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County Fire Department Saves Home from Blaze
September 5, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
Quick response by the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department Sunday saved the home of Ashley Adcock on Belk Road.
No one was home at the time but a passerby spotted smoke coming from the eaves of the house and called 911.
County Fire Chief Donny Green said the fire started in a bedroom, apparently from an electrical problem, and spread up the wall into the attic. Firefighters extinguished the blaze before it could spread further.
The Belk, Keltonburg, Short Mountain Highway, Midway and Main Stations responded along with mutal aid backup support from the North Warren Fire Department in Warren County. DeKalb EMS and the Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene.
Valdez Faces 29 Counts of Credit Card Fraud
September 5, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A 45 year old Smithville woman is charged with 29 counts of fraud after using a credit/debit card that didn’t belong to her for over $1,000 in transactions.
Regina Carol Valdez of Holmes Creek Road, Smithville is under a $43,500 bond and her court date is September 20.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said Valdez is accused of using the card at the following locations.
June 22: at Mapco Express for $60 and at the First Bank ATM for $80 and $60
June 23: at Village Market for $6.06 and Mapco Express for $10.63
June 24: at DeKalb Market for $60 and Jewels Market for $11.37 and $6.57, and Walmart for $29.36
June 25: at 10429 Smithville Highway for $140 and $40.
June 26: at Pizza Hut for $47.70, First Bank for $60, Jewels Market for $40, and Dollar General for $13.99
June 27: at Jewels Market for $60 and $6.00, Smithville Market for $8.37, and First Bank ATM for $20
June 28: at First Bank ATM for $40, at Dollar General for $17.34, Kwik N Ezy $6.08, and Village Market for $10
June 29: at First Bank ATM for $80
July 1: at Jewels Market for $17.92
July 4: at First Bank ATM for $20
July 5: at Mapco Express for $5.00
July 11: at Mapco Express for $4.67 and at 825 North Congress Boulevard for $40
Hembree Charged with Arson
September 5, 2018
By: Dwayne Page
A Smithville man is facing an arson charge after allegedly setting fire to a vehicle last month.
34 year old Jeff Scott Hembree of Halls Hollow Road, Smithville is under a $7,500 bond.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said detectives received a report of a 2012 Nissan Rogue found burned in the parking lot of the boat ramp at Holmes Creek. They conducted an investigation and developed Hembree as a suspect. He was subsequently arrested in the case. Hembree is believed to have set fire to the vehicle which belonged to another person on Sunday, August 12. The Rogue was valued at 10,000.
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