April 1, 2003
Arrests
* Jennifer Lynn Nidiffer, 30, 109 Ensor
Nidiffer Road, was arrested Saturday night by Carter County
Sheriff's Department Deputy Eric Buck on a warrant charging
her with violation of probation.
* Deborah Gail Bluto, 30, 912-A Pine Ridge Circle,
was arrested Friday morning by CCSD Sgt. Patrick Johnson and
charged with being a fugitive from justice from the state
of Virginia where she is wanted on a charge of fraud for violation
of worthless checks with insufficient funds.
* Carl Joseph Bowers, 27, 684 Simerly Creek Road,
Hampton, was arrested Friday morning by CCSD Sgt. Patrick
Johnson on pre-existing warrants charging him with violation
of probation and assault under domestic violence. He is scheduled
to appear in General Sessions Court on April 21 to face the
assault under domestic violence charge.
* Myoka Michelle Ingram, 26, 116 E. Chilhowee
St., Johnson City, was arrested Friday afternoon by CCSD Deputy
J. Booher on a warrant charging her with failure to appear
in court on charges of the sale of Schedule II narcotics and
the conspiracy to sell Schedule II narcotics.
* Samuel D. Campbell, 50, 117 Colt Lane, Johnson
City, was arrested Friday afternoon by CCSD Deputy Janice
Black on a warrant charging him with violation of probation.
* Jimmy Joe Mathena Jr., 28, 2717 S. Roan St.,
Johnson City, was arrested Friday afternoon by CCSD Deputy
Janice Black on a warrant charging him with violation of probation.
* Daniel B. Jenkins, 20, 102 Canter Drive, Watauga,
was arrested Saturday evening by CCSD Lt. Rocky Croy on an
attachment pro corpus from Juvenile Court.
* Brenda J. Minnick, 37, 427 W. G St., Apt. 2,
was arrested Saturday just before noon by CCSD Deputy Kevin
Cable on a warrant charging her with violation of probation.
* Christopher Dale Anderson, 28, 910-1/2 Cedar
Ave., was arrested Saturday afternoon by Elizabethton Police
Department PTL Jason Shaw and charged with criminal trespassing,
evading arrest and resisting arrest. He was also served with
an outstanding warrant by CCSD Deputy Kevin Cable charging
him with violation of probation.
* Scott Michael Hemingway, 25, 2675 Siam Road,
was arrested early Sunday morning by CCSD Deputy Tammy Stout
on a warrant charging him with violation of probation.
* Michael Wayne Ledford, 18, 109 Fitzsimmons
Hill Road, was arrested Saturday evening by CCSD Deputy Eric
Buck on a warrant charging him with failure to appear in court
on charges of driving on a suspended license, violation of
the financial responsibility law and violation of the light
law.
* William J. Elliott, 55, 120 Pine Knot Lane,
Johnson City, was arrested Sunday night by CCSD Deputy Dave
Ryan on a warrant charging him with assault under domestic
violence. He is scheduled to appear in General Sessions Court
on April 8.
* Paul D. Demarco, 25, 510 Lamont St., Johnson
City, was arrested late Friday night by CCSD Deputy Shannon
Deloach and charged with second offense driving on a suspended
license. He is scheduled to appear in General Sessions Court
on April 2.
* Mario Hernandez Martinez, 22, 122 Reeser Road,
was arrested late Friday night by CCSD Deputy Larry Presnell
and charged with driving without a license and violation of
the financial responsibility law. He is scheduled to appear
in General Sessions Court today.
* Joseph Malcolm Lujan, 24, Apt. 18, Sterling
Hills, Johnson City, was arrested late Saturday night by CCSD
Deputy Dave Ryan and charged with assault under domestic violence.
* Lonnie Junior Oliver, 24, 196 Lover's Lane,
Apt. 4, was arrested Sunday afternoon by CCSD Sgt. Penny Cornett
on a warrant charging him with failure to appear in court.
