A Cookeville man has been arrested by the sheriff’s department and charged theft over $10,000 for allegedly stealing jewelry from a local home while he was working there.
Aaron Michael Knight, 28, was arrested after an investigation led sheriff’s detectives to conclude that he was involved.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, on or about April 7, Knight was doing some work for a Rolling Acres resident when he allegedly stole several pieces of jewelry from the home.
The stolen items were valued at over $10,000.
Knight's bond is $10,000 and he will be in court on June 7.
Meanwhile, 31-year-old Jesse Robert Adcock was charged with domestic assault on May 1.
A deputy dispatched to investigate a domestic assault report on Obie Adcock Road talked to a woman who said that Adcock had hit her in the face and chest with his fists.
Her left cheek was reportedly red and swollen and she had a mark on her chest.
Adcock allegedly admitted to the deputy that he had hit the woman.
His bond is $5,000 and he will be in court June 21.
William Alton Rainey of Suwanee, Georgia was charged with driving under the influence, evading arrest, and vandalism on May 5.
He was also cited for violation of the implied consent law, violation of the financial responsibility law, simple possession of marijuana, violation of the registration law, no drivers license, and reckless driving.
Ray reports that a deputy dispatched to check out reports of a reckless driver on  McMinnville Highway spotted a Ford Mustang matching the description of the reported vehicle near the Smithville city limits.
When the deputy pulled in behind the car, it turned onto Dearman Street, failed to yield to a stop sign, and then went down South College Street.
When the deputy activated his lights and sirens to stop the car the driver allegedly sped up, traveling at up to 80 mph in a 30 mph zone.
The deputy reportedly lost sight of the vehicle near Bryant Street, but the car was soon spotted on Jackson Street.
The officer found the car unoccupied on Andrews Street.
Officers searched the area and reportedly found Rainey trying to hide behind a house.
When officials ordered him to stop, he allegedly jumped a fence and fled again, breaking the top board off of the fence in the process.
Police finally apprehended Rainey on Morgan Drive.
 Police say Rainey had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his person and he was very unsteady on his feet.
He allegedly submitted to, but performed poorly on, field sobriety tasks.
Ray said Rainey refused to submit to a blood alcohol test.
Officers reportedly found 1.7 grams of marijuana on Rainey’s person, and deputies say that he told them that he had consumed two 40-ounce Miller Lites and had smoked a joint that day.
He also reportedly admitted to having taken methamphetamine and cocaine within the four days previous to the arrest.
Rainey will be in court on May 17, and his bond is $8,250.
Michael Andrew Judkins, 36, and 32-year-old Crystal Dawn Judkins are both charged with failure to stop and resisting stop, frisk, or halt commands on May 5.
Ray said that a sheriff's department drug detective went to a residence on Old Bildad Road to assist deputies on a welfare check of children.
While the detective was to trying to speak with Mr. and Mrs. Judkins, they reportedly turned around and started to walk away.
They were allegedly ordered several times to stop, but ignored the commands and kept walking.
Ray said that both the man and woman had to be physically restrained by officers.
Bond for each is $1,000 and they will be in court May 17.
Kenneth Daryl Cox, 45, of Murfreesboro was charged with public intoxication on May 2.
Ray said that on a deputy found Cox slumped over in a vehicle parked about 10 feet from the roadway on Highway 70 east.
The lawman found determined that Cox had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his person, and that his speech was very slurred.
Cox allegedly told the officer that he had been to the club and had drank too much.
The deputy said that Cox was unable to get a ride or have someone to pick him up, so due to his intoxication level and for his safety, he was placed under arrest.
His bond is $1,000 and he will be in court May 17.
James Arvin Gooch, 52, was charged with domestic assault on May 4.
According to Ray, a deputy on patrol in Dowelltown heard a woman screaming “Get off of me.”
The officer located a man and a woman on the back porch of a residence on Highway 70, and reportedly saw that the woman was in a chair on the porch with the man was on top of her.
The woman, who had bruising on her right forearm, allegedly told the deputy that Gooch grabbed her arm while trying to get rent money from her.
His bond is $3,500 and he will be in court May 17.
Dakota James Stith, 19, of Page Drive, Smithville was charged with criminal impersonation on May 6.
According to the sheriff, a deputy responding to an unwanted guest call and a possible break-in at a residence on New Home Road learned that the person involved in the incident had left.
After obtaining a description of the suspect and his vehicle, the deputy found the vehicle and pulled it over a short distance from the scene.
Stith, the driver of the vehicle, reportedly told the officer that he did not have his identification but that his name was D.J. Mason and that his birth date was August 26, 1991.
After investigating further, the officer learned that his name is actually Dakota Stith and that his birth date is August 26, 1992.
Stith, who has two outstanding warrants against him for failure to appear in court, was placed under arrest.
His total bond is $10,500 and he will be in court on May 10th.
Tiffany Rena Greer, 30, was cited for driving on a suspended license and violation of the financial responsibility law on May 4.
A sheriff's department drug detective reportedly pulled Greer's vehicle over knowing that her driver's license was suspended.
A check confirmed that her license was suspended.
The sheriff said she was also unable to provide proof of insurance.
She will be in court on June 6.