Owens Sentenced for Vehicular Assault

January 17, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

A man responsible for a serious injury traffic crash in April, 2017 entered a plea to vehicular assault Wednesday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.

64 year old Terry Owens received a four year TDOC sentence to serve 310 days in the DeKalb County Jail and he will lose his driver license for one year. He has been given jail credit of 310 days from April 8, 2017 to February 12, 2018

The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 70 and Evins Mill Road.

Trooper Brent Collier of the Tennessee Highway Patrol said Owens, driving a 1997 Chevy, pulled from Evins Mill Road onto highway 70 into the path of a 2014 Kia Serento, driven by 46 year old Michael Adkins of Crossville who was traveling east on highway 70. 38 year old Tosha Adkins was a passenger. 38 year old Rebecca Pelfrey was a passenger with Owens.

According to the complaint, “Mr. Owens smelled of alcohol and admitted to drinking the day of the accident. He was given standardized field sobriety tests at which he performed poorly. Mr. Owens refused to give blood multiple times even after being told about the implied consent law”.

Adkins was not hurt but Ms Adkins was airlifted to Vanderbilt Hospital where she was treated and released. Owens and Pelfrey were taken to Saint Thomas DeKalb Hospital by DeKalb EMS where they were treated. Pelfrey was released by Owens was taken into custody.

Members of the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department and DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department were also on the scene.

January 17, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation is warning its members about an elaborate scam attempt that is targeting utility customers.  The scam starts with a person calling who states that if you don’t pay your bill immediately, your service will be disconnected.  If you do not pay immediately with your credit card or with a service called “Pay Pac,” they ask you to call “customer service” through another number.

When you hang up and call that number, it becomes a 3-way “conference” call which is routed to the actual customer service department of your utility.  While you’re on the phone with your utility company, the scammers are on the line, listening for any information you give, including your account number, credit card information, and even your bank account number.

Known numbers used in this scam: 

Caller ID: 765-357-0159

Call back: 855-303-7775

UCEMC reminds its members:

• Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation will never call members to request credit card, banking or other financial information over the telephone.
• Although all forms of payments are accepted, UCEMC will never call members demanding a specific payment method be used.
• UCEMC will never call members requesting payment outside of normal business hours.

If you have any doubts about who might be calling regarding your electric bill, contact UCEMC:

Corporate Office – 615-735-3208, or 800-261-2940.

January 17, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

The Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church is again sponsoring a drive thru mobile food pantry on Friday morning, January 25 rain or shine.

All previous drive thru mobile food pantries by the church have been on Saturdays but this one will be on a Friday.

In partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank, the church plans to prepare enough food boxes to serve up to 300 families regardless of their income status, on a first come, first served basis.

(VIEW VIDEO FROM THE LAST DRIVE THRU MOBILE FOOD PANTRY ON NOVEMBER 10)

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Families will receive enough food to last them for a full week. Second Harvest will bring in pallets of food on trucks. The food will then be off loaded and organized in preparation for the distribution.

Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and the food will be delivered from 9:00 a.m. until noon. Unlike most food distributions, those being served by the mobile pantry will not have to get out of their automobiles. They will drive thru in a pickup line and volunteers will deliver the food directly to their vehicles, placing the food boxes either in the back seat or trunk. Cars will line up facing north on College Street across from the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

“It’s a mobile food pantry but it’s also a drive thru. The recipients will stay in their cars. They will line up starting at 8:00 a.m. on College Street and when we have everything prepared and organized we’ll start the line moving, hopefully around 9:00 a.m. Recipients will drive through. As they enter in we’ll have a team there to put a box of food in their cars, either in their back seat or trunk,” said spokesperson Teresa Trapp Brown.

“We will line up right across from the church (Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church) on College Street. We’ll start registration at 8:00 a.m. We’ll need the name of the recipients and how many families are being served. We’re limited to two families per vehicle to make sure we have enough food,” added Isaac Gray, Minister of the Smithville Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Others who wish to volunteer may show up Friday, January 25 or call for more information at 615-464-7896 or 615-597-4197.

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