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Local man faces meth charges
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City police arrested Amy Jeanette Lawson, 34, and charged her with theft over $500, criminal trespassing, a second offense of driving on a suspended license and escape last week.
An officer dispatched to Food Lion to check out a report from the store manager that woman, later identified as Lawson, had come up to her in the store and struck up a conversation.
Lawson then allegedly stole the woman's wallet, which contained around $800.
Lawson reportedly left the store, got into a vehicle, and drove away.
The victim followed, and caught up with Lawson near Dearman Street, where Lawson allegedly gave back the wallet with no money in it.
The accused then drove to Jewel's Market, where police caught up with her.
 While speaking to Lawson, the officer was notified that Wal-mart had called to report that she had been in the store earlier that day attempting to return a cell phone.
As Lawson was barred from the store, Walmart filed a criminal trespassing charge against her.
Lawson was arrested and brought to the police department, but slipped out of her handcuffs while being processed and dashed out the door.
Police recaptured her at North Webb and Congress Boulevard.
Her bond is $17,500 and she will be in court on Dec. 15.
The sheriff’s department reports that 24-year-old Justin Andrew Cantrell was caught with meth lab components at City Walk Apartments.
Cantrell was arrested on Nov. 30 and charged with violation of the drug free zone and initiation of a process intended to manufacture methamphetamine.
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, detectives and deputies of the sheriff's department saw Cantrell in the parking lot of City Walk Apartments holding a bag.
When Cantrell saw the officers he began to walk away from them.
When deputies asked to speak to him, Cantrell put the bag down beside a parked vehicle.
One of the detectives went over and looked in the bag, which was partially open.
He saw tubing and a plastic bottle containing a clear liquid and noticed it to be the one pot method of manufacturing methamphetamine.
The officers also found a gallon of Coleman fuel, coffee filters, a plastic bottle containing acid, two plastic cold packs containing ammonium nitrate and an ice pack which had been cut open inside the bag.
Deputies found a coffee filter and a hypodermic needle in cantrell’s pocket.
Meanwhile, 23-year-old Brandon Matthew Byford has been arrested by Smithville Police for harboring a fugitive, resisting arrest, and possession of a prohibited weapon for allegedly trying to hide a fugitive in his City Walk apartment.
Detectives Donnell and Holmes went to City Walk Apartment on Nov. 28 to serve  indictments on Timothy Lawson but no one came to the door, even though they saw someone they they believed to be Lawson inside.
After forcibly entering the premises, the detectives found Lawson hiding in the apartment.
They also arrested Byford.
Police said Byford tried to resist arrest and  had brass knuckles in his possession.
He is under a $7,500 bond and will be in court Dec. 15.
Joshua Lynn McCowan, 26 was cited for simple possession of a Schedule II controlled substance.
He will appear in court on Dec.15.
A deputy serving a warrant on McCowan for violation of probation on Dec. 2 allegedly found a blue oval pill in his front left pocket, which was later determined to be a Schedule III controlled substance (Loratab).
Terry Wayne Owens, 57, is charged with domestic assault.
Police Chief Randy Caplinger reports that police went to Owen's residence on Smith Road after someone there phoned 911 and hung up.
Upon arrival, police learned from a woman there that she and Owens became involved in an argument which turned physical, with him allegedly assaulting her.
His bond is $3,500.
Daniel Ray Wilson, 27 was cited for shoplifting on Thanksgiving Day. Wilson allegedly put several items totaling over $87 from Walmart in his pockets and tried to conceal them. He will be in court Dec. 11.
Eric Heflin, 34, was stopped for a traffic  violation on Nov. 23 and was cited for violation of the open container law.
He will be in court on Jan. 3.