Wilson Indicted for Stealing Athletic Gear from DCHS Girls Softball Concession Stand Locker Room

July 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A man who allegedly stole more than $4,500 worth of athletic gear from the girls softball concession stand locker room at DeKalb County High School in October was indicted by the DeKalb County Grand Jury on Monday, July 18.

37-year-old Daniel Ray Wilson is under indictment for burglary and theft of property over $2,500.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on October 4, 2021 Wilson entered the DCHS girls softball concession stand locker room and stole bats, ball gloves, helmets, fielding masks, ball bags and other items valued at $4,561 which belonged to the softball team, student athletes, and parents.

There was no damage to the building.

July 20, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

For the first four days of Early Voting for the August Elections (Friday-Tuesday) a total of 766 people have cast ballots including 732 in person and 34 by absentee. From the total, 608 have voted in the Tennessee Republican Primary and 121 in the Tennessee Democratic Primary while 37 have voted only in the General Election without participating in either state primary.

The municipal election turnout through four days (Friday-Tuesday) is as follows: Smithville Municipal Election- 198; Alexandria 30, Liberty 12, and Dowelltown 10.

The DeKalb County Election Commission held early voting in Smithville and Alexandria on Tuesday, July 19.

The Tuesday turnout at each location is as follows:

Smithville (Courthouse): 169 (all in person), 131 (GOP Primary), 33 (Democratic Primary), 5 (General Election Only), 42 (Smithville Municipal Election), 5 (Liberty Municipal Election, 3 (Alexandria Municipal Election), 0 (Dowelltown Municipal Election)

Alexandria (Fairgrounds): 56 (in person), 46 (GOP Primary), 9 (Democratic Primary), 1 (General Election Only), 20 (Alexandria Municipal Election)

Early voting times are as follows at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Smithville: Mondays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.; Wednesdays 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.; Thursdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. until Noon. Early voting will also be held again in the western part of the county on a limited basis. The DeKalb County Fairgrounds will be the site of early voting on July 19th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on July 25 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Each early voting site is for any properly registered DeKalb County voter.

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.

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