County To Reapply for CDBG Grant to Purchase Fire Department Tanker Truck

January 26, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The County Commission Monday night gave formal approval of a resolution to apply for a $420,000 Community Development Block Grant to fund the purchase of a tanker truck for the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department.

The CDBG program is administered by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and DeKalb County is eligible to apply under the CDBG Community Livability category including the three star bonus. If approved the county would be responsible for payment of a local grant match for the total project cost plus any additional funding required to complete the project beyond the grant amount.

The Upper Cumberland Development District would prepare all necessary documents for the completion of the grant application at no charge to DeKalb County. Should the grant be approved UCDD shall perform all administrative services for the project.

The county first made application for the grant last year but was denied.

“DeKalb County did not score high enough to be awarded a CDBG grant. The cutoff was 178 points and DeKalb County scored 159,” said County Mayor Tim Stribling.

In other business, the commission Monday night reappointed County Fire Chief Donny Green and Assistant Chief Anthony Boyd as officers of the department for another year.

January 25, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The driver of a pickup truck was taken into custody near Hurricane Bridge on Highway 56 this afternoon (Saturday) after leading the White County Sheriff’s Department and other officers on a pursuit from Highway 70 near Sparta into DeKalb County and through Smithville.

A motorist on North Congress Boulevard near the intersection at East Broad Street caught the pursuit on video from her phone and posted it to facebook. (View Below).

The truck, hauling a trailer, cut through the property of the former Gill Automotive at Highway 70 and 56 and turned north onto Cookeville Highway. At some point spike strips were put down to stop the truck. It went off the road near Hurricane Bridge and reportedly after a brief standoff with officers, the driver was placed in custody.

More details later.

January 25, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

A man wanted for violation of probation was arrested recently after a deputy spotted him trying to hide in a barn.

45 year old Billy Wayne Crook of Lawery Road, Smithville is charged with evading arrest. He was also cited for simple possession of a schedule III drug (suboxone). Bond for Crook is $5,000.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on January 14 a deputy was patrolling on Keltonburg Road when he saw a maroon Chevy Impala fail to dim its headlights. The car turned onto Students Home Road and then to Willis McGinnis Road before pulling into a barn. The driver got out and hid in the barn behind some rolls of hay. As the officer entered the barn to conduct a search, Crook ran out. Crook was subsequently captured and placed in custody. Found in Crook’s right front pocket was a plastic baggie containing an orange pill believed to be suboxone.

35 year old Joshua Ryan Cripps of Virginia Avenue, Smithville is charged with possession of methamphetamine and heroin with intent to sell or deliver. His bond is $10,000 and he will be in court January 30.

Sheriff Ray said that on December 17 a deputy responded to a location on Hodges Road, Smithville and found that Cripps had overdosed. In Cripps’ possession was a small baggie of a crystal like substance which weighed 1.14 grams that field tested positive for methamphetamine and a baggie with a powder like substance which weighed 0.18 grams that field tested positive for heroin.

20 year old Gabriel James Hesson of Oak Drive, Smithville is charged with theft of property. He was further cited for violation of the light law and failure to stop at a stop sign. His bond is $10,000 and he will make a court appearance on February 6.

Sheriff Ray said that on January 17 a deputy was traveling inbound on Highway 70 and spotted a silver four door car run a stop sign at the intersection of Evins Mill Road and Highway 70. The car also had a taillight which was not working. The officer conducted a traffic stop on East Main Street in Smithville. Hesson was driving the car. During the traffic stop central dispatch notified the officer that the car was reported stolen out of Wilson County. The car was valued at $2,500.

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