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Deputies nab Arkansas fugitive
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A McMinnville woman wanted for fraud in Arkansas was arrested by the sheriff’s department on May 9.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, Elizabeth Ann Moyer of Twin Oaks Road, McMinnville, was charged with being a fugitive from justice.
Moyer is reportedly wanted for fraud by the Garland County Sheriff's Department in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
She faces extradition to Arkansas, and Garland County authorities are expected to transport her back to Arkansas for trial.
Moyer’s bond is set at $50,000.
Meanwhile, a 45-year-old Quebeck woman was arrested on May 12 for sale and delivery of a controlled substance.
Tammy Lynn Davis was named in a sealed indictment returned on Aug. 1, 2011, for sale and delivery of a Schedule II controlled substance in a school zone, and again on Jan. 30 for sale and delivery of a Schedule II drug.
Her bond totals $80,000, and she will be in court on May 25.
Ismael Solis Gaona, 62, was cited for no drivers license and a violation of the financial responsibility law on May 9.
Sheriff Ray said that Gaona was operating a vehicle on Blue Springs Road without a drivers license.
He reportedly failed to negotiate a curve and flipped his truck into a corn field.
He reportedly caused property damage in the amount of $1,250.
He will be in court on June 7.
Kimberly Ann Patterson, 44, was issued a citation for a second offense of driving on a revoked license on May 10.
Ray said that a sheriff's department drug detective pulled Patterson over on Hayes Street.
He checked and confirmed that her license were revoked for failure to file security after an accident.
She will be in court on June 6.
Smithville police recently charged 19-year-old Terry Jones, III with disorderly conduct after officers allegedly found him screaming obscenities and brandishing a knife.
Police Chief Randy Caplinger said that an officer was to dispatched to a domestic disturbance on Woodlawn Street, where he reportedly found Jones walking through the yard, screaming profanity and holding a knife with the blade open.
The officer said that he ordered Jones to drop the knife, and he refused, continuing to shout profanities at the officer.
The officer said that Jones finally dropped the knife when he drew his taser, but remained very belligerent.
The officer then took Jones to the ground and placed him in custody.
His bond is $2,500, and he will be in court May 10.
Leslie Yorke, 37, was charged with reckless endangerment, evading by a motor vehicle, simple possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance and three counts of simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance on April 27.
Caplinger said that an officer on routine patrol saw a vehicle fail to stop at the intersection of East Bryant and South College Street.
The officer turned around and tried to stop the car, but it turned onto Oak Street and sped up.
The driver then reportedly turned into a driveway and drove around to the back yard of a residence.
The officer said Yorke got out of the car and tried to run away, leaving two small children in the vehicle.
The officer caught up with Yorke and placed her under arrest.
Several witnesses reportedly told police that they saw Yorke throw her purse onto the back porch of the home as she tried to make her getaway.
When the purse was retrieved and searched, the officer allegedly found Yorke's identification, a plastic bag containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana, a pill bottle containing twenty seven Diazepam pills, three Triazolam pills, and three Xanax pills.
A computer check revealed her license to be revoked for failure to file security after an accident in Picket County.
Her bond is $11,000 and she will be in court on May 17.
Patsy Fults, 45, was charged with driving under the influence and simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance on May 7.
Caplinger said that an officer dispatched to Mapco Express to check out a possible intoxicated person found Fults getting into the driver seat of her vehicle.
She was allegedly very disoriented and had slurred speech.
The officer asked Fults to get out of the vehicle, and found her to be very unsteady on her feet, and could not perform field sobriety tasks.
Her purse contained pills believed to be Xanax that she did not have a prescription for.
Fults was taken to the emergency room for a blood alcohol test and then transported to jail.
Her bond is $3,000 and she will be in court on May 17.
Tisha Elaine Burns, 41, was cited for simple possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Chief Caplinger reports that on Sunday, April 22 a vehicle was stopped by police for a traffic violation. During the investigation, the officer received consent to search and found half of a smoked hand rolled cigarette containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana.
He also found paraphernalia used to smoke it.
She will be in court on May 17.
Reva Campbell, 24, was cited for simple possession of a Schedule II controlled substance on April 25.
According to the police chief, on an officer observed Campbell’s vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed.
He also saw the driver throw something out of the car window.
The officer stopped the vehicle and asked the Campbell what she had thrown out.
She allegedly told him it was a Hydrocodone.
The officer escorted Campbell back to that location and found a pill in the center lane of the highway.
Roxanne White, 29, was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on April 26.
Caplinger said that officers assisting county deputies in serving an arrest warrant at a residence on Robinson Road were approached by white, who was cursing and causing a disturbance.
Officers reportedly told her several times to calm down, but she refused.
When the officers tried to place her under arrest, White reportedly resisted, pulling away from the officers as they tried to place handcuffs.
Nathan Kyle Basham, 22, was cited for shoplifting on April 29.
An officer dispatched to Walmart in reference to a shoplifter reportedly spoke with a store employee who said he saw Basham stealing an item.
Basham was stopped and allegedly admitted to taking the merchandise.
Willard Darrell Brown, 40, was charged with criminal trespassing on May 6.
According to Caplinger, Brown, who had been served with notification in February that he was to no longer enter the store, was spotted in Walmart by a store employee.
When confronted, Brown reportedly admitted that he was not supposed to be on the property.