Help the Angel Tree Project Provide Christmas Gifts for 331 Children

November 15, 2022
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The 28th Annual DeKalb County Angel Tree Project is underway and your support is needed to help make this holiday season merrier for 331 children.

Laura Stone said Angel Trees are located at bank locations in Smithville and Alexandria. Each Angel represents a child and his or her wish list for Christmas. Select an Angel from the tree, buy a gift for the child and return the gift to the bank where you picked up the Angel by December 2nd.

“This is our 28th year serving children 12 and younger living in DeKalb County. Angel cards are located on Christmas trees in the local banks. People of the community can pick up an Angel and buy for a child. The wish list on each Angel is just a suggestion. It is what the child has specifically requested. Sometimes people will buy only what is listed on the card. In some cases they will buy additional things. It is not necessary that you buy everything on the list. It is your choice if you want to wrap the gifts. We need the gifts back by December 2nd.”, said Stone.

“With this being our 28th year, we have seen a lot of faces grow up in the program. What warms my heart are those children who benefited from the Angel Tree when they were young. They are now adults and know the positive effect it had on their lives and will now support the Angel Tree and adopt Angels themselves.”

Please consider adopting an Angel today or if you have no time to shop, donations can be made at Wilson Bank or any Smithville or Alexandria bank branch and the Volunteers will do the shopping for you.

November 15, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

An Algood man indicted two years ago in connection with the drug-related death of a Smithville woman was sentenced Monday, November 14 in DeKalb County Criminal Court.

43-year-old Patrick Goolsby entered a plea to a charge of attempted second degree murder and received an effective 15-year sentence as a range I offender to serve at least 30% before his release eligibility date.

The charges against Goolsby in November 2020 were the result of a joint investigation by Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department. Goolsby was named in grand jury indictments that month charging him with one count of Second-Degree Murder and one count of Sale and Delivery of a Schedule II Controlled Substance.

In June, 2020 agents joined deputies in investigating the death of 45-year-old Jennifer Leighann Jacobs. She was found deceased on May 22nd, 2020 in her Smithville home of a drug overdose, with fentanyl determined as a contributing factor. The investigation revealed that on May 18th, 2020 the victim had purchased drugs by an individual identified as Patrick Goolsby.

Count 1 of the indictment alleged that “between the dates of May 18-22, 2020 Patrick Ryan Goolsby unlawfully and recklessly killed Jennifer Leighanne Jacobs by the unlawful distribution or unlawful delivery or unlawful dispensation of fentanyl, and the said fentanyl was the proximate cause of the death of Jacobs”.

Count 2 alleged that Goolsby, on or about the 18th day of May 2020 unlawfully and knowingly sold a controlled substance, to wit: fentanyl, a schedule II-controlled substance.

Count 3 alleged that Goolsby, or or about the 18th day of May, 2020 unlawfully and knowingly delivered a controlled substance, to wit: fentanyl, a schedule II-controlled substance.

As part of the plea agreement, the drug charges against Goolsby were dropped with his guilty plea for attempted second degree murder.

November 15, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A man accused of setting fire to a cabin on Smith Fork Road near Dowelltown almost three years ago was sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court on Monday, November 14.

Judge Gary McKenzie presided.

40-year-old Joseph Huff Ray entered a plea to charges of aggravated arson and aggravated burglary. He received a 10-year sentence in each case to serve as a range I offender at 30% before his release eligibility date. The two terms are to run concurrently. Ray was given jail credit of 1,036 days. His restitution amount is to be determined.

The investigation began after a fire was reported at the cabin on January 12, 2020 at 10:27 p.m. The owner was not occupying the cabin at the time having used it as a seasonal residence. The cabin was destroyed in the blaze.

During the investigation, a detective of the Sheriff’s Department learned that sometime prior to the fire Joseph Huff Ray and his girlfriend had apparently broken into and taken up residence in the cabin without the knowledge of the owner.

The detective later learned that Ray and his girlfriend had posted photos of the cabin on their facebook page which were made prior to the fire. There were also facebook photos of a tractor parked near the cabin and a set of antique keys to the cabin. The keys were posted for sale. The photos were shown to the owner of the cabin who identified the property as belonging to him.

TBI assisted in the investigation at the scene.

In other cases, 49-year-old Jeffery Lynn Sanders entered a plea to charges of theft over $1,000 and vandalism over $1,000 and received a sentence of two years on probation in each case to run consecutively. Remaining counts and cases against him are to be dismissed subject to this plea agreement and he was given credit for time served. A restitution amount is to be determined.

37-year-old Jonathon David Thomas entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug and aggravated burglary. He received a five-year sentence in the drug case and three years for the burglary to run consecutive for a total sentence of eight years. Thomas was fined $2,000 and given jail credit of 442 days.

42-year-old Clifton Murphy entered a plea to theft under $1,000 and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days suspended to six months of supervised probation and six months of good behavior probation.

51-year-old Christopher Pack entered a plea to evading arrest and received a sentence of 11 months and 29 days all suspended to supervised probation. The term is to run consecutive to his Wilson County probation.

26-year-old Anthony Marquall Love entered a plea by criminal information to two counts of criminal simulation and received a two-year sentence in each case to run consecutively for a total of four years but suspended to probation. He was given jail credit of 86 days.

43-year-old Angel Tamayo entered a plea to violation of the sex offender registry and received a one-year sentence all suspended to probation except for time served and to run concurrent with a White County sentence against him. He was given jail credit of 237 days.

55-year-old Dana Cantrell entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and received an eight-year suspended sentence. He was fined $2,000.

Meanwhile on November 3, 42-year-old Terry Maynard entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug under 0.5 grams and receive a three-year sentence all suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000.

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