Trapp Faces Back to Back Public Intoxication Charges

May 13, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A Smithville man was arrested twice within two days last week for public intoxication after being found lying by the side of the road.

63 year old Johnny Wayne Trapp of Holmes Creek Road is under a $1,000 bond in each case and will make a court appearance on June 11.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on May 6 a deputy spotted Trapp lying in a ditch by the side of McMinnville Highway. The officer stopped and got Trapp to his feet. Trapp had a strong odor of alcohol on him. His speech was slurred and he was very unsteady. Trapp was placed in custody.

Two days later, May 8, a deputy was dispatched to area of Holmes Creek Road where a man was observed lying off the side of the road and not moving. The officer arrived and found Trapp there. He stopped and got him to his feet. Trapp had a strong odor of alcohol on him and he was unsteady on his feet. Trapp admitted to having been drinking. He was placed under arrest.

58 year old Vulmaro Vega Torres of Tommy Harrell Street, Smithville is charged with driving under the influence. Bond for Torres is $1,500 and he will be in court June 11.

Sheriff Ray said that on May 7 a deputy spotted a silver Dodge Ram swerve onto the shoulder of the road and six times went into the opposite lane. The officer pulled over the truck and spoke with the driver, Torres. He had a strong odor of alcohol on him and his speech was slurred. Torres submitted to but performed poorly on field sobriety tasks.

39 year old Christie Dawn Bouldin of E.H. Haas Road, Dowelltown is charged with public intoxication and violation of General Sessions Court probation. Her court date is June 11.

Sheriff Ray said that on May 4 a deputy responded to a domestic complaint at a home on E.H. Haas Road. Upon arrival the officer spoke with Bouldin who said that she and a man had gotten into an altercation. But while being questioned and examined by EMS Bouldin became belligerent and uncooperative and she began yelling and cussing. Bouldin showed no signs of physical abuse but she appeared to have been under the influence of some substance.

30 year old Eric Dean Morgan of Malone Hollow Road, Alexandria is charged with violating an order of protection. His bond is $2,000 and he will make a court appearance June 11.

Sheriff Ray said that on May 8 at a residence on Malone Hollow Road, Morgan was determined to have violated a court order granted in April for him to keep away from a woman and three children. The officer who arrived at the home in answer to a domestic complaint found Morgan there with her and the children although the woman claimed Morgan had not assaulted them.

May 13, 2020
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Donny Green in DeKalb and Cannon counties reminds producers to report planted, prevented planted, and failed acres to establish or retain FSA program eligibility.

For planted crops, the following acreage reporting dates are applicable for DeKalb and Cannon counties:

May 31: nursery (field grown and container)
July 15: corn, soybeans, cucumbers, okra, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, squash, strawberries,
tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, and perennial forage (hay and pasture)
August 15: green beans, hemp
December 15: fall-seeded small grains (wheat)

The following exceptions apply to the above acreage reporting dates:

• The COVID-19 pandemic is posing challenges for 2020 crop year acreage reporting. As a result, any crop that has an acreage reporting date before August 1, 2020 will be considered timely filed if filed within 30 days of the acreage reporting date (listed above).

• If the crop has not been planted by the above acreage reporting date, the acreage must be reported no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed.

• If a producer acquires additional acreage after the above acreage reporting date, the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendars days after purchase or acquiring the lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office.

• If a perennial forage crop is reported with the intended use of “cover only,” “green manure,” “left standing” or “seed,” the acreage must be reported by July 15, 2020.

Producers must report crop acreage they intended to plant but, due to natural disaster, were prevented from planting. Prevented planting acreage must be reported on form FSA-576, Notice of Loss, no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date, as established by FSA and the Risk Management Agency. According to Green, the final planting date for corn is May 20, 2020 and the final planting date for soybeans is June 15, 2020.

Producers with failed acres should also use form FSA-576, Notice of Loss, to report failed acres. For losses on crops covered by the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program and crop insurance, producers must file a Notice of Loss within 15 days of the occurrence of the disaster or when losses become apparent. Producers must timely file a Notice of Loss for failed acres on all crops including grasses.

Please contact the DeKalb/Cannon County FSA office at 615-597-8225 to schedule an appointment to file a Notice of Loss. To find your local FSA office, visit http://offices.usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.

May 13, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A local liquor store is undergoing a change in ownership and the Smithville Mayor and Aldermen during a special meeting Tuesday night approved a certificate of compliance by the new owners.

Smithville Discount Wine and Spirits at 413 East Broad Street opened in 2015. The owner is Jim Smith but he is selling the business to Nita and Sherrod Patel pending approval of city and state conditions for the new owners’ liquor license. The Patels will be leasing the property from the landowner Randy Paris.

Under city and state laws, the aldermen must adopt a new liquor store owner’s certificate of compliance before he or she can make application to the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The agency which has the sole authority to grant a liquor license. The certificate of compliance signifies the store owner has met all the city’s requirements for an application to the state.

City Administrator Hunter Hendrixson and City Attorney Vester Parsley said the applicants have met conditions for approval of a certificate of compliance under the city’s liquor ordinance. One requirement is that the new owners, like the current one, must keep at least a $150,000 inventory of liquor at all times.

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