A Dowelltown man was indicted for child rape by a DeKalb County Grand Jury last week.
A True Bill was returned against 20-year-old Jonathan Everett Jay, accused of touching his eight-year-old niece in a sexual manner on two occasions last summer. He was arraigned on April 13.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, a sheriff's department detective responded to a residence on Snow Hill Road regarding the sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl on Sept. 11 last year. The child’s mother reportedly told the detective that the child said that her Jay had touched her inappropriately.
Ray said the detective and a Department of Children's Services agent spoke with the child, and she confirmed the allegations. Jay reportedly agreed to speak with the detective at the sheriff's department, and during the interview he allegedly admitted to having had sexual contact with the child on Aug. 27 and Sept. 11.
Jay was one of 48 people indicted by the grand jury. Sealed indictments were returned against 11 people. All those indicted were set for arraignment on April 13.
April Lee Hollingsworth, Don Diamond Groshon and James Lee Adcock were indicted for initiation of methamphetamine, resisting arrest, and possession of prohibited weapon on Dec. 8.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, deputies found a meth lab and two live pipe bombs at a Jefferson Road home after arriving to serve a violation of probation warrant. James Lee Adcock, 43, Don Diamond Groshon, 42, and 36-year-old April Lee Hollingsworth were charged with initiation of a process to manufacture methamphetamine.
Adcock was also charged with having prohibited weapons (pipe bombs); resisting stop, frisk, halt, or arrest, and was served for violation of probation. Groshon was charged with resisting stop, frisk, halt, or arrest and served for violation of probation as well. Hollingsworth has an attachment for child support, as well as warrants for failure to appear and violation of probation.
The sheriff said deputies went to Adcock's home to serve a violation of probation warrant on him, and upon arrival saw two men running from a barn. Adcock and Groshon were allegedly found hiding in the woods, while Hollingsworth remained in the barn.
After receiving consent from the property owner to search the premises, deputies reportedly found a live pipe bomb made of PVC pipe, a one-liter one pot, a Toastmaster burner, 18 ounces of crystal Drano, 16 ounces of Kingsford charcoal lighter fluid, digital scales, a turkey baster, an empty ice compress box, an ice compress pack that had been cut open, 10 hypodermic needles, a funnel, a 16.4-ounce propane bottle, an empty lithium battery pack, four stripped lithium batteries, and three cut straws. A search of Adcock's home turned up another live pipe bomb made of galvanized steel. Due to the discovery of the pipe bombs, members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol Special Operations Unit were called to the scene.
Others indicted and their charges are as follows:
James Lee Adcock: aggravated burglary and theft over $500.
Leslie Arnold: driving under the influence (second offense), driving on a revoked license, open container, and failure to maintain lane of travel.
Lavar Bass: theft under $500.
Cynthia Carter: driving on a revoked license (second offense) and violation of the financial responsibility law.
Anthony Colwell and David Roger Petty: aggravated burglary and theft over $1,000.
Anthony Colwell: burglary and theft over $1,000.
Jackson Cripps: evading arrest, drag racing, and speeding.
Johnny Lynn Devault: domestic assault and aggravated assault.
Margie Grace Drennan: possession of paraphernalia.
Bobby Duggin: aggravated burglary (two counts), theft under $500, and theft over $500.
Justin Dale Estes and Ashley Nicole Estes: introduction of contraband into a penal institution and child abuse/neglect.
Deborah Lynn Ferrell: driving under the influence, violation of registration, financial responsibility, and failure to maintain lane of travel.
Royce Avon Foster: burglary and theft over $1,000 and driving on a revoked license (third offense).
Don Diamond Groshon: assault.
Zackary Nathaniel Hale and Brandon Scott Kidd: driving under the influence, DUI by allowance, vehicular assault, incorrect address on license, financial responsibility, and failure to maintain lane of travel.
Nichole Breann Higgins: initiation of methamphetamine and child abuse/neglect.
Terry Knowles: driving on a revoked license, child restraint device, and window tint.
Molly Sue Lawrence: forgery (two counts).
Curtis Allen Lloyd: possession of a schedule II drug over .5 grams.
Brittany Lynn Lee: theft over $1,000 and theft over $500.
David Linnear: driving under the influence and failure to obey traffic signal.
.Jo Ann Luna: forgery and resisting arrest
Melinda Beth Murphy: forgery (three counts).
David Michael Roger Petty: driving on a revoked license (third offense).
Dennis Jason Reeder: driving under the influence (2nd offense), violation of the registration law (two counts), failure to exercise due care, and financial responsibility.
Michael Shone Saylors and Ashley Dawn Saylors: initiation of methamphetamine and aggravated child abuse (two counts).
Sara Nicole South: theft over $10,000, a second offense of driving on a revoked license (two counts), registration violation, possession of a schedule II drug, possession of paraphernalia, and seatbelt violation.
Sonny Alan Stults: driving under the influence, financial responsibility, and failure to maintain lane of travel.
Tara Jane (Atnip) Summers: reckless endangerment.
Deborah Thistlewaite: driving under the influence, possession of a schedule VI, and possession of paraphernalia.
Nathaniel Tippens: auto burglary (six counts), theft under $500 (six counts), theft over $500, vandalism under $500.
Joshua McNeil Vincent: driving on a suspended license, financial responsibility, and seatbelt violation.
Charles Henry Ward: driving under the influence, failure to maintain lane, and no driver's license.
Christopher Sam White: theft under $500 and initiation of methamphetamine.
Michelle Yarbro: introduction of contraband into a penal institution.
