Murfreesboro Man Arrested 15 Months After Picking Up Two DCHS Runaway Teens

January 30, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

A Murfreesboro man believed responsible for picking up two DCHS students trying to run away fifteen months ago has been arrested.

22-year-old Jon Paul Russ of Murfreesboro is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. His bond is $5,000 and he will be in court February 15.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on or about October 28, 2022 Russ was operating a 2014 Ford Escape on Tiger Drive near the health department when he picked up two juveniles who had just left DCHS without permission and intended to run away from home. One of the juveniles was in state custody and living at the New Frontiers Boys Home in Dowelltown. The other was under probation in DeKalb County. The missing teen information on both juveniles was entered into the National Crime Information Center. One of them was found in Murfreesboro on October 29, 2022. The case was investigated by the school resource officer. The warrant was signed on Russ November 2, 2022 and sent to the Murfreesboro Police Department on November 4, 2022. He was arrested only recently.

Two convicted felons found with a handgun during a traffic stop Friday have been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon.

43-year-old Cameron Michael Hudgens of Sparta and 34-year-old Candace Star Short of Doyle are each under a $26,000 bond and will appear in court February 8.

Sheriff Ray said that on January 26 a deputy conducted a traffic stop on a white Nissan Altima for an improper display of tags. After obtaining consent, the officer searched the vehicle and found a Phoenix .22 caliber handgun between the passenger seat and center console. The two occupants of the vehicle, Hudgens and Short both admitted to being convicted felons but neither claimed ownership of the firearm.

30-year-old Trista Denise Armour of the Loop, Smithville is charged with filing a false report. Her bond is $7,500 and she will be in court February 8.

Sheriff Ray said that on January 3 Armour gave a voluntary written statement about an incident that led to the arrest of a defendant but then later changed her story resulting in the false report charge against her.

January 29, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

DeKalb County’s local option sales tax collections for December 2023 were down from November but up from December 2022.

According to the Tennessee Department of Revenue, DeKalb County collected $168,325 in local option sales taxes in December, 2023. While it did not keep pace with the $171,014 in local option sales taxes in November, collections for December 2023 outperformed the same month in 2022 by $7,377.

Smithville’s collections for December 2023 were $392,126, an increase from $367,352 in November, and up from $361,018 in December 2022.

Alexandria’s local option sales tax collections stood at $29,672 in December, up slightly from $28,266 in November but below the $33,570 collected in December 2022.

Dowelltown’s collections for December were $3,510, a jump from $3,014 in November and just barely under the $3,585 total from December, 2022.

Collections in Liberty stood at $12,527 in December compared to $12,499 in November and just below the $13,191 collections in December 2022.

Net collections for the county and cities combined for December, 2023 were $606,162, up from $582,147 in November and significantly more than the $572,314 collections in December , 2022.

December collections reflect activity for the previous month.

January 28, 2024
By: Dwayne Page

The Stone Memorial basketball teams won their first meeting of the season over the DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers Saturday in Smithville. The Lady Panthers won 63 to 56 while the Panthers took down the Tigers 68 to 57.

The Tigers are now 10-12 on the season and 1-4 in the district. The Lady Tigers own a record of 9-13 overall and 0-5 in district play.

In the girls game, DeKalb County led 17 to 16 after the 1st period but fell behind 38 to 30 by halftime and trailed 49 to 38 after the 3rd period before losing 63 to 56.

Ella VanVranken scored 29 followed by Chloe VanVranken with 9, Avery Agee 7, Tess Barton 6, Allie Melton 3, and Cam Branin with 2.

The Tigers found themselves behind 18 to 15 after the 1st period of the boys game but led 33 to 28 at halftime. The Panthers grabbed a 48 to 40 lead by the end of the 3rd period and went on to defeat the Tigers 68 to 57.

Conner Close scored 30 points followed by Dallas Kirby with 13, Seth Fuson 7, Jon Hendrix 5, and Alex Antoniak with 2.

The remaining schedule of the DCHS Tigers and Lady Tigers is as follows:

Tuesday, January 30 at Cumberland County in Crossville

Thursday, February 1 at Livingston Academy in Livingston

Friday, February 2 vs. Upperman in Smithville

Monday, February 5 vs. Livingston Academy in Smithville

Thursday, February 8 at Stone Memorial in Crossville

Saturday, February 10 at Warren County in McMinnville (starting at 3 p.m. with the girls game and the boys game to follow)

All other games will start at 6 p.m. with the girls and the boys to follow.

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