According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, two Dowelltown men, 24-year-old Gary Christopher Ponder and 33-year-old Aaron Dewayne Ponder, have each been charged with one count of theft of property over $500, two counts of theft of property under $500 and one count of theft of property over $1000 in four separate cases.
The charge of theft over $1000 stems from a Sept. 9 incident in which the men are accused of taking items which included a calf feeder, a horse drawn rake, two air conditioner units, a grill, a smoker grill, two kitchen sinks, a cook stove, an oven, a radiator, a rim, an air compressor, two black kettles and 100 pieces of 12-foot 5v roofing, all valued at a total of $2770, from property on Wilder Hollow Road in the Pea Ridge area.
The men are also charged with three different thefts on Tabernacle Road on Sept. 19.
In the first case, the men are charged with theft over $500 after allegedly stealing a house jack, a double row corn planter, an adjuster for a plow, half of a corn grinder, a tractor hitch, a valve, a pry bar, a battery, two setter trays, pieces of a cultivator, plow parts, a wheel, a lawn mower deck and a scraper blade, all valued at $810.
The duo are also charged with theft under $500 in two other incidents on Sept. 19 on Tabernacle Road, one in which a hydraulic jack from the bed of a pickup, valued at $20, was stolen, and another in which gutter pipe, two metal fence posts, a five foot metal gate, an exhaust pipe and aluminum scrap was taken, all valued at $177.
Both are under a $25,000 bond, with a court date of Oct. 6.
Meanwhile, two more individuals were charged with theft under $500 in a Sept. 20 incident at a local business.
Ray reports that Nicholas Cody Walls, 26, and 34-year-old Mickey Guinn were charged with theft after deputies responded to a reported theft in progress at a business on East Broad Street, and found items taken from the business in Walls’ truck.
The deputies allegedly found rolling steps, a rolling cart and a solid steel shock, valued at $220 in the vehicle.
The pair are also accused of taking five metal uprights valued at $500 from the same property earlier that day, which they allegedly sold for $94.30 at a local recycler..
Both men are under a $6000 bond, with a court date of Sep. 29.
Then, on Sept. 21, two more local men were charged with theft over $500 when they allegedly attempted to loot a barn on Dale Ridge Road.
Joshua Lionel Jones, 31, and Daniel Lee Taylor, 46, were charged with theft over $1000 after deputies were dispatched to a reported burglary in progress and found the two men loading items from the barn into a truck.
The men allegedly told the lawmen that they had permision from one of the men’s grandfather, who they said owned the farm.
The deputy reportedly called the grandfather in question, who told him that he did not own property on Dale Ridge.
The deputy reports that the men then changed their story.
Items taken include a horse-drawn turning plow, three rims, a small engine, 30 nine-foot steel pipes, 15 ten-foot steel pipes, two pieces of structural steel and assorted scrap metal all valued at $1040
They are each under a $4500 bond, with a court date on Sept. 29.
Jeffery Lynn Sanders, 37, was charged with escape on Sept. 22.
According to the sheriff, Sanders was in General Sessions Sept. 22, and the judge had just revoked his bond.
After being returned to a holding area at the jail, Sanders asked a correctional officer for permission to go to the restroom.
As the correctional officer opened a door, Sanders allegedly ran out of the cell area in an attempt to escape. He was quickly detained.
His bond is $30,000 and he will be in court on Sept. 29.
On Sept. 19, 63-year-old James Dallas McMillen Jr. was charged with second offense DUI and leaving the scene of an accident.
The sheriff reports that deputies responded to the scene of an accident on Evins Mill Road, only to discover that the driver had fled the vicinity.
Witnesses reportedly told officials that the driver was all over the roadway before wrecking, and that he seemed unsteady on feet upon exiting the vehicle after losing control and crashing into a fence.
The deputy reportedly ran the license number on the wrecked vehicle, and it came back as registered to McMillen.
Ray reports that the deputy went to McMillen’s residence and spoke to him, nboticed strong odor of alc.
Mcmillen allegedly admitted to wrecking the vehicle and leaving the scene, and reportedly stated that he would consent to blood alcohol test, but changed his mind and refused before reaching hospital.
Witnesses at the scene of the accident reportedly told officials that McMillen spoke with them and asked them not to notify the police.
He is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, and was written a citation for violation of the implied consent law when he refused the blood alcohol test
His court date is Oct. 29, and his bond is $5,500.
Tracy Michelle Vincent of Liberty, 31, is charged with being a fugitive from justice.
According to Ray, his department learned on Sept. 21 that Vincent was wanted in Warren County, Kentucky for child neglect.
Vincent has been charged with being a fugitive from justice.
She is being held without bond, and will be in court on Oct. 6.
Brittney Danielle Barnes, 23, is charged with evading arrest and failure to appear in criminal court.
She has been ordered to serve ten days in jail.
Barnes will then be allowed to make a $5,000 bond on the failure to appear charge.
Her bond is $3,500 for evading arrest, and she will be in court on Sept. 29 on the evading charge.
Barnes will be in criminal court in the failure to appear case on Oct. 7.
Ray reports that a deputy went to Cill Street to serve a state warrant on Barnes for failure to appear on Sept. 25.
Having prior knowledge that Barnes was at this residence, the home of her great grandmother, the officer knocked on the door.
Barnes' great grandmother answered. When the deputy asked if Brittney was there, the woman replied "no she is not".
Brittney's mother then came to the door telling the officer that her daughter was in Warren County.
While the officer searched the residence, central dispatch received a call from a witness stating that Brittney had jumped from a window at the rear of the home.
A few minutes later a Smithville Police Officer found Barnes inside the home, hiding in a bedroom.
Barnes allegedly admitted to knowing that she had a warrant against her.
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