One man wounded and another arrested after Shooting at Dowelltown Wednesday evening

April 14, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A man who barricaded himself inside a Dowelltown home after allegedly shooting another man there later surrendered and was taken into custody Wednesday evening after a brief standoff with law enforcement officers. The victim’s wounds were believed to be non-life threatening.

55-year-old Lorenzo Hernandez of West Main Street, Dowelltown is charged with aggravated assault and is under a $55,000 bond. His court date is April 28.

Sheriff Patrick Ray explained how the incident unfolded in the following statement.

“On Wednesday April 13 at 6:31 p.m. while on patrol in Dowelltown, a deputy was flagged down due to a man being shot. Officers placed the wounded victim in a patrol vehicle to get him to a safe location to meet Emergency Medical Services. Other officers arrived on the scene and set up a perimeter around the residence where the shooter had barricaded himself inside of. After a short period of time, Sheriff Department Detectives were able to get the man to surrender and walk out of the residence where he was taken into custody without further incident. Through an investigation into the shooting, it was determined that the suspect, Hernandez had shot another male in the arm after a disagreement between the two at a residence in Dowelltown. The victim’s injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening. An investigator with the District Attorney General’s Office was summoned to the scene to assist in the investigation. Members of the Alexandria Police Department and Constable Mark Milam also responded to the scene to assist the Sheriff’s Department,” said Sheriff Ray.

The warrant against Hernandez for aggravated assault alleges that Hernandez did knowingly shoot someone with the intent to cause serious bodily injury.

The name of the victim was not released.

April 14, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The identity of a body found floating in Center Hill Lake last Wednesday has now been released.

In a statement released Wednesday evening, Sheriff Patrick Ray said “As per the autopsy, the body in the lake has been identified as 37-year-old William Houghtaling Jr of Baxter. He was reported missing out of Cookeville City by the Cookeville Police Department in March 2022. The evening when the body was found, I contacted the District Attorney General’s Office and requested the assistance of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation due to a possible multi-county case. (Putnam and DeKalb) District Attorney General Bryant Dunaway requested the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to assist the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department with the case. No other information is available,” said Sheriff Ray.

The body was found floating face down in the lake Wednesday afternoon (April 6) at the Johnson’s Chapel Recreation area only a few feet from the boat ramp in about 3-4 feet of water.

According to Sheriff Ray the body was nude except for the pair of socks he was wearing, and identification was found tucked in one of the socks which matched that of Houghtaling.

The discovery was made by a fisherman

“A man came to the area to check the lake to see if it (lake level) was up because he was going to go fishing when he noticed something near the boat ramp. At first, he thought it was an animal but as he got a closer look, he found it to be a human body. Because of the poor phone service in that area, the man went to the top of the hill to call 911 which did a transfer to White County and then the White County 911 center transferred it to DeKalb County,” added Sheriff Ray.

April 13, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

A total of 106 people cast ballots today (Wednesday) on the first day of early voting for the May 3 DeKalb County Democratic and Republican Primaries.

Twice as many people voted in the local Republican Primary as the Democratic Primary

Here’s how the total breaks down:

TOTAL—106
In person—92
Absentee—14

Republican—71
Democrat—35

Early voting will run through Thursday, April 28 at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Smithville with limited hours at the Fairgrounds in Alexandria for the DeKalb County Democratic and Republican Primaries. This is the first time both political parties are having a local primary to select nominees for the general election.

“Voters are reminded these are primary elections and they can only vote in one of the elections,” said Dennis Stanley Administrator of Elections. “Under state law, a voter cannot vote in two primaries which are held at the same time, such as is the case on May 3rd.”

Stanley encouraged voters to study the ballots and make their decision which primary they wish to vote in before heading to the polls, either for early voting or election day.

Early voting hours in Smithville are as follows: Mondays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Thursdays 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to Noon.

Early voting hours in Alexandria will be Tuesday April 19th from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday April 25 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

All properly registered voters can vote early at either location. Early voting will not be held on Good Friday.

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