Escapee Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced in Criminal Court

December 12, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

An escapee who has been incarcerated in Florida for the past year was extradited to DeKalb County last week and sentenced in Criminal Court on Tuesday, December 11.

27 year old Daniel Trey Hamilton of Jacobs Pillar Road, Smithville, under indictment for escape, appeared before Judge David Patterson for arraignment and decided to enter a guilty plea to the escape charge. Hamilton will serve 11 months and 29 days but he has been given jail credit since November 27, 2017.

Sheriff Patrick Ray said Hamilton was arrested in Fort Myers, Florida after being involved in a traffic accident there one week after his escape from the DeKalb County Jail on November 21, 2017.

At the time of his escape last November, Hamilton was serving a 60 day sentence after which he was to begin serving a sentence of 11 months and 29 days for failure to appear and violation of probation. Polk County also had a hold on Hamilton for charges against him there.

Hamilton, 39 year old Jack Mullican, Jr. of Adcock Cemetery Road and 33 year old Bryon Ray Gibbs of Gin Alley, Alexandria all broke out of the jail annex through a door they jimmied open.

Mullican was captured the next morning, November 22, 2017 after being found in an underground water drain near Mapco Express in Smithville. He became trapped there after making his escape.

Gibbs was apprehended Saturday, November 25, 2017 thanks to an alert Alexandria Police Officer, Josh Arnold and a few citizen bystanders. After being confronted, Gibbs resisted and began fighting with Arnold. Citizens who witnessed the scene came to the aid of the officer to help subdue Gibbs. Deputies and detectives of the Sheriff’s Department also responded to provide assistance.

Gibbs was charged by Alexandria Police with resisting arrest and aggravated assault.

All three, Hamilton, Mullican, and Gibbs, were charged and later indicted for escape.

In July, Mullican entered a plea in criminal court to escape and in a separate case for aggravated burglary. He received a two year sentence for the escape and five years for the burglary to run consecutively for a total of seven years. He must serve two years at 30% for the escape but the remaining five years will be suspended to supervised probation. He was given jail credit of 259 days.

Gibbs also entered a plea in July to escape, aggravated assault (of an Alexandria Police Officer) and aggravated burglary (separate incident). He received a two year sentence for the escape to serve in the Tennessee Department of Correction. Gibbs also got a four year sentence in each of the other two cases on TDOC probation. The terms are to run consecutively. He was given jail credit from November 25, 2017 to July 17, 2018.

December 12, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

Smithville Elementary would like to recognize our Students of the Month for December. These students were selected for their outstanding character, academics, and other traits that make them an all-around excellent student. Selected as Students of the Month for December are:

PreK- Leonardo Cortes

Kindergarten – Chloe Guess

1^st Grade – Collin Harper

2^nd Grade – Edith Yahira Granados

December 12, 2018
By: Dwayne Page

The Chamber presented a well-deserved Community Improvement Award to Headlines Salon, 110 East Market Street, Smithville for their beautiful interior and exterior improvements. Exterior improvements include a new handicap-accessible entry system complete with new door, railing, and wheelchair ramp, new siding, paint & window. Interior improvements include new flooring and paint. Headlines owner, J.J. Poss, and stylist, Dana West, operate the salon that offers haircuts, color, waxing, perms, and the Glo-Minerals Make-up line. In 2018, Headlines celebrated 29 years as a business, and J.J. would like to express her heart-felt gratitude and deepest appreciation to her many customers who have made this possible. Headlines is open Tuesday to Saturday starting at 8 AM. For more info, call J.J. or Dana at 615-597-1362.

Pictured: Smithville Mayor Josh Miller; Jimmy Poss; Owner J.J. Poss; Stylist Dana West; Chamber Vice-President Beth Adcock; Kathy Hendrixson, Chamber Director Suzanne Williams.

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