kline, 32, Greenback, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and possession of drug paraphernalia and released on $2,500 bond.

• Jason Lee Peeler, 36, Madisonville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and attachment-juvenile court and held on $1,000 bond.

• Cassandra Marie Redmond, 26, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and released on $1,000 bond.

• Dustin Ray Shirk, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a revoked/suspended license and theft over $1,000 and held without bond.

• Dennis Samuel Smith, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of community corrections and held without bond.

• Wilma Grace Bailey, 80, Conroe, Texas, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $4,000 bond.

• Chrystal Ellen Durga, 36, Lenoir City, was charged with forgery and theft under $500 and held on $12,000 bond.

• Katherine Leann Lambert, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with violation of probation and held on $2,000 bond.

• Eric Matthew Leach, 29, Lenoir City, was charged with failure to appear and released on $1,000 bond.

• Joseph Winton Vincil, 31, Lenoir City, was charged with theft of property and criminal trespass and held on $2,000 bond. Vincil was seen taking $11.81 in merchandise from a retail store in Lenoir City, according to the arrest report. Vincil had previously been banned from the store.

• Taylor Andrew Wiebe, 23, Knoxville, was charged with failure to appear and released on $2,000 bond.

• Blanca Esthela Flores, 29, Philadelphia, was charged with driving without a license and released on $1,000 bond.

• Paulina Monserratt Ramsey, 18, Philadelphia, was charged with theft under $500 and released on $1,000 bond. Responding to a call of shoplifting at a retail store in Lenoir City, police spoke with loss prevention personnel, who said Ramsey attempted to take items from the store without paying for the merchandise, according to the arrest report. The total value of the items was $125.02.

• Kelsey Brianna Range, 22, Loudon, was charged with 10 counts of criminal simulation and held on $10,000 bond.

• Thomas Joshua Bowers, 26, Sweetwater, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and held on $2,000 bond.

• Paul Kenneth Brown, 25, Riceville, was charged with driving under the influence and violation of implied consent and released on $3,000 bond.

• Amy Michelle Macuga, 28, Sweetwater, was charged with simple possession and possession of drug paraphernalia and held without bond. Dispatched to a call of a theft at a retail store in Lenoir City, police spoke with Macuga, who was found with a needle, according to the arrest report. After a K-9 drug dog gave a positive alert, police located a spoon and a small glass pipe with residue in Macuga's vehicle. Officers also found a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette in her purse, according to the report.

• John Martin Macuga, 28, Philadelphia, was charged with theft of property and criminal trespass and held without bond.

• Nichole Louise McCrory, 25, Lenoir City, was charged with driving on a suspended license and held without bond.

• Jesus Bibian, 44, Lenoir City, was charged with driving without a license and released on $229.50 bond.

• Ludwin Leoneol Monterroso, 30, Lenoir City, was charged with driving under the influence and released without bond.

• Oscar Galeana Eugenio, 27, Loudon, was charged with evading arrest, driving on a revoked/suspended license and driving under the influence and released on $7,500 bond. Noticing a silver Chevrolet Impala traveling eastbound in the westbound lane of Highway 11, Loudon Police Officer Anthony Akins stopped the vehicle to avoid a head-on wreck. The vehicle got back into the eastbound lane, and failed to comply to Akins’ traffic stop attempt. After the Impala eventually stopped at an apartment complex near Keene Street, Eugenio got out of the vehicle with a beverage in hand. “While speaking with Mr. Eugenio, I noticed he had a very strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from his person,” Akins wrote, noting he had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and was “very lethargic.” Running his name through dispatch showed Eugenio’s license was suspended, according to the report.

• Paul Steven Mercer, 27, Plainsview, Ark., was charged with driving under the influence and possession of a handgun while under the influence and released on $8,000 bond. Loudon Police Officer Bennie Houser was dispatched to a Loudon motel for a red extended cab pickup that drove through the parking lot and over a curb. Houser stopped a vehicle matching the description at a nearby gas station, and identified the Mercer. “Mr. Mercer stated he had been in a fight at the (motel) and as soon as he sobered up he was going back to Arkansas,” Houser wrote. “Mr. Mercer stated he had drank a pint.” Mercer said he had a gun in the center console.

• Sarah Margaret Peck, 21, Lenoir City, was charged with theft under $500 and released on $1,000 bond.

• Jessica Renee Welch, 30, Maryville, was charged with public intoxication and released on $2,000 bond. Dispatched to a the 6000 block of Highway 411 for a suspicious looking white van with a woman slumped over in the passenger seat, LCSO Deputy Brad Rayfield talked with Welch. Rayfield said Welch was “very slow to tell me what had happened or what was going on,” and said she had slurred speech. Welch said she was confused about why her car was sitting on a curb, according to the report. “Jessica advised me that a friend of hers had been driving and got her stuck and then left her here with the van,” Rayfield wrote. “Jessica could not tell me her friend’s name.” Welch said she thought she was in Etowah, and that she had taken 4.2 milligrams of Bunavail strips.

• Chevi Devanne Garrett, 27, Maryville, was charged with failure to appear-general sessions and released on $2,000 bond.

• Norman Chase Gryder, 19, Loudon, was charged with domestic assault-misdemeanor and released on $1,000 bond. Dispatched to the 100 block of Stone Gate Circle for a possible domestic assault that occurred at the 500 block of Highland Avenue, Loudon Police Officer Bennie Houser talked with a woman who claimed her 16-year-old daughter had been assaulted by Gryder. “(The girl) stated that she got up to get a ice pack from the freezer and when she returned to the bed that Mr. Gryder started yelling at her and pushed her,” Houser wrote. “(The girl) stated she started screaming and Mr. Gryder put his hand over her mouth and then smacked her.” Gryder stated he did shove her against a wall a few months ago but had not harmed her at the time of the arrest, and said he was trying to calm (the girl) down from a nightmare.