July 7, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
After trying to flee from a deputy in a stolen truck and then on foot, 37 year old Warren Brandon Glasby of Poss Road, Smithville was taken into custody on Sunday July 5th.
Glasby is charged with theft of property, evading arrest, and vandalism. He was also cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond totals $17,500 and he will be in court July 23.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on Sunday, July 5 a deputy spotted Glasby in a truck on Allen Ferry Road which had been reported stolen on June 28. But as the deputy approached, Glasby jumped from the truck and tried to run away on foot along Allen Ferry Road and then down Cordell Love Road before being apprehended on Stonegate Drive. Inside the truck, the deputy found a glass pipe containing drug residue. The truck had also been damaged.
A Woodbury man has been arrested for breaking into a garage and stealing a motorcycle on Tubb Street in Liberty last fall. 27 year old Dustin Lewayne Nichols of Woodbury is charged with burglary, theft of property, and vandalism. His bond is $11,000 and he will be in court July 23. Sheriff Ray said that on November 27 Nichols broke into a garage through a window and altered an ignition switch to a 2005 Kawasaki Vulcan before stealing the motorcycle. The bike was valued at $2,500 and damage to the ignition was over $1,000. A detective investigated the case.
29 year old Jeremiah Daniel Martin of Kendra Drive, Smithville was arrested on Saturday, July 4th after being named in a Grand Jury sealed indictment last month for two counts of methamphetamine possession (under half a gram) with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver. He will be arraigned in criminal court July 14.
65 year old Robert Joseph Salyers of Austin Bottom Road, Baxter is charged with aggravated assault. His bond is $15,000 and he will make a court appearance July 23. Sheriff Ray said that on June 24 Salyers’ wife reported that he struck her several times on the head, back, and buttocks with a belt and that he kicked her in the head and groin, punched her in the face, and he she was dragged by her hair up and down the stairs in the home. The woman said she could not physically move from the residence until June 30 when she managed to run away and was picked up by a passerby and taken to the emergency room of the hospital. She suffered multiple injuries because of the assault. A detective investigated the case.
46 year old Gary McGee, Jr. of Chesnut Mound is charged with violation of the sex offender registration law. He was arrested July 1 and is under a $5,000 bond. McGee will be in court on July 18. Sheriff Ray said that on June 16 McGee was found to be in violation of the sex offender registry. Under the law McGee is to register annually but failed to do so this year in the designated time frame. McGee has also changed his address but failed to report that as required under terms of the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry law. A detective investigated the case.
78 year old Sarah Opal Atnip of Shady Drive, Smithville is charged with two counts of vandalism. Her bond is $3,000 and she will be in court July 16. Sheriff Ray said that on June 7 Atnip went to a residence on Allen Street, Smithville and scratched up a 2003 Nissan Altima on all sides causing $4,500 damage to the paint on the vehicle. Atnip returned to the home on July 2 and broke out the front windows to the home causing $250 in damage. A detective investigated the case.
39 year old Mark Denver Young of Barnes Mill Road, Smithville is charged with violation of bond conditions. Sheriff Ray said that on July 3 a deputy pulled over a red pickup truck driven by Young. A woman was in the truck with him. The officer was informed by central dispatch that Young was under active bond conditions to keep away from this woman.
24 year old Tavarius Dandre League of McMinnville is charged with aggravated assault. He is under a $3,500 bond and will be in court July 23. Sheriff Ray said that on July 5 a deputy responded to a physical domestic complaint on Jefferson Road and upon arrival found a woman with blood on her shirt and legs and bruises on her throat. According to witnesses the woman and League had been arguing all during the night resulting in the assault. League was determined to have been the primary aggressor.
50 year old Michael Steven Conners of Old Snow Hill Road, Dowelltown is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $3,500 and he will be in court July 23. Sheriff Ray said that on July 5 a deputy was called to Jacobs Pillar Road in the area of Miller Lane where a woman was found laying in a ditch. Upon arrival the officer spoke with the woman who reported that Conners had pulled her from a vehicle and tossed her bags out on top of her by the side of the road. The woman had red marks and scratches on the right side of her face and road rash on her right elbow.