A drug detective from the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department found a mobile meth lab after stopping a vehicle with a headlight out last week.
Two people were taken into custody after the one-pot meth lab was found in the vehicle.
James Dillion Mitchell, 19, of Morrison and 19-year-old Amy Elizabeth Mullican of Woodbury were arrested and charged with initiation of a process intended to result in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
Mullican was also charged with simple possession of a Schedule II drug (methamphetamine).
According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, the drug detective stopped the vehicle the two were traveling in and found Mitchell, the driver, had slurred speech and kept dropping things in the car.
The detective also reportedly noticed a strong chemical odor coming from the car.
Ray said that Mitchell was asked to get out of the vehicle and submitted to a search.
The detective allegedly found rubber tubing taped to the lid of a bottle in Mitchell's coat pocket, and a sock,  containing a scale, a glass pipe, and aluminum foil, was found in his pants pocket.
The detective said he also found a one-pot meth lab in the front floor board along with two small plastic containers with lye, three cut hoses, and empty blister packs inside.
Mitchell reportedly admitted that the meth lab belonged to him.
The sheriff said that Mullican admitted to knowing the lab was in the car.
A female correctional officer was called to the scene to search Mullican, and reportedly found a small plastic baggie with a white powdery substance believed to be methamphetamine.
Mitchell’s bond is set at $25,000. Mullican's bond is $27,000. Both will be in court Oct. 4.
Gregory Allen Mayo, 44 was arrested on Sept. 18 for for simple possession of a Schedule VI drug (marijuana), possession of a Schedule III drug (Suboxone) and unlawful possession of a Schedule II drug (metamphetamine) for resale, as well as a drug-free school zone violation and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
A sheriff’s department drug detective and other deputies who went to Mayo’s  Dry Creek Road home to serve a warrant on him said that Mayo could be seen hunkered down by a front window.
When the detective knocked and identified himself, Mayo allegedly crawled to the bedroom and covered himself under blankets.
According to Ray, the detective entered the bedroom and instructed Mayo to show him his hands and get up.
When he complied, a plastic bag containing several smaller bags was found reportedly found where he had been sitting.
The sheriff said the larger bag contained a baggy with green a leafy substance believed to be marijuana; a baggy with a white rock-like substance which tested positive for methamphetamine which weighed 2.8 grams; and five smaller baggies with smaller rocks believed to be meth, each weighing .3 grams.
The baggies containing the rock-like substance weighed over three grams total.
 Ray said deputies also found a plastic bag in Mayo’s wallet with the same green leafy substance, along with two packages of Suboxone strips, one opened and one still sealed.
The violation of the drug-free zone charge was levied because Mayo’s home is across the street from Smithville Day School at Smithville Church of Christ.
Authorities also found a loaded handgun, in the firing position, near the window where Mayo was first spotted.
Ray said Mayo is a convicted felon, having been found guilty of the manufacture of meth in Rutherford County, and is not allowed to possess a firearm.
His total bond is $50,000, and he will be in court on Oct 4.
Johnny Ray Farless, 19, was charged with unlawful possession of a Schedule II drug for resale (methamphetamine) on Sept 19.
Ray said a sheriff's department drug detective saw a vehicle on Foster Road that was traveling in the center of the roadway.
The detective stopped the vehicle and Farless, the driver, allegedly gave consent to search and the detective reportedly found a flashlight that contained 11 small baggies in Farless' back left pocket.
Seven of the baggies contained a white rock-like substance that field tested positive to be methamphetamine.
The other four baggies were empty.
The detective said Farless told him he was “just trying to make some money.”
His bond is $5,000, and he will be in court on Oct. 4.
The sheriff’s department has arrested a second person in connection with the burglary of four vehicles at Four Seasons Marina in July.
Barbara Ann Covington, 43, of Murfreesboro was taken into custody on Sept. 19 and charged with four counts of burglary, one count of theft under $500, two counts of theft over $500, one count of theft over $10,000, and fraudulent use of a credit card.
Ray said that Covington and Timothy Ray Featherstone of Murfreesboro, who, as reported last week in the Review, was arrested on Sept. 12 by Georgia authorities, allegedly broke into four vehicles parked at the marina.
Items including jewelry, electronics and credit cards were taken from the vehicles, and Featherstone was later caught using the cards at a local retail outlet.
Covington’s bonds total $200,000 and she will be in court on Oct. 4.
Joey Phillip Phelps, 32,  was arrested on Sept. 22 on domestic assault warrant, filed against him on June 1.
Ray said that a deputy dispatched to  Phelps' home to investigate reports of a domestic disturbance between Phelps and a relative spoke to the victim, who had a cut and swollen nose and a bloody head.
The victim told authorities that he and Phelps had argued over the phone and it became physical.
Phelps allegedly hit the victim before they both went to the ground fighting, and another relative broke them up.
Phelps then reportedly grabbed a concrete ashtray and hit the victim in the head with it.
Ray said Phelps left the scene and the victim was transported to the emergency room.
It was determined that Phelps was the primary aggressor.
His bond is $3,500 and he will be in court Oct. 4.
Tommy Lynn Parsley, 29,  of Mount Juliet was charged with two counts of evading arrest, a sixth offense of driving on a suspended license, simple possession of a Schedule III drug (Suboxone), and simple possession of a Schedule IV drug (Xanax) on Sept. 22.
According to the sheriff,  a drug detective spotted Parsley operating a motor vehicle on the Old Blue Springs Road on Sept. 18.
The detective knew that Parsley's drivers license were suspended.
A computer check confirmed that Parsley's license was suspended for failure to satisfy prior citations in Wilson County.
The detective got behind Parsley's vehicle and activated his blue lights on Highway 56 between Keltonburg Road and Magness Road.
Parsley reportedly sped up to about 80 mph while approaching sharp curves and other traffic.
The detective decided to terminate the pursuit due to Parsley's record of evading and reckless driving.
Four days later, on Sept. 22, Ray said a deputy sent to Circle Drive in Dowelltown to serve an arrest warrant on Parsley found saw him sitting in a vehicle.
When the deputy activated his blue lights, Parsley allegedly jumped out of his car and tried to flee on foot.
The deputy reportedly ordered Parsley to stop, but he kept running.
The deputy caught Parsley and placed him under arrest.
While searching his person, authorities found a blue metal container that held 19 peach-colored pills believed to be Xanax and half of an orange pill thought to be Suboxone in Parsley's left front pocket.
He also had a cut straw in his right pocket.
His bond totals $39,000 and he will be in court on Oct. 11.