Sheriff's Department Reports

 Domestic assault alleged

Carollynn Grooms, 26, of 108 Rays Loop Road, said she was assaulted by an individual the morning of Friday, June 19. She came to the sheriff's department and said she and the individual had been arguing over money when the argument "escalated" to an assault, according to a report by Deputy Sheriff Jason Oury. She said she was dragged off the couch, hit, and dragged across the carpet. She also said while she was on the ground, the individual hit her in the back. Oury wrote that he observed red marks on her elbow consistent with carpet burn, and that she had bruises on her back. She said the individual threatened to kill her if she did not come up with her part of $40.

Threats alleged

Devin Proffitt, 43, of Trail Hollow Road, said he tried to retrieve some unspecified items from an individual's garage on Friday, June 19 at about 9:30 p.m. On the phone, the individual allegedly threatened to kill Proffitt, his mother, and others, if he were to come over to Proffitt's house, then hung up. Proffitt then called the sheriff's department.

Broken down truck in motel parking lot

An employee at Family Inn West at 1311 West Highway 25/70, in Newport, said a truck broke down in the motel's driveway after the driver for Walker Trucking, whose home was listed as being on McClure Road in Hayesville, N.C., came off Interstate 40 on Thursday, June 18, and was pulling through the motel's property. The driver allegedly said arrangements would be made to get the truck moved, but it would take the next day for that to happen, according to a report by Deputy Sheriff Timothy N. Snapp. The next day, an employee asked the driver why the truck was still there, blocking the driveway to the motel. The employee said she lost some business because the truck engine ran all night. Guests allegedly complained about the truck and were refunded their money. The employee said the truck driver and his boss were rude to her. However, the driver's boss alleged it was the motel employee who had been rude on the phone. The truck was allegedly removed from the motel by a wrecker almost exactly 24 hours after it broke down at 10 a.m. on June 18.

Break-in reported

Robert Tyer, 39, of 309 Florida Court, in Green Cove Springs, Fla., said sometime on Tuesday, June 16, or Wednesday, June 17, someone broke into a home he is building on Bible Way in Hartford. He said a window was opened to gain entry. He said there was nothing of "major" value in the house, "so nothing was missing," according to a report by Deputy Sheriff Timothy N. Snapp.

Valuable electronic games and piggy bank reported stolen

Joseph Ray Jacobs, 30, of Denton Road, in Cosby, reported that while he was gone to Newport for four hours on Saturday, June 20, someone broke into his home and stole several electronic entertainment games and a piggy bank with $300 in it, according to a report by Deputy Sheriff Joseph Owings. Jacobs reported as stolen or damaged: a Wii game system (valued at $250); a PlayStation 2 game system ($150); an Xbox 360 game system ($450); three Wii controllers ($150); two Xbox controllers ($150); two Wii games ($60); 20 Playstation games ($600); a piggy bank with $300 in it; an air conditioner ($150); and a window ($100).

Breaking and entering reported

Jane Seay, 65, of 1275 Phillips Hollow Road, said she discovered someone had broken into her home before she came home at about 5 a.m. on Sunday, June 21. They allegedly stole: a Remington 12-gauge shotgun (valued at $200); two .22 rifles ($400); and a .22 pistol with a pearl handle ($350). She valued a broken door at $2,000, according to a report by Deputy Sheriff Randall Hartsell.

Alleged assault lands man in emergency room of hospital

Mitchell L. Lutz, 24, of Sorghum Way, in Newport, said that on Friday, June 19, about 5:30 p.m., he stopped riding his dirt bike in front of the Twin Springs Apartments to speak to an individual. Lutz said the individual punched him in the face, possibly with an object held in the aggressor's hand. Deputy Sheriff Jason Oury went to interview Lutz at the emergency room of Baptist Hospital of Cocke County, according to his report. Lutz allegedly suffered two severe cuts on the left side of his upper lip, and a tooth was knocked out. However, the individual, John Bogle, 34, of Sunset Gap Road, said the two were in a verbal argument when Lutz took off his helmet and as the argument escalated, he swung it at Bogle and struck him on the left side of his head. Bogle said he then punched Lutz once in defense to Lutz's attack. Oury observed a cut on Boyle's right middle finger where Lutz's tooth was struck.

Assault on Bear Branch Road

Francis Stokely, 44, of Bear Branch Road, in Del Rio, told Deputy Sheriff Hollis Emmons that on Saturday, June 20, an individual had threatened to kill himself. He was taken to Baptist Hospital of Cocke County. She later went to the sheriff's department with family members and told Emmons the individual had held her down and threatened to kill her and then kill himself. She had a blue bruise on her left bicep. Emmons and Stokely signed a warrant against the individual.