Pre-K Pre-Registration Monday, May 22

May 18, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Pre-K Pre-Registration will be Monday, May 22 for the 2023-24 school year from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at Smithville Elementary and DeKalb West Elementary.

Copies of the following documents will need to be submitted with your registration forms in order for it to be complete.

-Certified Copy of Birth Certificate

-Social Security Card (requested but not required)

-Current, up-to-date, physical examination and immunization record. These must be on a Tennessee Department of Health Certificate of Immunization which can be obtained from the Doctor’s office or Health Department.

-Proof of Residency for DeKalb County (i.e. gas, electric bill, etc.)

-Proof of Income for all household members.

*First Priority will be given to children who will be 4 years old on or before August 15 and meet income eligibility.

After May 22, 2023 the applications will be available at the DeKalb County Board of Education.

May 18, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Send off for Soccer!

Members of the DCHS Tiger Soccer Team departed the high school today (Thursday) enroute to the Regional Soccer Tournament Game at 3:00 p.m. in Crossville.

If they win, the Tigers will host the sub-state game here in DeKalb County on Saturday.

May 18, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

A suspected drug dealer indicted for possession of more than 300 grams of methamphetamine stemming from an April 2021 investigation was convicted by a DeKalb County Criminal Court jury after a day long trial Wednesday.

30-year-old Brandon Tylor Mulac is facing a possible sentence of up to 60 years as a career offender pending a sentencing hearing set for him on June 20 before Judge Wesley Bray.

The jury of seven women and five men found Mulac guilty of methamphetamine possession (300 grams or more) with intent to sell or deliver. Mulac was also fined $75,000. The jury found Mulac not guilty on a second charge of fentanyl possession with intent to sell or deliver.

Mulac was represented at trial by Smithville attorney Brad Hannah.

According to Greg Strong, Assistant District Attorney General, who spoke with WJLE after the trial, the DeKalb County charges against Mulac stemmed from a Smith County investigation where Mulac was found with drugs during a traffic stop in April 2021. Authorities there learned that Mulac had more drugs at a residence in Smithville and they contacted the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department.

“We received information from the Smith County Sheriff’s Department that they had found Mulac in possession of a large amount of methamphetamine during a traffic stop there. Through that investigation we learned that a large amount of methamphetamine could be found in a house here on South Mountain Street where we believe Mulac had been staying. We obtained a search warrant based on that information and did find a large amount of methamphetamine at that residence,” said Strong.

“A co-defendant with Mulac, Logan Sullivan was also charged with the same offenses that night because she was at the house when the search warrant was served. She is now deceased,” Strong said.

“After Mulac was charged in Smith County, we had him arrested on a grand jury pickup indictment in 2021. The Smith County case is still pending against him where he faces a Class-A felony,” Strong continued.

“We (prosecution) called six witnesses during the trial, all law enforcement officers and experts of the TBI crime lab. The defense called one witness who testified that Mulac did not live at the South Mountain Street residence where the meth was found but all the other information we had pointed to the fact that Mulac did live there. The defense also contended that we (prosecution) didn’t prove that Mulac was in possession of the meth,” said Strong.

Based on his criminal record, Strong said the DA’s office will seek the maximum punishment for Mulac.

“He has been convicted of a Class-A felony with a range of punishment from 25-60 years. We (prosecutors) have filed a notice that Mulac is a career offender (mostly for a history of aggravated burglary and aggravated assault offenses) which means if we can prove that (career offender status) at the sentencing hearing, he will be sentenced to 60 years and have to serve at least 60% of the term”.

“I want to thank the Smith County Sheriff’s Department and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department for building a good case to go forward with and the cooperation both agencies showed. They both participated in the search warrant and a big thanks goes to both of them,” said Assistant DA Strong.

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