* Charlie Marion Hedrick, 22, 1307 N. Barton
St., Johnson City, was arrested early Saturday morning by
EPD Capt. Clyde Croy and charged with speeding, driving under
the influence, violation of the implied consent law, possession
of Schedule III narcotics and possession of Schedule IV narcotics.
* Kelly Collins, 39, 607 Sugar Hollow Road, Apt.
C, was arrested Sunday night by EPD Sgt. John Ramsey and charged
with vandalism under domestic violence.
* William Holden Gross, 43, 407 Wilbur Dam Road,
was arrested Saturday afternoon by CCSD Sgt. Patrick Johnson
on warrants charging him with aggravated assault under domestic
violence, reckless endangerment and possession of Schedule
VI narcotics. He is scheduled to appear in General Sessions
Court on April 21.
Theft
* Gregory W. Walsh, 1462 Broad St.,
reported to CCSD Deputy Kevin Cable that sometime between
4 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Sunday, someone stole his white 2000
Nissan Frontier four-door pickup truck while it was parked
at 133 Pleasant Beach Road.
* Billy D. Miller, 200 Green Hollow Road, Butler,
reported to CCSD Deputy Al Meehan that sometime in the last
month, someone broke into his residence and stole approximately
$800 worth of his personal property including a 20-gauge pump
action shotgun, a Remington knife, two Sidebuster case knives
and a Super Nintendo game system.
* Mike Baird, 199 Davis Hollow Road, reported
to CCSD Lt. Mike Fraley that someone stole his Marathon credit
card and has subsequently run the balance up to more than
$500.
* Johnny R. Presnell, 115 Roark Park Lane, Hampton,
reported to CCSD Sgt. Patrick Johnson that sometime between
1 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. on Friday, someone pried open the rear
door to his residence and had stolen some prescription medication
belonging to him.
* Tina Rutter, 823 Cambridge Ave., reported to
EPD PTL Michael Sproviero that sometime on Friday, someone
broke into her residence and stole a Zenith 19-inch color
television and an Emerson VCR. The total estimated value of
the items taken is $750. She reported that she suspects a
male subject known to her.
Vandalism
* Debra Chandler, 206 Apple Tree Lane,
reported to CCSD Deputy Eric Buck on Friday night that while
she was driving west on Long Hollow Road, someone struck her
1994 Toyota LST with an egg causing damage to the right rear
fender of the vehicle.
* Jeff Causby, an employee of J & S Fencing,
reported to EPD PTL Mike Commons that his work crew was at
lunch and while they were gone, someone had broken the rear
window out of one of the work trucks while it was parked at
the C-D building of Lynn Ridge Apartments. According to reports,
nothing was missing from the vehicle.
* Kenneth T. Cranfield, 228 Big Springs Road,
reported to CCSD Sgt. Patrick Johnson on Friday that sometime
during the previous night or the early morning hours, someone
had knocked his mailbox down and he found the flat bed of
a pickup truck in his yard but that the tag had been removed.
While on the scene, Sgt. Johnson also spoke with Julie A.
Leech, 227 Big Springs Road, who reported that at approximately
2:15 a.m. that morning, she had been awakened by a loud noise
and when she looked outside, she observed an older model white
pickup truck and a male subject removing the vehicle's registration
tag. She stated that she then observed the subject get back
into the truck and leave the scene. Leech advised the officer
that approximately 60 feet of her fence had been destroyed
in the incident.
Indecent Exposure
* Tim Canter, 1612 Highway 91, reported
to CCSD Deputy Dean Jones that a male subject known to him
had pulled his pants down and exposed himself to Canter and
his wife following a dispute over a check.
Animal Death
* Dennis Henegar, 149 Short Coal Chute
Road, and Tommy Henegar, 108 Unaka Subdivision Road, reported
to CCSD Deputy Kevin Cable that sometime Saturday morning,
two yellow Labrador mix dogs entered a pen where the two complainants
raised animals and killed several of the birds, including
10 pheasants, a Sid Taylor rooster, two rabbits and a hen.
The total estimated value for the animals that were killed
is $830. In addition, damage was done by the dogs to the pen.