Mitchell Tyler High, 28, of Gaines Street, Sparta was arrested Dec. 23 and charged with domestic assault.
Officers responded to a call from King’s Court Circle where they talked with a female who had a black eye. She said that High had hit her in face, the head and pushed her down on the couch telling her she was not going to leave. High had left the residence but was found at another residence where he was arrested.
High’s bond was set at $3,500, and he will appear in court Jan. 12
Jamie Dawayne McKnight, 32, of Gwyndaland Drive, McMinnville, was charged with first offense driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage. His bond was set at $4,000, and he will appear in court Jan. 12.
McKnight was involved in an accident on Dec. 23 and left the scene at the Midnight Express. His car was found in the ditch and McKnight was found hiding in a vehicle of a friend whom he had called to pick him up. He had a strong odor of alcohol and was unsteady on his feet. A series of sobriety tests resulted in poor performance. He refused to take a blood alcohol test, which resulted in him being written a citation for implied consent.
Johnathan Will Rigsby, 27, of West End Ave., McMinnville, the above-mentioned friend of McKnight’s, was also arrested. Rigsby was seen by officers pulling into the parking lot of the VFW where a person was seen running from the woods toward his vehicle. He was charged with filing a false report after he was stopped and told officers that McKnight was not in his vehicle. However, when the officers started to search the vehicle, Rigsby admitted that McKnight was in the back of the truck under the bed cover. His bond was set at $1,500, and he will also appear in court Jan. 12.
Twenty-two-year-old Victor Hugo Gonzalez of Smithville was arrested and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest on Dec. 24. His bond was set at $3,500, and he will appear in court Jan. 5.
Gonzalez’ arrest comes after a home owner on Seven Springs Road reported that someone was trying to get into their car and then the back door of their home. When deputies arrived, they found Gonzalez behind the home, with a strong odor of alcohol, very unsteady on his feet. When deputy began to place him into custody, he resisted and became belligerent and combative.
In addition to these charges, Gonzalez has a hold on him from I.C.E. (Immigrations and Custom Enforcement) due to his status an illegal alien.
His bond was set at $3,500, and he will appear in court Jan. 12
Garza Alberto, 75, of Smithville was written a citation on Dec. 24 after leaving the roadway in a vehicle and driving into a field. A check showed Garza did not have a drivers license. He was also charged with failure to maintain his lane of travel. He will appear in court Jan. 11.
Dane James Holten, 18, of Smithville was written a citation for simple possession of a Schedule IV drug, a Schedule VI drug and drug paraphernalia. His court date is set for Jan. 5.
Holten was sitting in a vehicle parked at the flea-market building on Allens Ferry Road, when an officer stopped to do a well-fair check. When the driver opened the door, a marijuana cigarette was in plain view. When searching the vehicle, the officer found a bottle containing 12 blue oval pills believed to be Xanax. Also found was a glass pipe and rolling papers were found.
Twenty-seven-year-old Alicia Christiana Hooper of Nashville was arrested and charged with domestic assault on Dec. 25. Her bond was set at $3,500 and she will be in court Jan. 5.
When deputies arrived to a call in Alexandria where a domestic was reported, it was determined that Hooper was the primary aggressor and had been arguing with her father and stepmother. When a female at the residence called 911, Hooper pushed the female against the wall and jerked the phone from her.
DTC Communications employee Thomas Burton Ervin has been arrested for allegedly stealing spools of copper wire from the company. Fifty-five year-old Ervin was charged with theft of property over $500 along with possession of a weapon with the intent to go armed. His bond was set at $7,500, and he will appear in court Jan. 5.
Sheriff Patrick Ray reports that officers learned, through an investigation, that Ervin had allegedly taken spools of copper wire from DTC work sites, placed them on a DTC truck, and hauled them to property on Allen's Ferry Road, where he allegedly hid them behind bales of hay. After identifying Ervin as a suspect, Sheriff Ray and two detectives spotted him on New Home Road on Dec 21. He was driving his personal truck and hauling a horse trailer. They pulled him over and found multiple spools of #2 copper wire, totaling 880 pounds, belonging to DTC. Also found was a loaded Remington 700 243 rifle on the passenger side seat in the cab of the truck. Ervin was mirandized and escorted to the jail. Ervin allegedly admitted that the wire belonged to DTC, and that he did not have authorization to have the wire.
Jeremy Silas Shelton, 22, and Jennifer Dawn Johnson, 25, both of Jacobs Pillar Road, have been charged with aggravated burglary and theft of property over $1,000. Bond for each is $20,000. Johnson was arrested Dec 12 and Shelton on Dec. 15
On Nov. 11, Shelton and Johnson allegedly broke into a residence on Upper Helton Road, entering through a front door, and stole a 50 inch LG flat screen TV and a Dell laptop computer, each valued at more than $1,000.
Thirty-year-old Kenneth Adam Wright of Lower Helton Roadhas been charged with a second offense of driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage. He was also issued a citation for violation of the financial responsibility law (no insurance), violation of the implied consent law, and simple possession of a schedule III controlled substance (hydrocodone). His bond totals $5,000 and he will be in court on January 12.
According to the police report, a deputy responded to a motor vehicle accident on Dec. 18 on the Alexandria to Dismal Road. Upon arrival, the officer discovered that the driver of the vehicle had left the scene. During the accident investigation, a black truck drove by. The officer noticed that the passenger of that truck tried to hide his face. A state trooper, who was also at the scene, pulled over the truck. Wright was the passenger. Sheriff Ray said that Wright had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his person and he was very unsteady on his feet. Wright submitted to several field sobriety tasks but performed poorly. Wright refused to submit to a blood test. When the officer asked Wright to get out of the vehicle, he dropped a white oval pill believed to be hydrocodone.
