Woody Gets 15 Years for Aggravated Child Abuse of 4-Year-Old

July 18, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A 33-year-old Sparta man accused of seriously injuring a 4-year-old child two years ago resulting in a bone fracture was sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court Monday (July 18).

Judge Wesley Bray presided.

Charles David Woody entered a plea to aggravated child abuse and received 15 years to serve in the Tennessee Department of Correction. He was given jail credit from June 22, 2020 to July 18, 2022

On May 9th, 2020 the indictment alleges that Woody did unlawfully, knowingly, and other than by accidental means, inflict injury upon a 4-year-old child resulting in serious bodily injury, : to wit: bone fracture thereby committing the offense of aggravated child abuse.

A Smithville man arrested in July 2020 for breaking into and doing damage to a residence on Page Drive was sentenced Monday.

37-year-old Michael Andrew Snyders, Jr. entered a plea to aggravated burglary and received a sentence of 4 years all suspended to supervised probation upon condition that he complete a long-term program at the Restoration Ranch. All other cases against him are to be dismissed. Snyders was given jail credit of 54 days and must make restitution of $1,234

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on July 23, 2020 Snyders broke into a home on Page Drive through the front door and vandalized the inside of the residence. Home video surveillance showed him making entry. Damage to the home totaled $1,650. According to the report, Snyders tore up flooring in the closets and bathrooms, pulled up and broke duct work, and tore wires out of the heating and air units.

37-year-old Edward Lee Judkins, Jr. entered a plea to theft over $2,500 and received an effective 8-year sentence as a range II offender suspended to supervised probation. Judkins will get jail credit from June 21, 2020 to May 10, 2022 and he must make restitution of $3,000 to the victim. Other charges against him are to be dismissed.

Sheriff Ray said that on Friday, July 10, 2020 a deputy was called to a residence on Old Blue Springs Road to investigate the possible theft of a brown two-tone Chevrolet truck. Judkins had just broken into the truck, destroying the steering column to gain access to the ignition, before driving away in reverse as the deputy and a detective arrived on the scene. In trying to make his getaway, Judkins ran into a maroon Ford truck parked at the residence, and then went through a row of hedges onto the property of a neighbor causing $239 worth of damage to some landscaping there. After the truck stalled Judkins jumped out and fled on foot. Later a call came in that Judkins had returned to the same home on Old Blue Springs Road and entered by kicking in a door. As officers arrived back on the scene, they captured Judkins after spotting him climbing out a front window.

23-year-old Harley Paige Johnson entered a plea to Sale of a Schedule II drug (Amphetamine) and received a sentence of 4 years suspended to judicial diversion and she was fined $2,000.

31-year-old William Richard Denton entered a plea to Sale and delivery of a Schedule II drug (Amphetamine) and received a sentence of 4 years suspended to supervised probation and he was fined $2,000. Denton was given 15 days jail credit.

57-year-old Aubrey Kilgore entered a plea to a 4th offense of driving under the influence and received a one-year sentence on supervised probation. He was given jail credit of 150 days. Kilgore was fined $3,000 and will lose his driver license as per Tennessee Department of Safety regulations.

July 18, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A Cannon County man who broke into a local body shop in October 2021 and stole a car and thousands of dollars’ worth of tools before being caught by the Smithville Police Department appeared for sentencing in DeKalb County Criminal Court Monday (July 18)

23-year-old Joseph Morgan entered a plea to theft over $10,000 and received a sentence of 6 years all suspended to supervised probation to run concurrently with a Cannon County TDOC sentence against him. Morgan was given jail credit for 287 days served and he is to make restitution to the victims in the amounts of $300 and $14,584.

According to Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins and Lieutenant Detective James Cornelius, Morgan pried open a side door and entered Custom Collision Auto Body & Repair on South Congress Boulevard around 11 p.m. Saturday night, October 2, 2021. Once inside Morgan found a Kia Soul which belonged to a customer that was in the shop for repairs and began loading into the car thousands of dollars’ worth of tools along with the shop’s DVR surveillance system.

While Morgan was still inside the business, a Smithville Police Officer was on patrol in the area and spotted three people behind Smithville Elementary School who were there dumpster diving. The officer got the identities of the three and ordered them to leave. Not knowing Morgan was inside the body shop a few feet away, the officer left the area and continued patrolling around Food Lion where he found people behind that store. When he chased them away, the officer returned to patrol the parking lot of the county complex and noticed Morgan near the shop. Morgan had opened the bay door from inside the shop and driven the Kia Soul out of the building. After Morgan saw the officer, he sped away. The officer got in pursuit of the vehicle and was joined by other patrolmen. Although police couldn’t catch up to it at the time, the car was later found abandoned off Holmes Creek Road near redneck beach but the stolen tools were not in it.

