The sheriff’s department recently took a homeless man into custody after he allegedly broke into a Dowelltown home.

Nathan Joseph Wilbert, 37, was charged with aggravated burglary, vandalism over $1,000, and evading arrest after he reportedly entered a home on East Main Street in Dowelltown with the intent to commit a felony, vandalism.

Wilbert gained entry by breaking out the door glass window. While in the home, Wilbert allegedly destroyed a 40-inch TV, two Indian statues, a door glass, a glass desk mirror, coffee pot, counter top, mini blind, and punched a hole in a wall. The tally of the damage was $1,345.

Three days later officers reportedly found Wilbert at the Dry Creek swimming area. As they approached to serve active warrants on him, Wilbert ran from them trying to evade arrest. The case was investigated by a Sheriff’s Department Detective.

His bond is $20,000, and his court date is July 20.

Ross Lee Herrin, 36, of McMinnville was charged with evading arrest on July 3.

According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, a deputy dispatched to the Belk area due to a suspicious man and woman in a white 1990 Chevrolet Impala spotted the car on Belk Road. As the deputy turned on his blue lights to get the car to stop, the driver of the vehicle sped up, but then pulled off to the side of the road into a driveway.

The man got out of the car and ran off into the woods. The deputy identified himself as an officer and called several times for the man to stop but he kept running. The officer then spoke to the woman in the car and she confirmed that the man who fled was Herrin. He was taken into custody shortly thereafter just down the road.

His bond is $2,500, and his court date is July 20.

Kenny Wayne Bly, 38, was charged with resisting stop, frisk, halt, or search on July 6.

Ray said a deputy and detective went to Bly’s home to pick him up on an active warrant. Upon the officers’ arrival, Bly ran from them even after being ordered several times to stop. Bly was caught shortly thereafter and arrested.

His bond is $2,500 and his court date is July 20.

Arlene Cookie Hullett, 65, and her son, 32-year-old Nicholas Cody Walls were charged with domestic assault on June 29.

The sheriff said that on Thursday, June 29 a deputy was called to a residence on Coconut Ridge Road due to a physical domestic. Upon arrival the officer spoke with Hullett, who said that she and her son, Walls, got into an argument.

Hullett said Walls pushed her down and hit her four times about the head, causing a large knot on her head. Walls was later stopped by a Smithville Police Officer on North Congress Boulevard.

A deputy also responded and spoke with Walls who had marks on his neck and bruising to his hand. Walls confirmed that he and Hullett had gotten into an argument, but that she had fallen, causing the injuries to her head.

Both Hullett and Walls had consumed alcoholic beverages. Due to the inconsistent accounts of the incident, officers could not determine the primary aggressor. Both were arrested for domestic assault and taken to the sheriff’s department for booking.

Bond for each is $2,500 and their court date is July 13.

Armando Palacio Blas, 30, was charged with domestic assault on July 6.

Ray said a deputy was dispatched to the area of Food Lion to meet a man and his translator. The man told the officer that during a party at his home on Old West Point Road, Blas intentionally caused bodily injury to his wife by hitting her in the face causing redness and swelling to the side of her face on the cheek under her left eye.

After the assault, Blas placed his wife in a vehicle and drove her to an address on Adcock Cemetery Road. His bond is $2,500 and his court date is July 20.

Christopher Alan Richardson, 46, of Sparta was charged with domestic assault on July 7.

Ray said a deputy was called to a location on Allen Ferry Road due to an assault on a woman. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with the victim at the lake.

She said that her husband, Richardson, had pulled her out of a vehicle and hit her about the face and head. She also alleged that Richardson had kicked her in the head while wearing his boots.

The woman suffered black eyes and she had knots and blood on her head. Richardson was determined to have been the primary aggressor and was charged with domestic assault. He was taken to the hospital to be treated for a broken hand.

His bond is $5,000 and his court date is July 27.

Thomas Richard Squires, 59, was charged with violation of an order of protection on June 30.

The sheriff said a deputy was dispatched to the area of Neal Drive for a possible argument. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with Squires, who had been in an argument with another man with whom he was living.

Squires then went to the home of a woman who had an order of protection against him and yelled for her as he knocked on the back door. The woman opened her door long enough to order Squires to leave the premises.

A computer check revealed that Squires was the respondent of an order of protection in which the woman was the petitioner.

His bond is $1,500 and his court date is July 13.