A man imprisoned in the DeKalb County jail on theft charges escaped from custody Sunday night after being taken to the hospital for treatment of chest pains.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, Shannon Lee Anderson of Auburntown, 26, was taken back into custody at the home of his girlfriend on Foster Road shortly after the escape.
Anderson and 22 year-old Kayla Rena Sanders have both been charged with felony escape, as well as two counts of theft of property under $500.
The sheriff reports that Anderson and Sanders went to homes on Echols Heights in Liberty and at South Mill Street in Dowelltown on July 4 where they allegedly took a rifle from each residence, each valued at less than $500.
Alexandria Police Chief Mark Collins reports that Sgt. Chris Russell arrested Anderson on July 23 for one count of aggravated burglary and one count of theft over $1000.
The arrest was the result of a joint investigation between the Alexandria Police Department and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department into several burglaries in Alexandria and in the county.
Collins said that Anderson entered a home on Curtis Ave in Alexandria around July 21, and took four guns without the owners consent.
Anderson then sold the guns to someone in Wilson County. Most of the guns have been recovered.
Andersons Bond is $10,000 on these charges with court date of August 4.
According to Sheriff Ray, jail personnel took Anderson to the emergency room of DeKalb Community Hospital Sunday night after he complained of chest pains.
While being discharged from the hospital, Anderson allegedly told the correctional officer in charge of him that he was not going back to jail, and ran out the door of the hospital.
Anderson was apprehended by county officials at Sanders' residence on Foster Road a short time later.
Anderson’s bond is $15,000 and bond for Sanders is $5,000. They will both be in court on Aug. 4.
Paul Allen Willingham, 31, was charged with aggravated burglary and theft of property over $1,000 for his alleged role in a 2010 burglary on Cripps Lane.
According to the aggravated burglary warrant against Willingham,“On Aug. 29, 2010, at Cripps Lane in DeKalb County, Paul Willingham did drive a vehicle with a co-defendant, who was Samuel Walker.
“Walker did enter a residence on Cripps Lane as Willingham stood watch and did share in the proceeds from the theft.”
On the charge theft of property over $1000, the warrant reads,“On Aug 29, 2010, at Cripps Lane in DeKalb County, Willingham did take four shotguns without consent of the owner and with intent to deprive owner of their property.”
Several other items were allegedly taken from the two homes, all valued at over $1000.
Willingham was arrested July 18, and Walker has already been charged in the thefts.
According to the Sheriff, Willingham and co-defendant Samuel Walker went to a residence on Cripps Lane, where Walker broke into the house while Willingham stood watch.
Both men allegedly shared in the proceeds of the sales of the weapons.
Bond for Willingham is set at $10,000, and he will be in court on Aug. 12.
Meanwhile, Joshua Lynn Mullican, 26, is charged with evading arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was arrested on July 18.
Ray says that when deputies went to  Tommy Harrell Street to serve a drug court order violation on Mullican, he fled the scene on foot.
Deputies reportedly pursued Mullican and captured on him on Snow Street after a brief chase.
He is charged with the initial drug court violation, evading arrest, and possession of drug paraphernalia after deputies found a needle in his pocket.
Mullican bond has been set at $5000 on the evading and paraphernalia charges, and he is being held without bond on the drug court violation.
The sheriff also reports that a 40 year-old Dowelltown woman has been charged with public intoxication.
 Vickie Lenae Alvis was reportedly found prone in the roadway with alcohol on her breath.
According to the warrant, “On July 20 on Highway 70 in Dekalb County, the Sheriffs Department received a call that someone was lying in the roadway.
Deputies allegedly found Alvis at the reported location with a strong odor of alcoholic beverage on her person, and she was found to be very unsteady on her feet.
“ For safety reasons she was arrested” Sheriff Ray said.
Her bond is set at $1500, and her court date will be Aug 4.
Robert Justin Luna, 26, is charged with initiation of the process to manufacture methamphetamine after officials discovered his creek bank meth lab.
The sheriff reports that deputies were checking an unoccupied residence on Barnes Mill Road on July 20 when they noticed a car parked beside the road nearby.
“The sheriff’s department had recently received several complaints about this house, which was unoccupied. Neighbors felt that it was being used to manufacture methamphetamine. The owner of the property had already given deputies consent to search.” Ray said.
Deputies were allegedly able to see rubber tubing through the window of the vehicle, which reportedly belonged to Luna, and other items consistent with the manufacture of meth were found around the property.
Two females at the residence told deputies that Luna was manufacturing meth on the bank of a nearby creek.
More evidence of a meth lab was found in the location that the girls pointed out, and Luna was arrested.
His bond is set at $50,000, and he will be in court on Aug 4.
Two people charged were charged with two identical counts of theft of property each after the Sheriff’s Department arrested them for the theft of metal beams at a local business.
Mark Alan Goodson, 45, and  42 year-old Dickie Ray Bain were each charged with two counts of theft of property under $500.
Both men’s bond is set at $5,000 and both will be in court on Aug 4.
According to the sheriff, Bain and Goodson took a metal beam without the consent of the owner from a business on Highway 70 on July 20.
The beam was sold to a recycler in Smithville.
The stolen metal was valued at less than $500.
Then on July 21 Goodson and Bain took two more metal beams belonging to the owner of the business, valued at less than $500.
Again, the metal was allegedly taken to a recycler in Smithville to be sold.
Curtis Charles Jones, 62, is charged with animals running at large.
His bond is $1,000 and he will be in court on August 4.
Sheriff Ray reports that on July 24 the Sheriff's Department received a call about a horse running at large on Lakeview Drive.
Deputies responded and found a horse in the road. The complainant told deputies that the horse belonged to Jones.
According to Sheriff Ray, other officers have talked to Mr. Jones on previous occasions about his horses being out, and had advised him that he needs to keep the horses put up.
Jones was reportedly charged because the horse was creating a road hazard.