During his investigation, Detective Cornelius learned that several businesses and other establishments near the scene of the crime captured video with their surveillance systems. He then spent hours reviewing the footage which helped identify Morgan as a suspect. Detective Cornelius also discovered that one of the people dumpster diving behind the elementary school was an acquaintance of Morgan although he had not been connected with Morgan’s illegal activities that night.

Police located Morgan Sunday, October 3, 2021 and brought him in for questioning but he initially denied committing the crimes. Morgan was later released as more evidence was being gathered. By Monday evening, October 4, 2021 Detective Cornelius was ready to make an arrest and again picked up Morgan. Once confronted with the proof, Morgan confessed and led officers to the place where he had ditched the stolen tools near the scene of the crime before making his getaway.

The stolen Kia Soul and almost all the stolen tools were recovered. There was some minor damage to the body shop where Morgan had pried open a door to gain entry. The value of the stolen car is $23,490; $20,000 in shop tools, and $2,300 for the DVR equipment which at the time had not been recovered.

July 18, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A woman who allegedly tried to harm a man by hitting him with her moving vehicle has been charged with aggravated assault.

47-year-old Stephanie Ann Pierce of Blue Springs Road, Smithville is under a $10,000 bond and she will be in court July 21. Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on July 12 a deputy was summoned to Blue Springs Road due to an assault. Upon arrival the officer spoke with a man who said that Pierce tried to hit him with her vehicle. According to the man, as he was trying to get her tag number, Pierce put her car in reverse and sped toward him. He had to jump a fence to get away from the car.

36-year-old Jason Alexander Sturdivant of Page Drive Smithville is charged with resisting stop, frisk, halt, arrest or search. His bond is $7,000 and he will be in court July 28. Sheriff Ray said that on July 12 while a deputy was speaking with Sturdivant about warrants against him out of Wilson County, he (Sturdivant) fled on foot after telling the officer he had no bond money. Sturdivant was soon taken into custody.

25-year-old Bailey Moriah Huck of Cookeville is charged with possession of a handgun while under the influence and driving under the influence. She was further cited for violation of the open container law, simple possession of a schedule VI drug (marijuana) and drug paraphernalia. Her bond is $6,500. Sheriff Ray said that on July 13 a deputy was patrolling Nashville Highway when he came upon a motor vehicle accident at Murfreesboro Highway. He stopped and spoke with the driver, Huck who had a strong odor of alcohol on her and Huck’s eyes were glossy. She was also uncooperative with the deputy and refused to submit to field sobriety tasks. Inside the vehicle was an open container of Vodka, 12 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana, a marijuana grinder, and a marijuana bong with residue. Huck also had in her possession a Ruger EC9S 9-millimeter handgun. She was placed under arrest.

44-year-old Jamie Lee Orrand of Church Street, Alexandria is charged with public intoxication. His bond is $500 and he will be in court July 28. Sheriff Ray said that on July 14 while conducting searches of the general public at the courthouse, a deputy noticed that Orrand appeared to have been under the influence as he came through. The officer continued to watch Orrand throughout the morning and saw that his behavior seemed unusual and that others in the room appeared to be annoyed by his actions. After being placed under arrest. Orrand admitted to the deputy that he had taken some methamphetamine prior to coming to the courthouse.

55-year-old Lisa Taylor Chancey of Sparta Highway, Smithville is charged with violating an order of protection. Her bond is $7,500 and she will be in court July 28. Sheriff Ray said that on July 14 a deputy served an order of protection on Chancey to keep away from her husband but after asking her several times to leave the residence as stated in the court order, Chancey refused the officer’s admonitions to do so.

38-year-old Violet Mae Tucker of Antioch Road, Smithville is charged with violating an order of protection. Her bond is $5,000 and she will make a court appearance July 28. Sheriff Ray said that on July 16 a deputy was called to a residence on Antioch Road due to a verbal domestic between Tucker and a man she was supposed to keep away from. Upon arrival the deputy spoke with the man who said that Tucker came to his home, in violation of the protection order, became irate, and threw things from inside the home at him.

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