Sheriff's

Arrest in Cosby

Jenny W. Laws, 35, of Gatlinburg, was arrested Wednesday, May 27, and charged with 1st offense DUI, disorderly conduct, and violation of the Tennessee implied consent law. Sgt. Armando Fontes of the Cocke County Sheriff's Department wrote in a report that he found Laws sitting behind the wheel of a 2008 Kia with the engine running in a driveway at 360 Warrior Ridge Way, in Cosby. He noticed the vehicle hit the rear of a 2002 Honda CRV owned by Garrett Thacker. Laws allegedly had "a slight slur to her speech, had red bloodshot eyes, had poor balance, was unsteady on her feet at times, was very loud and argumentative, and smelled strongly of alcohol," according to the report. She also allegedly refused a Breathalyzer test.

Aggravated burglary and theft over $500 charges

Jose Enrique, alias Jacome Corea, 40, of Pigeon Forge, and Gerardo Antonio, alias Valle Mejia, 30, also of Pigeon Forge, were arrested Tuesday, May 26, and charged with two counts of aggravated burglary and two counts of theft over $500, according to a report by Det. Bryan Murr of the Cocke County Sheriff's Department. Enrique and Antonio were charged in connection with the burglary of two cabins on Amet Way, in Cosby, in which TVs valued at over $500 each were taken.

Arrest on Court Avenue

Tiffany Lowery, 20, of 215 Wintergreen Way, in Cosby, was arrested Thursday, May 28 and charged with dependency neglect of a child, under-age consumption, and public intoxication after Sgt. Armando Fontes was notified that a blue Subaru was allegedly chasing a red truck on Highway 160. The caller in the truck was told to go to the county courthouse and meet officers. Both vehicles pulled in and it was determined that Lowery was a passenger in a truck with her two-month-old son. Both Lowery and Jonathan Hill, the father of the child who was a passenger in the Subaru, had allegedly been drinking and were fighting over the child. Officers took custody of the child and arrested the mother "who was obviously intoxicated," according to Fontes's report.

Break-in and theft

Kelley Spence, 33, of 4204 Lindsey Gap Road, in Cosby, was allegedly asleep on Sunday, May 24, when the daughter of a woman who allegedly owns the house came in to the house and took all of Spence's clothes, pocketbooks, and other belongings, which were valued at $5,500. Two cell phones, some of Spence's clothes, and pocketbooks were recovered the woman who allegedly carried out the break-in, according to a report by Cocke County Deputy Sheriff Robert Thornton.

Police

Two counts of vandalism in graffiti incident

David Olienyk, 35, of Fort Smith, Ark., was arrested and charged with two counts of vandalism on Wednesday, May 27, around 10:20 p.m. after he allegedly spray-painted the side of the National Bank of Tennessee on Cosby Highway and the front of a Stop & Go Market with the words: "Coward/David Mustaine - a parasite of children." A witness allegedly witnessed he spray-paint the graffiti. Patrolman Derek Wright and Patrolman Matthew Elliott wrote in a report that Olieynk was seen walking near KFC on the Cosby Highway. A pat-down allegedly revealed a black spray can in his waistband.

Two-vehicle accident on Cosby Highway

Ashley L. Parker, 25, of 631 Scott Ellis Way, in Kodak, Tenn., was driving a 2009 Nissan Altima north on the Cosby Highway when Jack H. Boyle, of 310 Joe Reed Road, in Bybee, was driving a 1991 Honda Accord in the same direction, according to a report by Patrolman Justin Vinson. Boyle allegedly applied the brakes on his Honda Accord to turn into Hardee's Restaurant and the Nissan Altima struck the vehicle in the rear bumper.

Burglary of house alleged

Brandy Timmons, 26, of 708 Wartford Road, in Newport, told Patrolman Matthew Elliott that on Wednesday, May 27, between 5 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., when she returned home, she discovered someone had entered her home and ransacked her moving boxes. Reported missing were $500 in cash and a Playstation 2 console.

Burglary of vehicle near Walmart

April Blazer, 18, of 116 Apple Valley Way, in Newport, told Patrolman Ricky Parton that on Monday, May 25, around 8:30 p.m., she met some friends beside Walmart, parked her 1997 Honda Civic and got in another vehicle with the friends and rode around for a few minutes. When she returned to her vehicle, she allegedly saw a passenger side door window broken out, but nothing missing from the Honda Civic. The window was valued at $200.

Medication reported stolen

Donald Roe, 54, of Myers Circle, in Newport, told Patrolman Donald Coakley that he returned home on Wednesday, May 27 to discover the back window to his apartment knocked out and medication missing from a lock box. Police allegedly saw no signs of forced entry on the lock box. The window was valued at $40 and the medication was valued at $20.

Identity theft suspected

Rosie Buckner, 53, of Tedder Drive, in Newport, told Patrolman Donna Hopkins that when she went to Newport Rent-a-Center on Tuesday, May 26 and had a credit check done, it allegedly revealed a bad check from Wachovia Bank had been written on Nov. 15, 2008 for $794 at Urgent Cash in Bridgeport, Ohio. Buckner told Hopkins she had never been in Ohio and had not had a checking account for several years. The Rent-a-Center gave Buckner a copy of the information they received.