Man Charged in Drug Bust Less Than a Month Ago Already Sentenced

October 4, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

One of three people arrested in a drug bust less than a month ago by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department has already been sentenced in DeKalb County Criminal Court.

20-year-old Ja’merrin Jameze Turner of Lebanon entered a plea last Friday, September 29 by criminal information to possession with intent to sell or deliver a schedule V drug (Gabapentin). He received a 2-year Tennessee Department of Corrections sentence suspended to supervised probation with time served. He was fined $2,000 and given 21 days jail credit.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on September 7 a detective and other members of the sheriff’s department executed a search warrant at 200 the Loop Circle, Smithville. During the search, officers found 23 white pills believed to be Gabapentin, a small amount of a green leafy substance thought to be marijuana, numerous baggies, and other baggies with a crystal-like substance and powder residue, scales, pipes, syringes, and other drug paraphernalia.

Cases against two co-defendants with Turner, 27-year-old Zachary Jacob Poss of the Loop Circle, and 25-year-old Courtney Brooke Shrum of the Loop Circle are still pending in court.

38-year-old Jason Duane Madewell of Ferrell Road, Smithville entered a plea by criminal information to possession of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams for sale. He received an 8-year sentence to serve and was fined $2,000. The sentence is to run concurrently with a case against him in Warren County, He was given 206 days of jail credit.

Sheriff Ray said that on March 7 a deputy was on patrol when he spotted a man who appeared to have been intoxicated. He stopped the man, Madewell, at Mapco Express in Smithville and found him to be unsteady on his feet. Madewell was sweating profusely, and he couldn’t focus during conversation with the officer. When the deputy asked if he would consent to a body search, Madewell admitted to having methamphetamine in his left front pocket and said that he had consumed some meth three hours earlier. The meth found on him had container weight of 16.1 grams.

29-year-old Sonni Michael Fullilove of Keltonburg Road, Smithville entered a plea to sale of a schedule II drug (methamphetamine) over 0.5 grams and received an 8-year TDOC sentence all suspended to supervised probation. He was fined $2,000 and given 34 days jail credit.

October 4, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

On Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the DeKalb Prevention Coalition and the Drug Enforcement Administration will host DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at two locations in DeKalb County. DEA and its partners will collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs.

Take Back locations locally are Smithville City Hall, 104 East Main Street and the Alexandria City Hall, 102 High Street.

For more than a decade, the event has helped Americans easily rid their homes of unneeded medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—that too often become a gateway to addiction.

Take Back Day offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide.

In partnership with local law enforcement, Take Back Day has removed more than 8,300 tons of medication from circulation since its inception.

Collection sites will not accept syringes, sharps, and illicit drugs. Liquid products, such as cough syrup, should remain sealed in their original container. The cap must be tightly sealed to prevent leakage.

For more information visit www.DEATakeBack.com.

October 4, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A Springfield woman had her day in court last Friday, September 29 on charges of evading arrest and promotion of the manufacture of methamphetamine.

36-year-old Kaleigha Beth Arnold entered a plea to the offenses and received a sentence of four years in the meth case and one year for the evading charge to run concurrently but all suspended to supervised probation except for one year to serve. She was fined $2,000. The sentence is also to run concurrently with a White County case against her.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Saturday May 6 a deputy was traveling east on Highway 70 when he spotted a silver Honda Pilot fail to maintain its lane of travel. He had the license tag checked through central dispatch and learned that the car had been stolen in Smithville. The officer got behind the vehicle and turned on his emergency lights and sirens but the driver, Arnold failed to stop. He then started a pursuit of the car east on Highway 70 and along the way Arnold passed and almost hit several other vehicles. As the pursuit left DeKalb County, White County deputies assisted in trying to get the fleeing car to stop by putting down spike strips near Old Kentucky Road but even with a successful deployment of the spike strips the car continued east and rammed two White County patrol cars causing damage to both vehicles. Officers of both the DeKalb County and White County Sheriff’s Departments eventually stopped the car and removed Arnold from the vehicle.

According to Sheriff Ray, Arnold admitted to having stolen the car, having taking heroin two hours prior to driving, and having been in possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia. A search of the vehicle turned up a black zip up bag containing a glass mason jar with used and moist brown paper towels, clear tubing, a glass beaker wrapped in black electrical tape with residue. Coffee filters were also found in the interior zip up pocket of the bag as well as red phosphorous and several matchbooks all normally used in the production of methamphetamine.

Sheriff Ray said officers also found in the car two syringes, a glass pipe with residue, scales and other items used for narcotics as well as a gray zip up container with several tools and a lock pick kit used to gain access to the vehicle. On the driver side, Sheriff Ray said officers found a red, black and green rubber container that held an orange-colored substance believed to be heroin. In the center console was a red Swisher Sweet package containing 34 yellow pills thought to be Gabapentin.

Arnold has two prior convictions for simple possession and a driving on a suspended license offense in Robertson County in December 2022 for failure to satisfy fines. Because she appeared to be intoxicated or high at the time of her arrest, Arnold was charged with driving under the influence, and she refused to submit to a blood test resulting in a charge of violation of implied consent.

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