Man Allegedly Attacks His Former Foster Parent

June 6, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A McMinnville man is in trouble with the law for allegedly attacking his former foster parent and that man’s daughter.

22-year-old Garrett Nicolas Vallem is charged with two counts of aggravated assault. Bond for Vallem is $20,000 and he will make a court appearance on June 22.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on June 1, a deputy was summoned to a residence on Old Bildad Road due to a 911 wrong number call. Upon arrival, the officer spoke with a man and his daughter who reported that Vallem showed up intoxicated at their home and began arguing. They said Vallem then stood up and hit his former foster parent several times on the arms, ribs and face, before putting his hands around the man’s neck rendering him almost unconscious. As the daughter intervened trying to break up the fight, Vallem allegedly hit and grabbed the woman by the throat, rendering her almost unconscious. The officer reported that the former foster parent had red marks on his neck and the side of his head, as well as a cut on his elbow and head, while the woman also showed red marks around her neck.

36-year-old Timothy Leon Summers Jr. of Midway Road, Smithville, is charged with filing a false report. His bond is $5,000 and will be in court on June 8. Sheriff Ray said that on May 23 a deputy went to a residence on New Bildad Road, Smithville, looking for a woman who was under an active warrant. Upon arrival, the deputy spoke with Summers, who reported that the woman the officer was looking for was not at the residence, but at her mother’s house. The deputy then spotted the woman walking out of the home. She was placed in custody and Summers was arrested for filing a false report.

28-year-old Chase Allen Fults of McMinnville is charged with evading arrest by a vehicle. His bond is $7,500 and he will make a court appearance on June 7. Sheriff Ray said that on April 30 while patrolling Sparta Highway, a deputy spotted a black car traveling at a high rate of speed, and it left its lane of travel several times. The deputy activated his blue lights and siren, but the vehicle refused to stop. The driver, Fults then crashed after failing to negotiate a curve. He was injured in the wreck and later arrested.

50-year-old Daniel Lee Pickford of Clemet City, Michigan was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant on May 25. He is under a $75,000 bond. Sheriff Ray said that Pickford was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for a traffic offense. During a background check through the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the deputy learned that Pickford had a felony warrant against him in Michigan for failing to pay child support. He is to be extradited back to Michigan.

June 6, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree Board of Directors will be seeking grants to help support the annual festival.

Kim Driver Luton, President of the Jamboree Board addressed the Smithville Aldermen Monday night to ask their blessing on the Jamboree’s efforts to obtain grants.

“We would like to apply for two or three grants that will be available July 1. One of the grants is from the National Endowment for the Arts and there will be enhancement grants, and others,” said Luton.

In order to obtain the grants, the Jamboree will need the city to make application on its behalf. If approved the city would not bear any matching grant costs. The Jamboree would pick up that expense.

Luton said the Jamboree is hoping to get a grant for a new cover (canopy/awning) for the stage which is an expensive project. The Jamboree has been without one since 2019 when a summer storm just days before the annual festival blew down and damaged the canopy and support beams.

City officials said no action was needed by the mayor and aldermen for the Jamboree to proceed.

“Thank you (city leaders) for what you do for that two-day weekend because we know it’s a very busy time for you providing sanitation, police, and fire protection,” added Luton.

June 6, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Permits are now required for anyone wanting to have a Yard Sale in the City of Smithville.

During Monday night’s monthly meeting, the Aldermen adopted on second and final reading a new Yard Sale ordinance which requires yard sale permits and limits them to four per year (per residence/applicant), up to three consecutive days at a time (12 days per calendar year) during the hours of 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. There is no cost to obtain a yard sale permit and they may be requested in writing or by calling city hall.

Mayor Josh Miller said at the first reading in May that the new ordinance is not an all-out attack on those who want to have an occasional yard sale. Instead, he said the ordinance targets those, and only those who are basically operating nearly every day from their front yards as a business or flea market in a residential zone without a license and calling it a “yard sale”.

The applicant or applicants for a yard sale permit must provide their full name and address and a statement that the goods to be sold are their own personal property and have not been acquired or consigned for the purpose of resale. The permit is to set forth the time and location of the yard sale and no more than four such permits may be issued to one residential or non-residential location, residence, and or family household during any calendar year (January 1 through December 31). There would be a minimum of 30 days between sales at any one residence, premises, or location. Times for the yard sales must be between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. for up to three consecutive days. Members of more than one residence may join in obtaining a permit for a yard sale (for the group) to be conducted at the residence of one of them. However, such permit shall be considered as having been issued for each and all such residences (in the group).

The term yard sale in this ordinance applies to “garage sales”, “lawn sales”, “attic sales”, “porch sales”, “room sales”, “backyard sales”, “patio sales”, “flea markets”, or “rummage sales”.

Under the ordinance, goods in the yard sale may be displayed outdoors on the property after 5 p.m. on the day before any yard sale is lawfully held and must be removed by no later than 8 p.m. on the date that the yard sale is held. The yard sale goods may only be displayed within a residence, in a garage, a carport, a driveway, or in a front, side, or rear yard. No personal property in the yard sale shall be displayed in or on a public right of way. A vehicle in the yard sale may be displayed on a permanently constructed driveway within such front or side yard.

Signage promoting a yard sale is also regulated under this ordinance.

Only the specified signs may be displayed in relation to a yard sale. Two signs of not more than four square feet shall be permitted to be displayed on the property of the residence or residential site where the yard sale is being conducted. Two directional signs of not more than two square feet are permitted, provided that the premises on which the yard sale is conducted is not on a major thoroughfare, and written permission to erect such signs is received from property owners on whose property such signs are to be placed. No sign or other form of advertisement shall be exhibited for more than two days prior to the date the yard sale is to commence. Signs must be removed at the close of the yard sale activities. No yard sale sign shall be posted on any utility pole, street sign, or other public property.

The ordinance will not apply to court-ordered sales by executors or administrators in settlement of estates, a person selling goods pursuant to an order of process of a court of competent jurisdiction, sales of personal property which are advertised by newspaper or radio for private appointment only; all businesses and establishments properly licensed to conduct retail or wholesale sales, any sale conducted by any merchant or business establishment on a regular, day to day basis from or at a place of business where such sale is permitted by zoning regulations of the City, or any other sale conducted by a manufacturer, dealer, or vendor when such sale is conducted from a properly zoned premises and when not otherwise prohibited by other city ordinances.

Anyone found violating provisions of this ordinance could be subject to having their yard sale terminated by the Smithville Police Department and would be subject to a civil penalty in city court of up to $50 per day for each day the violation occurs plus court costs. Police are also authorized to terminate a yard sale if it is found to impede traffic flow or cause a traffic hazard in the City of Smithville.

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