January 14, 2004
Arrests
* Betty Lou McKeehan, 51, 306 S. Watauga Ave.
Charles Apts. #4, was arrested Monday morning by Carter County
Sheriff's Department Deputy Charlotte Walker on a capias issued
from Criminal Court charging her with failure to pay fines.
* Michael Shawn Bise, 25, 317 First Ave., Hampton,
was arrested Monday morning by CCSD Lt. Harvey Guess on a
capias issued from General Sessions Court charging him with
failure to pay fines and court costs.
* John W. Guinn, 28, 300 S. Main St., was arrested
Monday night by Elizabethton Police Department Capt. Rusty
Verran and charged with public intoxication, theft and being
a fugitive from justice. He is scheduled to appear in General
Sessions Court on Jan. 16.
* Tammy Wooton, 35, 2198 Dry Creek Rd., Johnson
City, was arrested Monday by Johnson City Police Department
officers and charged with aggravated assault under domestic
violence. The charges stem from an investigation into a domestic
problem at 602 E. Maple St. where Wooton allegedly assaulted
her sister, who was treated at the Johnson City Medical Center
for a broken arm. Wooton is being held in the Washington County
Detention Center without bond. She is scheduled to appear
in General Sessions Court Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
Theft
* CCSD Deputy Kevin Cable responded to 128 Waycaster
Rd. Monday morning in reference to a stolen vehicle report.
Cable spoke with George M. Cook who said he helped two men
who were having car trouble on Sunday night. Cook said while
he was working on the car, the two men took his white Chevy
Corsica telling him they were going to get antifreeze. He
said the two left at 7 p.m. Sunday night and had not returned
with the vehicle. The men were described as two black males,
one approximately 19 to 21 years of age and the second 35
to 40 years of age.
* EPD Ptl. Mike Commons took a statement on Monday
regarding firearms reported stolen from an Elizabethton residence.
Dicky Blackwell told police he noticed on Saturday three firearms
missing from the closet of his Broad Street residence. The
firearms were described as a SKS rifle, a Remington .22-caliber
rifle, and a Ruger .22-caliber pistol. The cost to replace
the firearms was estimated at $950. Blackwell said he was
unsure when the guns went missing because it had been several
months since he had seen the firearms.
* CCSD Deputy Kevin Cable spoke with Bryan K.
Estep on Monday in reference to a stolen vehicle. Estep said
that sometime between 7 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 a.m. Sunday,
someone unknown to him stole his Dodge Dynasty from his Dennis
Cove Road residence. According to Estep, the vehicle was locked
and he had possession of the key.
Burglary
* CCSD Deputy Dean Jones was dispatched to a
Heather Lane residence on Monday morning in reference to a
theft. Jones spoke with Lesa Hodge who advised person(s) unknown
had entered her residence, busted open a safe and taken several
items. Hodge said she was gone from her residence on Saturday
from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday. She discovered the safe open on
Sunday. Items reported missing included medication, two gold
rings, one silver chain, and $160 cash. Items were valued
at $470.
