The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department made several arrests over the past few weeks, with drugs taking up much of deputies’ time.

Sheriff Patrick Ray told the Smithville Review that 36-year-old Shaterica McFarland of Posey Hill, Mount Juliet, was charged with simple possession of a schedule II drug cocaine. Her court date was September 30.

According to Sheriff Ray, on September 22 a deputy made a casual encounter with several people at the Sunoco gas station in Alexandria. When asked if they had anything illegal, McFarland produced from her bra a piece of paper with white waxy rocks inside of it, believed to be crack cocaine. McFarland admitted it was crack cocaine and was placed in custody.

Fred T. Dowell, Jr., 65, of Village Place, Smithville, was charged with a fourth offense of driving on a revoked license, and possession of a schedule I drug Heroin with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver. He is under a $29,000 bond and is due in court on October 7.

Sheriff Ray said a deputy spotted Dowell driving a small SUV traveling east on Nashville Highway with a white light emitting from the driver side tail light. With prior knowledge that Dowell’s license was revoked, the officer initiated a traffic stop.

The deputy reported an odor of marijuana coming from within the vehicle. Dowell admitted to having the marijuana and then handed it over. Upon a further search, 3.6 grams of a white powdery substance believed to be heroin was found. He was placed in custody.

Also on September 22, 46 year old Raymond Chance Mayfield of Parwood Drive, Baxter, was charged with aggravated burglary and vandalism. His bond is $11,500 and he will be in court on October 7.

According to Sheriff Ray a deputy responded to Lakeview Heights on a break in call. Upon arrival, he spoke with two people who said Mayfield, the ex-husband of one of the two witnesses, had broken out a window on the front door and gained entry into the home. The estimated value of the damage was $700.

On September 23, 32-year-old Travis Eric Patterson of Short Mountain Road, Smithville, was charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver. He is under a $25,000 bond and will be in court on October 7.

Sheriff Ray said that while conducting a search of a vehicle driven and owned by Patterson, a deputy found a baggy containing 4.7 grams of a white crystal-like substance believed to be meth under the fuse cover of the vehicle. Patterson told authorities it was for personal use.

The following day, 22 year old Emilie Jo Parrott of Liberty Hill Road, Alexandria, was charged with public intoxication. Her bond is $1,500 and her court date is October 7.

Sheriff Ray said that a deputy was dispatched to Poplar Place in reference to a suspicious person. The officer spoke with the caller who claimed to have witnessed someone climbing a fence and into a shed. The officer found Parrott in the bed of the neighbor’s truck. She told deputies that she had been drinking, had taken narcotics, and she was unable to tell the officer where she was. She was placed in custody.

A 53-year-old Hixson, TN, woman was charged with forgery and theft of property after authorities say she wrote a check from a stolen checkbook. Tami Marie Arnold of Dallas Lake Road, is under an $11,500 bond and her court date is October 7.

Sheriff Ray said that on March 13 Arnold wrote herself a check in the amount of $169 and cashed it at Walmart in Hixson, TN. The checkbook had been stolen from a location on Nashville Highway in Dowelltown.

On September 26, 35-year-old Corey Robert Winchester of Miller Road, Smithville, was charged with possession, manufacture, sell, or deliver of methamphetamine and evading arrest. He was also cited for reckless driving, failure to heed to a traffic control device, violation of the light law, no insurance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and driving on roadways laned for travel. He is under a $30,000 bond and is due in court on October 21.

Sheriff Ray said that a deputy spotted a red Chevy S-10, with no working brake lights, traveling west on Broad Street, turning onto Carter Street. After the vehicle failed to yield to the stop sign at Carter Street and Dry Creek Road, the officer initiated his emergency equipment, but it failed to stop and began traveling all over the roadway, leaving its lane of travel several times.

During the pursuit, the deputy saw the driver, Winchester, throw something from the vehicle into a grassy area. After the truck was stopped on Cox Street, the officer spoke to Winchester and then retrieved the items thrown from the vehicle, two baggies of a white crystal-like substance believed to be meth that weighed 3.5 grams. Also found in the vehicle were 31 small baggies, 16 hypodermic needles, a glass pipe with residue, and a scale.