SHERIFF'S REPORTS:

Accident on Point Pleasant Road

Sally A. Hatton, 44, of Fowlers Ridge Road, in Newport, was traveling east in a 1993 Chevy Cavalier, on Wednesday, March 3, on Rocky Hollow Road. George A. Ailshire, 76, of Nolichucky Circle, in Newport, was traveling west in a 1991 Toyota pickup truck, on Corral Way. Hatton made a right turn onto Point Pleasant Road to go south. Ailshire made a left turn from Corral Way onto Point Pleasant Road to go south. The two vehicles collided near the center of Point Pleasant Road, Deputy Sheriff Timothy N. Snapp reported. Hatton was injured and taken to a hospital by Allied ambulance services.

POLICE REPORTS

Arrested for domestic assault

Justin Brown, 26, of 110 Apartment 125 on the Cosby Highway, in Newport, was arrested Thursday, March 4, and charged with domestic assault, Patrolman Robby McMahan reported.

Theft under $500

Dustin K. Smith, 17, of 703 Epley Road, in Newport, was arrested last week and charged with theft under $500, Det. Lynn Shults reported. April Henderson apparently took out a state warrant, saying she gave a ride to Smith, then he jumped from her van and took with him her pocketbook and its contents, with a value of under $500.

Stolen tag reported

Dennis Balch said he took his vehicle on Thursday, March 4, to an auto repair shop for work to be done on it. He said when he picked it up later that day, he noticed the tag was missing. The vehicle had reportedly been sitting in the parking lot of the repair shop for most of the time it was at the shop, Patrolman Billy Woody reported. The license plate is valued at $25.

Accident at Baptist Hospital of Cocke County

Esley G. Hall, 60, of Warren Street, in Newport, said he was parked in a 2000 Chevrolet Impala, at Baptist Hospital of Cocke County, waiting to pick up a patient out of the hospital, when James C. Timmens, 88, of Fincher Road, in Newport, struck the Chevrolet with a 2003 Ford Ranger pickup truck that Timmens was in, according to a report from the Newport Police Department.

Vandalism over $1,000

Michael Barnes, 52, of Douglas Avenue, in Newport, said that when he returned home on Tuesday, March 2, at 8 p.m., he found his truck had been keyed from the front driver side door to the rear of the driver's side. Barnes named a suspect, Patrolman Matt Franklin reported. Damage is valued at $1,500.

Accident on Highway 25/70

Zachary James Strom, 17, of East Highway 25/70, in Del Rio, was driving a 2005 Toyota CTR, on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 12:40 a.m., on Highway 25/70, at Cope Blvd. A witness and Strom said he had the green light and was driving through the intersection behind another car when his Toyota was struck by a 1988 Ford Thunderbird driven by Christopher Eric Miller, 34, of Sycamore Way, in Newport. The Thunderbird suffered disabling damage to the front end in an amount exceeding $400, and was towed. A passenger, Jake Woods, 31, was uninjured. Strom's Toyota suffered disabling damage to the right side near the front in an amount exceeding $400, Patrolman Matt Franklin reported.

Accident on Lakeview Street at White Oak Avenue

Fred Leonard Gregg Jr., 47, of Woodlawn Avenue, in Newport, was driving a 2006 Lincoln Towncar owned by Manes Funeral Home, at a stop sign on Lakeview Street at White Oak Avenue, on Tuesday, March 2, at 12:25, Patrolman Tom Whitfield reported. Gregg was waiting for a truck to go by. He pulled out and struck a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am driven by Joshua Allen Ewen, 21, of Glendale Road, in Bybee, causing damage to the Pontiac in the left side. Gregg said he did not see Ewen or the Pontiac. There was damage to the front end of the Lincoln Towncar.