February 23, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
A Smithville man was caught Sunday in his car at the Food Lion parking lot believed to be weighing heroin for sale
26-year-old Tyler Blake Hollingsworth of Meadowbrook Drive, Smithville is charged with possession of a schedule I controlled substance for sale or delivery. His bond is $25,000 and he will make a court appearance on March 10.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on February 20 Hollingsworth was found to have on him about 3.34 grams of a white powdery substance believe to be heroin. A deputy received a call from an off-duty officer stating that a man was spotted sitting a newer model white Chevy Impala at the Food Lion parking lot. The man, Hollingsworth appeared to be weighing out drugs. The officer pulled up behind the vehicle and found Hollingsworth putting what appeared to be digital scales and baggies on the floorboard between his legs. White powder was on his shirt. Hollingsworth admitted that the substance was heroin.
66-year-old Jimmy Ray Driver of Allen Street, Smithville is charged with violation of bond conditions. His bond is $3,500 and he will be in court March 3.
Sheriff Ray said that on February 16 a deputy was summoned to Shady Drive to speak to a woman who complained about Driver harassing her on the phone. As the officer was talking to the woman, she received a phone call from Driver. The deputy then contacted central dispatch and confirmed that Driver was under bond conditions to have no contact with this woman.
42-year-old Allen Dean Dolberry of West Greenhill Road, McMinnville is charged with domestic assault. His bond is $3,500 and he will make a court appearance on March 3.
Sheriff Ray said that on February 17 a deputy was called to Cedar Drive, Smithville due to a physical altercation. Upon arrival the officer spoke with a man who reported that an argument between he and his father, Dolberry became physical and Dolberry struck him in the face resulting in a broken nose.
47-year-old Micah Daniel Murphy of Adams Street, Smithville is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of a no passing zone, tampering with evidence, evading arrest, driving while revoked, and simple possession of a schedule VI drug (marijuana). His bond is $28,000 and he will be in court March 3.
Sheriff Ray said that on February 18 a detective was patrolling on Bright Hill Road when he spotted a black Chevy Monte Carlo pass a car and trash truck on a double yellow line nearly causing an accident. The detective turned on his blue lights and siren, but the car sped away before turning onto Dearman Street and into a driveway, but it kept traveling at a high rate of speed before sliding to a stop at the end of the driveway. As he tried to get out of the car, the driver, Murphy dropped something before picking it up, putting it in his mouth, and swallowing it. During the investigation it was discovered that Murphy’s license is revoked for a prior DUI offense. He later admitted that he had swallowed a controlled substance. After the car was towed an inventory search was conducted and found in the driver seat was a baggie with the corner ripped off containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana and a cut straw.
37-year-old Jay Lee Mullican of Johnson Chapel Road, Sparta is charged with domestic assault and possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver. His bond totals $13,500 and he will make a court appearance March 3.
Sheriff Ray said that on February 18 officers were summoned to a residence on Sparta Highway due to a physical domestic and upon arrival found a woman hiding in her car. She was bleeding from her mouth. The woman said that she and Mullican had been in a physical altercation after which Mullican left on foot after breaking her car window and dragging her back into the house where he punched her in the face. Mullican was later found walking on Midway Road across from this residence. While being placed under arrest for domestic assault, Mullican was found to have on him a syringe and baggie containing a clear rock substance that weighed one gram believed to be methamphetamine.
52-year-old Billy Eugene Cook of Floyd Drive, Smithville is charged with aggravated burglary. His bond is $20,000 and he will be in court March 10.
Sheriff Ray said that on February 20 a deputy was called to Mountain View Drive, Smithville due to a burglary in progress. Upon arrival the officer found Cook inside the home. The owner of the residence reported that Cook did not have permission to be there.