Shots Fired During Argument Results in Charges

February 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A Smithville man who pulled a handgun and fired six rounds into his victim’s truck during an argument is facing charges of reckless endangerment, vandalism over $1,000, and failure to appear in court.

23 year old Jeffery William Rigsby of 732 Gentry Avenue is under a $19,500 bond and he will be in court on the charges March 5.

Smithville Police were called to 620 Highland Street on February 16 due to a shooting. Upon arrival officers discovered that Rigsby and another person had gotten into an argument and that Rigsby had fired six rounds from a 9 millimeter handgun into the victim’s truck causing damage to the driver’s side door, front fender, headlight, tire, and components to the engine. There were apparently no injuries. A computer check with central dispatch revealed that Rigsby failed to appear in court on February 6 for a theft charge.

A 63 year old man was arrested twice within eleven days this month by Smithville Police for public intoxication.

Johnny Wayne Trapp of 8264 Holmes Creek Road was first taken into custody on February 2 after police were called to the BP Station on West Broad Street where a man had reportedly fallen. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with the man, Trapp who smelled of alcohol and was unsteady on his feet.

Eleven days later on February 13 police were summoned to Food Lion where they found Trapp asleep on a bench by the front door. Trapp had also spilled cereal all over the bench and the floor. The officer awoke Trapp, who smelled of alcohol and he was unsteady on his feet. Trapp’s court date for the second offense is February 27.

Michael Andrew Snyders of 739 West Main Street was cited for simple possession on February 3. After being arrested on a DeKalb County warrant, Snyders was found to have in his front right coin pocket 3 blue bar pills believed to be Xanax for which he couldn’t provide a prescription. His court date is February 27.

38 year old David Allen Cobb Jr. of 857 Luttrell Avenue was cited on February 5 for theft of services. Police learned that Cobb had removed the front portion of his electric meter and installed metal pieces to bypass the meter to steal electricity.

35 year old Mateo Perez-Hernandez of Watertown was arrested on February 6 for DUI. Police were called to the Dollar Tree where a vehicle got stuck in the landscaped area near the store. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with the driver, Hernandez who had an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his person. Hernandez consented to field sobriety tests but he failed one task and refused to finish the rest.  Hernandez was placed under arrest and a warrant for a blood alcohol content test was obtained. Bond for Hernandez is $2,500.

26 year old Josie Danielle Culwell of 381 Eagle Creek Road was cited for trespassing at Walmart on February 15. Police learned that Culwell was in the Smithville Walmart after being barred from all Walmart stores due to a previous shoplifting offense at Cookeville Walmart. Her court date is March 5.

Two days later on February 17, Culwell was cited for driving on a suspended license, violation of a traffic control device/signal, and three counts of simple possession. Police spotted Culwell running a stop sign at Hayes Street and Morgan Drive and conducted a traffic stop. A computer check through central dispatch revealed that Culwell’s license were suspended for failure to make a court appearance in October 2019. The officer received consent to search Culwell’s vehicle and he found 2 round green pills believed to be Diazepam, 1 round blue pill thought to be Alprazolam, a syringe loaded with 6 milliliters of a brownish substance, and a small baggie with 2 clear crystal rocks that weighed approximately .02 ounces which tested positive for Methamphetamine. She will appear in General Sessions Court March 12.

27 year old Chad Stephen Taylor of 145 Cleveland Way was cited on February 15 for trespassing and theft of property. Police learned that Taylor, who had been barred from Walmart in October, was back in the store and had in his pockets merchandise belonging to the store that he had not purchased. His court date is March 12.

February 24, 2020
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has received approval to return Center Hill Lake to normal operations, which means that lake levels will be on the rise for the upcoming recreation season.

The Nashville District has operated Center Hill Lake since 2008 within a targeted pool elevation between 618 and 630 feet as an interim risk reduction measure during the dam safety rehabilitation project. A return to normal operations means the summer pool elevation will be managed between 640 and 648 feet and the winter pool between 625 and 630 feet.

Project Manager Jill Kelley said repair actions involved three major construction contracts. The first project involved a significant foundation grouting effort at the main dam embankment and left rim. The Corps then installed a concrete barrier as deep as 307 feet into the foundation to stop seepage. The project is culminating with the soon to be completed roller compacted concrete berm at the saddle dam to reduce risk of foundation failure and potential back-cutting of the saddle dam.

“Returning to normal operations will give the Nashville District the ability to manage the additional water within the reservoir to best balance all Congressionally-authorized project purposes and support downstream water management operating objectives,” Kelley said. “Returning to normal operations will allow more of the late winter and spring project inflows to be stored in the reservoir.”

Water supply users downstream will likely see reductions in taste and odor issues, improved water treatment, and reduced treatments costs due to increased flows in the Cumberland River during the summer and fall. These increased flows will improve water quality conditions at the lock and dam projects on the Cumberland River, in particular temperature and dissolved oxygen, and will benefit aquatic life downstream of the reservoir.

Kelley added that operations will reduce off-peak hydropower generation during the spring filling period. Subsequently, the water in storage will be available for hydropower production during peak demand periods later in the year, she said.

Recreation on Center Hill Lake will benefit from higher pool elevations during the peak recreation season. Recreation downstream will also benefit from improved water quality conditions and a more consistent flow pattern.

Efforts to lift the restricted operating criteria were coordinated with the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Water Management, TVA River Operations, Southeastern Power Administration, National Weather Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

February 24, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A man arrested on drug and burglary charges among other offenses after a raid on his Toad Road home by local and state authorities in June, 2018 appeared for sentencing Friday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.

31 year old Travis Eric Patterson entered a plea to one count of possession with intent to sell over 0.5 grams of methamphetamine and one count of burglary. He received an 8 year sentence in the drug case and 4 years for the burglary to run concurrently for a total of 8 years to serve at 30% as a range one offender. Patterson was fined a total of $2,000 and must make restitution of $650 to the burglary victim. Patterson was given jail credit of 141 days.

In a prepared statement at the time of Patterson’s arrest, Sheriff Patrick Ray said that “early on Wednesday morning, June 20, 2018 officers with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, officers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol Special Operations Unit (SWAT), an agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, and members of the 13th Judicial District Attorney General’s Office, executed a search warrant at the home of Travis Patterson”.

“The search warrant stemmed from the sale of illegal narcotics and the illegal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon”.

“Through their investigation, Sheriff’s Department Detectives found that Patterson, who is a convicted felon, was in possession of firearms at his home. As a safety precaution, the THP Special Operations Unit was summoned to assist in the search of the home. The THP Special Operations Unit made a forcible entry into the home after no one came to the door. Patterson finally gave himself up along with another male and female who were at the residence. No one was injured”.

“Upon searching Patterson’s residence, Sheriff’s Department officers found 15 grams of methamphetamine, 6 ounces of marijuana, an assortment of prescription pills, one rifle, two shotguns, three pistols, digital scales, glass pipes, and possible stolen power tools. Detectives also seized $427.00 in cash”.

Patterson was indicted on the charges in November, 2019 and began serving the balance of a four year prison sentence in a previous drug case after violating his probation. He was later transferred to Jackson County and escaped from a work detail at the landfill in Clay County in March, 2019. He was captured a few days later.

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