The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department had to deal with a couple of meth arrests, and had to deploy their Tasers after an intoxicated mam became combative.

On June 26, 46-year-old Jason Richard Skaroupka of South College Street, Smithville, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, and methamphetamine manufacture, deliver, sell or possess. He is under a $52,500 bond and will be in court on July 10.

According to DeKalb County Sheriff Patrick Ray, at 1:42 a.m. a deputy was on South Congress Boulevard attempting to serve a warrant. The deputy made contact with Skaroupka, who allegedly gave verbal consent to search his house.

The search revealed one clear bag of crystal-like substance believed to be meth weighing 11.10 grams on top of a brown bag in a pile of clothes. Another clear bag was also found with a crystal-like substance believed to be meth weighing .81 grams under a mattress of a bed.

That same day, 26-year-old Kelsey Elizabeth Steinbach of Keltonburg Road, Smithville, was arrested for methamphetamine manufacture, deliver, sell or possess. She is under a $20,000 bond, and will be in court on July 10.

Steinbach was arrested for several active warrants, and after a search of her belongings a clear bag containing a crystal-like substance believed to be meth was found weighing .56 grams.

According to Sheriff Ray, Steinbach admitted that the drugs were hers, and stated there was more in her purse. Upon a search, a deputy found three more clear bags with a crystal-like substance believed to be meth weighing .27 grams, .61 grams, and 2.42 grams.

On June 27, 55-year-old Clarence Edward Sexton, Jr., of Cripps Lane, Smithville, was arrested for driving on a revoked driver’s license, second offense. He is under a $4,500 bond and is due in court on July 17.

A deputy was on patrol when he noticed Sexton operating a black Chevy Avalanche on West Broad Street in Smithville. The deputy had prior knowledge of Sexton’s license being revoked due to prior arrests and issuing a citation a couple of weeks before.

A traffic stop was performed and after running Sexton’s information through Central Dispatch, it was confirmed his license was still revoked. He had a prior revoked license in May 2017, in Putnam County, and revoked for a DUI in DeKalb County in February 2017.

Also that day, 55-year-old David Allen Coats of Hidden Hollow Road, Smithville, was arrested for public intoxication, assault on a first responder, and resisting arrest. He is under a $13,500 bond and will be in court on July 10.

Sheriff Ray said that a deputy was dispatched to 625 Helm Hollow Road for a report of an unwanted guest. The deputy made contact with the complainant walking at the intersection with Wolf Creek Road.  The woman reported that Coats was in her camper, on her property, intoxicated and that she could not control him.

Upon making contact with Coats in the yard of the property, deputies reported that they could smell an odor of alcohol coming from his person. The man’s speech was slurred and he was reportedly irate. He was allegedly making threatening statements while walking up to the deputies. After being told to step back, Coats allegedly tensed up and presented himself in a fighting stance.

As deputies attempted to cuff the man, they say he pulled away and resisted.  Coats was taking to the ground by deputies, at which time the man allegedly grabbed a deputy’s Taser, partially pulling the weapon from its holster.

The deputies eventually used two Taser deployments to gain control of Coats. Authorities say after he was cuffed, he continued to resist until he was placed in the back of a patrol car. He reportedly admitted to consuming three alcoholic beverages.

On June 28, 32-year-old Kayla Marie Miller of Eugene Reed Road, Woodbury, was arrested for a violation of an order of protection. She is under a $2,500 bond and is due in court on July 10.

Sheriff Ray said that on June 25, a deputy responded to the sheriff’s department and talked with a man who reported that his wife, Miller, who has an active order of protection against her, had been contacting him through messaging and phone calls harassing him. A check through NCIC confirmed that a full order of protection was still active.