SHERIFF'S REPORTS:

 

Arrest made on Circuit Court capias

William Lee Davis, 25, of 109 Nature Trail Way, in Cosby, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 14, and charged with statutory rape, Chief Det. Robert Caldwell reported. The arrest was made on a Circuit Court capias after a grand jury presentment was returned on Monday, Jan. 11.

 

Driving on suspended license, violations of light law

Rachael Ann Self, 32, of 2010 Holt Town Road, in Newport, was stopped Thursday, Jan. 14, on Highway 25/70, and cited with driving on a suspended driver's license 2nd offense, and two counts of a violation of the light law, Deputy Sheriff C. J. Ball reported. Self has a court date of Jan. 25 in Sessions Court in front of Judge John Bell, Ball reported.

 

Property dispute/trespassing

Elmer Siebert, 63, of Neddy Mountain Road, in Newport, said an acquaintance close to his home had come onto his property and made verbal threats to him, including allegedly threatening Siebert by saying he would burn him out of his home, Deputy Sheriff Andy Tritt reported. The acquaintance was reportedly served with a criminal summons taken out by Siebert on the charge of assault. Officers advised the acquaintance not to be back on Siebert's property for any reason. Siebert reportedly took pictures of the person coming onto his property on Friday, Jan. 15.

 

Missing cat

James Demetrios Fazzino, 53, of 2616 Buckeye Drive, in Cosby, told Deputy Sheriff Andy Tritt on Friday, Jan. 15, that he had been missing his cat, mostly white with black spots, male, and about two years old, for the previous week. Fazzino said the cat was not locked up in a cage and was free to roam about in the neighborhood. Tritt wrote that Fazzino said he has had many cats go missing in the past and named a suspect he believes has killed the cats. The cat has no collar on it.

 

Accident on Ridgecrest Road

Blaize S. Sams, 16, of 108 Meadowvale Road, in Newport, said he was negotiating a curve in a 2000 Chrysler van on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at about 9:15 a.m., on Ridgcrest Road, when his vehicle began to slide and struck a utility pole. Deputy Sheriff Derrick Webb wrote that the road was very icy due to recent snow and cold weather.

 

Accident on Hartford Road

Thomas D. Shesen Sr., 55, of Big Creek Road, in Hartford, said he was driving a 1993 Ford van on Hartford Road, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at about 8:30 a.m., when he came around a curve and hit black ice, Sgt. Tony Whitten reported. Shesen said his vehicle slid and hit an ATT pole and trees before coming to a rest.

 

POLICE REPORTS

 

One injured in accident on Highway 321

Geraldine Phillips Davis, 55, of Morningside Way, in Bybee, was taken by ambulance to Baptist Hospital of Cocke County on Monday, Jan. 11, after a two-car accident on North Highway 321 at Hedrick Drive, Patrolman Josh Veridal reported. Cheryl Ann Bren McIntyre, 44, of Moore Hollow Road, in Newport, driving a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, said her attention was diverted and she struck the rear of Davis's vehicle, causing more than $400 in damage. Davis said she had stopped in a traffic lane and was waiting for traffic to proceed forward when the Chevrolet struck her vehicle in the rear side. The Chevrolet's front end suffered "functional damage" to its front end, Veridal reported.

 

Two-car accident on East Broadway

Fred Raymond Montgomery, 69, of Cedar Lane, in Knoxville, said he was driving a 2004 Ford F-150 pickup truck west on Highway 25/70 at Iris Street, on Monday, Jan. 11, at 3 p.m., when he hit a 2001 Dodge Dakota in the rear side that was driven by Edward Steven Wilke, 64, of Sam Hein Road, Rutledge, Patrolman Donald E. Coakley reported.

 

Accident on North Street

Ted Ford, 67, of Senior Way, in Newport, said he was stopped in a 2003 Buick LeSabre on Monday, Jan. 11, at about 4:55 p.m., headed south on North Street at the intersection with East Main, waiting to turn right. Clark Michael Ryan Shelton, 33, of Mt. Herbon Road, in Greeneville, was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Subaru with a revoked license in the same lane as the Buick and struck the Buick in the rear, Patrolman Josh Veridal reported.

 

Accident on Highway 25/70

Billy Ray Jones, 43, of 419 Odyssey Road, in Del Rio, said he was turning left in his 1991 Ford F-150 pickup, from the eastbound turn lane of Highway 25/70 toward "C" Street, on Friday, Jan. 15, at about 1:50 p.m., when Randall Scott Faulkner, 36, of 2540 Highway 160, in Newport, driving a 2005 GMC Sierra, struck Jones's Ford, causing damage to the right rear side of the Ford and damage to the front right corner of the GMC, Patrolman Josh Veridal reported.