David Braxton White, 22, of Old West Point Road was charged with two counts of theft of property under $500. White allegedly committed the thefts at the residence where he was living. White was arrested on Dec. 21. His bond is $3,000 and he will be in court on Jan. 12.
Sheriff Patrick Ray reports that in the first case on Sept. 1, White allegedly took a refrigerator from the home on Old West Point Road and sold it at a local recycling business. In the second case on Dec.6, White allegedly took a double air tank compressor from the same residence and sold it at a pawn shop in Warren County.
Twenty-three-year-old Ashley LeAnn Spivey was charged with driving under the influence and two counts of simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance. Her bond is $5,000, and she will be in court on Jan. 12.
According to the report, an officer was called to check out a possible drunk driver on South Mountain Street on Dec. 12. The officer spotted the vehicle and followed it to Jackson Street. After observing it travel onto the wrong side of the street, he signaled for the driver of the vehicle to pull over. The vehicle continued onto Andrew Street where it finally came to a stop.
The officer reported that Spivey appeared to have had difficulty keeping her eyes open and was speaking very slowly. Spivey submitted to but performed poorly on field sobriety tasks. She allegedly claimed that she had earlier taken some Zoloft, Xanax, and Soma. Spivey gave consent for the officer to search the vehicle and he found a purse in the back seat containing an unlabeled pill bottle. Inside the bottle were seven whole pills and two half- pills believed to be Xanax and three pills thought to be Soma.
Marius Madus Schweizer, 25, has been charged with domestic violence. His bond is $3,500, and he will be in court on Jan. 19.
When officers was called to 558 East Main Street to investigate a possible domestic incident involving a weapon, the man who lived at the residence said that Schweizer had been staying there with him and his daughter but that he had been asked to leave.
Schweizer initially left the home but later returned threatening to harm the man and his dogs. He also allegedly pushed the man's daughter, who was in the driveway. After arriving at the scene, the officer conducted a search and found Schweizer in a shed on the property, hiding under some empty bags. The complainants told police that Schweizer had a knife on him when he made the threats, but no knife was found on him upon his arrest. Schweizer was unsteady on his feet and had an alcohol odor about his person.
Thirty-nine-year-old Willard Darrell Brown has been cited for theft of property in a shoplifting incident at Potter's Home Center that took place Nov. 22. When confronted, Brown allegedly admitted to taking items from the store. The theft was also captured on store video surveillance. He will be in court on Jan. 12.
Robert Matthew Hale, 39, is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $3,000 and he will be in court on Jan. 5.
An officer was dispatched to a residence on Restview Avenue on Dec. 15. Upon arrival, he spoke to a woman who said that she and Hale had been arguing and that he had allegedly pushed her down while she was holding her four-month-old child. When she tried to get up, Hale allegedly bit her finger.
Victor Glen Gingerich, 42, was charged with a first offense of driving under the influence, simple possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond is $4,000 and he will be in court on Jan. 12.
While investigating a traffic accident on East Broad Street on Dec.15, an officer observed a black Firebird approach, which was not involved in the mishap. After stopping, the driver of the car revved up the engine, making excessive noise. The officer made contact with the driver, Gingerich, and asked him to get out of the car. Gingerich submitted to but performed poorly on field sobriety tasks and his speech was slurred. He also became belligerent.
Upon being taken into custody, Gingerich told the officer that he had a bomb in his car. The officer checked but nothing was found other than a rolled up cigarette containing what was believed to be marijuana along and a glass pipe with some white residue on it.
Twenty-eight-year-old Jennifer C. Bogle was cited for theft of property in a shoplifting incident at the Dollar General on Dec. 16. An employee saw Bogle allegedly putting items from the store in her purse. When confronted, Bogle allegedly produced the items from the purse. She will be in court on Jan. 5.
Michael Todd Jones, 32, has been charged with simple possession of a Schedule II and IV controlled substance after an officer was called to check out a possible drunk driver on South Congress Boulevard on Dec. 16.
The officer spotted the vehicle at Jewel's Market and made contact with the driver, Jones. He consented to a search of his person and vehicle and the officer found eleven whole pills and four half-pills believed to be Xanax and three pills thought to be Oxycodone. After being taken to the police department, a further search of Jones' person yielded more Xanax pills in his shoe. Jones’ bond is $5,500 and he will be in court on Jan. 12.
Cassandra Nicole Estes, 29, was charged with filing a false report after an officer was called to Evans Manor apartments on Dec. 16 on a complaint of domestic violence. There he met with Estes who said that she was alone and that there had been no argument between her and anyone. Upon entering the apartment, the officer detected an odor of marijuana and while speaking with Estes, he asked for and received consent to search. The officer spotted a compact container that held a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana.
Upon a further search, the officer found a man hiding in a cabinet under the kitchen sink. The man, 41-year-old Mark Anthony Hopkins, told the officer that he had a pipe on him that he used to smoke some marijuana. He was charged simple possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond is $2,500 and he will be in court on Jan. 12. Estes’ bond was set at $1,500, and she will appear in court Jan. 12.
Twenty-five-year-old Lasierra Nicole Lopez was charged with driving under the influence and cited for speeding, driving on a suspended license, violation of the implied consent law, and simple possession on Dec. 18. She will be in court on Jan. 12.
An officer spotted a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on West Broad Street, going 73 miles-per-hour in a 40 mile-per -hour speed zone. The officer pulled over the vehicle and made contact with the driver, Lopez. She had slurred speech and an odor of alcohol on her person and in the vehicle. She submitted to and performed poorly on field sobriety tasks. A computer check revealed that her license were suspended. An inventory of her vehicle revealed a small bag of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana.