Liberty Man Charged with Stealing Air Compressor

February 2, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

Smithville Police have charged a Liberty man with stealing an air compressor.

41 year old James Ricky Ashford of Liberty was arrested on January 25 for criminal trespass and theft of property. Police say that on January 23, Ashford spotted an air compressor setting in the driveway of a residence on Poss Street and then returned later that night to steal it. Ashford put the air compressor in his vehicle and took it to his residence in Liberty. Ashford was found to be in possession of the stolen property on January 25 and he was taken into custody. Bond for Ashford is $3,000 and his court date is February 6.

34 year old Krystle Rose Sweat of 120 Kings Court was arrested on January 14 for attempted escape and assaulting an officer. Police were summoned to the courthouse to pick up Sweat due to an active parole violation against her. As the officer escorted her to the jail to be booked, Sweat asked that she be permitted to let her boyfriend know where she was going. The officer allowed Sweat to stop at the vehicle where her boyfriend was waiting and she got inside the vehicle and rolled up the window. As the officer reached inside the automobile through a cracked window to reopen the door Sweat began fighting with him and telling her boyfriend to drive off. While trying to remove her from the vehicle, the officer was assaulted as Sweat pushed and kicked him in the upper body area. Other officers were called to render assistance and Sweat was placed in custody. Bond for Sweat is $12,500 and her court date is January 23.

63 year old Johnny Wayne Trapp of 8264 Holmes Creek Road was arrested on January 20 for public intoxication. Police were called to Food Lion where a man was reported to be passed out on the floor. Upon arrival, the officer found Trapp lying in the floor by the door. EMS was summoned and Trapp was awakened. The officer found Trapp to be intoxicated and he had an odor of an alcoholic beverage on his person. Incident to arrest police found a 374 milliliter bottle of Vodka in Trapp’s back left pocket that was nearly empty and a 200 milliter bottle in his right front pocket which was also partially empty. Trapp was taken into custody as he was believed to be a danger to himself. Bond for Trapp is $1,500 and his court date is February 6.

25 year old Amber Cheyenne Caldwell of 620 Highland Street was cited on January 21 for driving an unregistered vehicle and simple possession. During a routine traffic stop police detected an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The officer checked the plate through central dispatch and learned that it belonged on another automobile. Caldwell, the driver, couldn’t provide proof of insurance. After obtaining consent to search, the officer found 21 ½ pills believed to be Xanax, Suboxone, and Valium for which Caldwell could not provide a prescription. Her court date is February 6.

27 year old Lisa Michelle Huard of 732 Gentry Avenue was arrested on January 24 for possession of methamphetamine and she was cited for simple possession of a schedule III drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police were called to assist officers of the Tennessee Probation and Parole during a house visit. As state officers conducted a search, 2 bags were found inside a couch that contained a crystal-like substance and part of a pill. The pill was identified as Subutex and the crystal-like substance that weighed approximately 1-gram field tested positive for Methamphetamine. Also in the couch was a glass pipe and in Huard’s bedroom 2 more glass pipes were found in a jacket pocket. Bond for Huard is $5,000 and her court date is February 13.

Juvenile petitions were taken against three teens on January 24 for being unruly or delinquent. According to Smithville Police the teens broke into the Smithville Hemp Dispensary located at 458 West Broad Street by throwing a cinder block through the front window causing $450 in damages. Once inside, the teens stole $4338 worth of property belonging to the owner of the business.

62 year old Tina Lynn Cazee of Alexandria was cited on January 26 for vandalism. Police were called to St Thomas DeKalb Hospital where a woman had reportedly keyed the victim’s car. The officer learned that Cazee thought the victim had looked at her wrong and flipped her off. Cazee went into the hospital and later as she left Cazee took her own key and caused damage to the driver and passenger side of the victim’s car. Her court date is February 6.

33 year old Danny Ray Prater of McMinnville was arrested on January 29 for theft over $1,000. Police received a call about a possible stolen iPhone 11 Max Pro. The victim initially reported losing his phone at Hardees and to help locate it he used an iPhone app which revealed that the phone was inside the restaurant. A man there acting suspiciously was confronted and asked if he saw the phone. The man answered “no”. After later viewing restaurant surveillance cameras police identified the man as Danny Prater and found him behind Bill Page Ballpark. When asked about the phone, Prater turned it over to police. Bond for Prater is $5,000 and his court date is February 13.

February 2, 2020
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The DeKalb County Democratic Party will host its Democratic County Presidential Convention on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the DeKalb County High School cafeteria 1130 W Broad St, Smithville, TN 37166, to select representation from the county to attend the District Convention on March 21.

The doors open for registration at 11:00 AM and the convention is open to all registered voters in the county who are supporters of the Democratic Party, have voted in the March 2020 Presidential Primary, and who agree to support the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2020 Presidential election.

The convention will begin at 12:00 PM when caucuses will be held for the top vote getting presidential candidates in Congressional District 6.

The party welcomes all who wish to participate in selecting Tennessee’s delegates to the Democratic Presidential Convention in Milwaukee the week of July 13, 2020.

Information about becoming a DNC delegate and the rules governing the DNC Delegate Selection Process may be obtained from tndp.org, or from the Tennessee Democratic Party, 319 Plus Park Blvd, Ste 203, Nashville, TN 37217, 615-327-9779.

February 1, 2020
By: Dwayne Page

The DCHS gymnasium has experienced several renovations and technology upgrades in recent months thanks in part to the financial support of the community and local businesses. The most recent donation came from the DeKalb Junior Pro Basketball Program.

On Friday DCHS Basketball Coaches John Sanders and Danny Fish thanked Matt Quarles, President of the Junior Pro League, for donating funds to purchase new wireless microphones to be used as part of the gym’s public address system.

“This is our way of helping give back to DeKalb County and the DCHS basketball program,” said Quarles.

“Its another upgrade to our facilities here and we really appreciate Mr. Quarles and the Junior Program League for helping us out,” said DCHS Tiger Coach Sanders.

DCHS Lady Tiger Coach Danny Fish said being able to use wireless microphones will be most helpful especially during coaching clinics and school events including pep rallies and academic awards nights.

“Matt and I had been talking for several months about us doing things with Junior Pro and our basketball program. We identified some things and what was the best bang for our buck and decided we needed some new wireless microphones. Junior Pro was able to help us with those needs and that cost and we received the new system about a week ago. We now have one hand held wireless microphone and a hands free head wrap around microphone which we can use anytime we want to do coaches clinics here in the gym which will make it easy for us to walk around and talk. It will not only serve the basketball program but the school as well. It will make it much more interactive for us where we are not having to constantly pull a microphone cord,” said Coach Fish.

“We are very grateful for the help of the DeKalb Junior Pro Basketball Program and others in the community who have helped us this year because we would not have been able to do all these gym renovations without the community. The dream of each kid that plays basketball in the community is to one day play on this floor and in this gym. We want to make the gym as up to date and modernized as possible,” added Coach Fish.

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