Cotter Caught Stealing Gas from Truck

July 31, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

A man was caught stealing gas from a truck last week in Dowelltown.

48 year old Bradley Kent Cotter of Sims Street, Dowelltown is charged with theft of property and vandalism under $500. Cotter’s bond is $7,000 and his court date is August 9.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Wednesday, July 25 a deputy was dispatched to the parking lot of the Dowelltown Post Office where someone reported seeing a suspicious person under a truck that was for sale.

When the officer arrived the man, Cotter was still under the truck. The deputy discovered that Cotter had cut a hole in the fuel filter tube and had a piece of garden hose running through the hole extending to the gas tank.

July 31, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

A man found with methamphetamine last week tried to get rid of the evidence by eating it.

35 year old Lee Thomas Narramore of Highland Drive, Sparta is charged with possession of methamphetamine, manufacture, deliver, sale, or possess and for tampering with evidence. His bond is $13,000 and he will make a court appearance August 9.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Friday, July 27 Narramore was found with two small baggies of a white powdery substance which weighed 1.1 grams. When confronted by the arresting officer, Narramore tried to swallow one of the baggies of meth but the deputy was able to retrieve it.

July 31, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Surveillance cameras at the DeKalb County Landfill helped nab a man for stealing fuel and batteries there.

39 year old Brandon Lyle Bohannon of Felts Road, Sparta is charged with theft of property. His bond is $5,000 and his court date is August 16.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said that from February 15 through May 9 Bohannon stole six vehicle batteries, gas, and 45 gallon buckets of hydraulic fluid from the DeKalb County Landfill on Felts Road. The total value of the property stolen is $3,705.

Bohannon was identified as the suspect after his image was caught on surveillance cameras set up at the landfill by a sheriff’s department detective.

Meanwhile, 44 year old Peggy Rochelle Bain of Morgan Drive, Smithville is charged with being a fugitive from justice. She is under a $4,500 bond and her court date is August 9.

Sheriff Ray said that on Friday, July 27 a deputy initiated a traffic stop on a black Chevrolet Cobalt at McDonalds for having a passenger side brake light out. The officer spoke with the driver, Bain and after requesting a check through the National Crime Information Center, learned that Bain had an active warrant against her in Catoosa, Georgia. Authorities there plan to extradite her.

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